Fugitive Kind
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Actor: Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Marlon Brando, Maureen Stapleton, Victor JoryBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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DVD Review: ORPHEUS DESCENDING, THEN BATTLE OF ANGELS, AND FINALLY THE FUGITIVE KIND
Summary: 5 Stars
MIRIAM HOPKINS PERFORMED THE STARRING ROLE IN THIS PLAY BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS ON LIVE STAGE, IN WHAT WAS THE TITLED AT THE TIME OF THIS PLAY, AS BATTLE OF ANGELS IN 1941. THE ORIGINAL TITLE BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS WAS ORPHEUS DESCENDING, THEN FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC PRODUCTION OF THE PLAY, THE TITLE WAS CHANGED TO BATTLE OF ANGELS, AND FOR THE MOVIE THE TITLE WAS CHANGED TO THE FUGITIVE KIND. THIS WAS THE FIRST PUBLICLY PRODUCED PLAY (IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS) BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS.
THIS FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION DID NOT MEET WITH ANY SUCCESS, AND WAS PLAGUED WITH PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY THE FIRE SCENE AT THE END, THE THEATER ACTUALLY CAUGHT FIRE, AND THE AUDIENCE HAD TO FLEE FROM THE THEATER. LUCKILY, SUCH IS NOT THE CASE WITH MOVIES, AS THE SCENE CAN BE RE-SHOT IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS! THAT FIRST NIGHT'S PERFORMANCE IN BOSTON MUST HAVE BEEN QUITE A SPECTACLE! THE PLAY WAS LATER RETITLED ORPHEUS DESCENDING FOR THE 1950'S REVIVAL OF THE PLAY, AND FINALLY GIVEN THE TITLE, THE FUGITIVE KIND, FOR COMMERCIAL REASONS WHEN THE FILM VERSION WAS RELEASED IN 1960. SO FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, THIS WORK HAS HAD THREE TITLES, AND THE FUGITIVE KIND WAS USED FOR THE MOVIE. PERSONALLY, I LIKE THE TWO PREVIOUS TITLES, BATTLE OF ANGELS OR ORPHEUS DESCENDING, BUT FOR AMERICAN AUDIENCES, THE STUDIO CHOSE THE FUGITIVE KIND FOR THE TITLE, AS THE PRIOR ONES WERE JUST TOO SOPHISTICATED FOR AMERICAN AUDIENCES.
MIRIAM HOPKINS WAS CONSIDERED BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS ONE OF THE FINEST ACTRESSES AMERICA EVER PRODUCED. TENNESSEE WILLIAMS WROTE THIS IN THE OFFICIAL OBITUARY THAT WAS RELEASED AT THE TIME OF MIRIAM HOPKINS DEATH IN THE EARLY 1970'S. SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF MR. WILLIAMS, AND WELCOMED THE CHANCE TO STAR IN HIS FIRST PRODUCED PLAY AS HE WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME, AND SHE TOOK THE ROLE OF ANNA MAGNANI HAD IN THE FILM TO ASSIST TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, AS THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS THROUGHOUT LIFE, AND THIS WAS HIS FIRST PUBLICLY PRODUCED STAGE PLAY. MIRIAM HOPKINS SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME VISITING TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AT HIS HOME IN KEY WEST, AND MANY PHOTOGRAPHS ARE AVAILABLE OF THE TWO OF THEM AT THIS ISLAND RESIDENCE SO BELOVED BY MR. WILLIAM.
THIS EARLY WORK OF MR. WILLIAMS, LED TO HIS LATER FAME WITH THE GLASS MENAGERIE AND A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE TO ONLY NAME A FEW. LATER, IN 1959 WHEN THE PLAY WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE AND RELEASED IN 1960, ANNA MAGNANI MET THE CHALLANGE EQUALLY WELL, AS HAD BEEN THE CASE WITH MIRIAM HOPKINS IN THE ORIGINAL STAGE VERSION 19 YEARS EARLIER.
