I Never Sang for My Father
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| Directed by | Gilbert Cates |
| Produced by | Gilbert Cates |
| Written by | Robert Anderson |
| Starring |
Melvyn Douglas Gene Hackman Dorothy Stickney Estelle Parsons Elizabeth Hubbard Lovelady Powell |
| Music by |
Al Gorgoni Barry Mann |
| Cinematography |
Morris Hartzband George Stoetzel |
| Edited by | Angelo Ross |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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92 min |
| Language | English |
I Never Sang for My Father is a 1970 American film, based on a play by the same name, which tells the story of a widowed college professor who wants to get out from under the thumb of his aging father yet still has regrets about his plan to leave him behind when he remarries and moves to California. It stars Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons, Elizabeth Hubbard, Lovelady Powell and Conrad Bain.
The movie was adapted by Robert Anderson from his play and directed by Gilbert Cates.
It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Melvyn Douglas), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Gene Hackman) and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
The film opens with Gene Garrison (Gene Hackman) picking up his parents at the airport. He drives them home and spends the evening with them. The barbs of his father, Tom (Douglas), roll back in his mind as he drives home. Gene seeks solace in the arms of his mistress, who pines for a more serious relationship with him. Soon after, his mother suffers a heart attack and is hospitalized. Gene visits her at the hospital. He finds his father pacing in the waiting room. Tom asks Gene to go to the Rotary Club with him, though Gene was expecting not to leave his mother's side.
When Gene's mother dies, he helps his father shop for a casket. His sister Alice (Parsons) arrives on (Metro-North) without her husband and kids. She gradually explains to Gene that Tom's failing memory and health will require constant care either in a nursing home or with live-in assistance. She broaches the idea with their father who rejects it outright. The conversation brings up old tensions about his disinheritance of Alice over her choice of a spouse. Alice leaves Gene to deal with their father by himself.
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