The Iceman Cometh (1973 film)
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| Directed by | John Frankenheimer |
| Produced by | Ely Landau |
| Written by |
Eugene O'Neill (play) Thomas Quinn Curtiss (screenplay) |
| Starring |
Lee Marvin Fredric March Robert Ryan Jeff Bridges |
| Cinematography | Ralph Woolsey |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
| Distributed by | American Film Theatre |
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239 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000 |
The Iceman Cometh is a 1973 American drama film directed by John Frankenheimer. The screenplay was written by Thomas Quinn Curtiss, based on Eugene O'Neill's 1939 play of the same name. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.
This was the last film for both Robert Ryan and Fredric March. March developed prostate cancer in 1970, causing him to retire from acting, while Ryan died before the film's release. It was a minute short of four hours in length, and became the first film to have two intermissions.
Frankenheimer later said:
We found the most difficult thing was to cut it. We cut one hour and 20 minutes out of the original, but by the time we'd finished it we'd put back in an hour. It was a marvelous movie - up til now (1974) my best experience. We were like a repertory company; we never wanted it to end. I tried to show Hickey as sane and not the way I've seen him interpreted, as insane. I think you have to live your life without illusions, not with them. Pauline Kael said in her review that you only have to look at photos of O'Neill to see this was a face with no illusions.
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