THE STORY IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPELLING EVER WRITTEN BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THE LEAST KNOWN TO THE MOVIE GOING PUBLIC. THE STORY DEALS WITH LONELINESS AND FEELING SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD AROUND US.
ODDLY, THIS IS THE ONLY PLAY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS ACTUALLY DEALS WITH GOTHIC SOUTHERN RACISM IN ANY OF HIS WORKS. IF YOU LIKE THE WORKS OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, WHO WAS REFERRED TO AS THE POET OF THE EMOTIONS, AND HAVE NOT SEEN THIS FILM, YOU WILL INDEED EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF HIS GENRE AND THE GOTHIC SOUTHERN STYLE OF WRITING.
REVIEWERS OF THIS FILM ALWAYS MENTION THE MAGNIFICENT PERFORMANCES OF BRANDO, MAGNANI, JOANNE WOODWARD AND MAUREEN STAPLETON, AND ARE CORRECT IN DOING SO, BUT THE ROLE PLAYED BY VICTOR JORY AS THE AILING HUSBAND OF MAGNANI WILL LONG REMAIN IN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS, POSSIBLY MORE SO THAN THE PRINCIPLE PLAYERS. THE NATURE OF EVIL THAT CAN DWELL IN THE HUMAN PSYCHE, HAS RARELY BEEN PERFORMED SO CONVINCINGLY AS VICTOR JORY'S PERFORMANCE IN THIS FILM. VICTOR JORY STARTED OUT AT THE PASADENA, CALIFORNIA PLAYHOUSE, AND THE BELL USED TO ALERT AUDIENCES TO THE NEXT ACT IS STILL USED AT THE THEATER. THAT BELL WAS DONATED YEARS EARLIER BY VICTOR JORY, AND IS A WONDERFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MAN, AND HIS BEGINNING CAREER AT THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE. IF YOU EVER VISIT THE THEATER, BE SURE AND NOTICE THE BELL WHICH IS ON THE PORCH AREA NEAR THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE THEATER.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND VIEWING THIS FILM FOR THOSE WHO CAN APPRECIATE THE THE HARSHER REALITIES OF LIFE. THIS DVD IS A VERY CLEAR PRINT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY LACKS ANY COMMENTARY, TRAILERS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. A SHAME, AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THIS FILM WERE ALIVE PRIOR TO THE DVD RELEASE, INCLUDING DIRECTOR SIDNEY LUMET, WHO DIED JUST RECENTLY. LUCKILY, I HAVE JUST FOUND OUT THAT A NEWLY RELEASED VERSION WITH 2 DISCS HAS BEEN RELEASED BY THE CRITERION COLLECTION, AND HAS A COMPLETE COMMENTARY BY DIRECTOR LUMET, ALONG WITH OTHER INTERESTING ASPECTS OF THE FILM THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL RELEASE OF THIS DVD.
AT THE ORIGINAL LIVE BOSTON STAGE PRODUCTION IN THE EARLY 1940'S, THE ENTIRE STAGE CAUGHT ON FIRE AT THE END OF THE PLAY, AND THE AUDIENCE HAD TO FLEE FROM THE THEATER. AS A RESULT, IT WAS A BOMB, BUT THE GENIUS OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS WAS NOT TO BE IGNORED. MIRIAM HOPKINS BELIEVED IN HIM, AND EVEN THOUGH THE FIRST PLAY PRODUCTION WAS A DISASTER, IT DID NOT DETER THE GENIUS THAT CAME FROM THIS PEN OF THIS GREAT SOUTHERN WRITER. ODDLY, MIRIAM HOPKINS HAD HER LAST MAJOR STARRING ROLE WITH MARLON BRANDO IN THE 1960'S FILM, THE CHASE. SHE HAD A VERY DRAMATIC SCENE WITH THE GREAT BRANDO IN THIS FILM, AND ACCORDING TO ROBERT REDFORD, WHO ALSO STARRED IN THE FILM AS THE SON OF MIRIAM HOPKINS, SAID IN HIS BIOGRAPHY THAT MIRIAM HOPKINS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN THIS FILM. SHE ACTUALLY OUTSHONE THE GREAT BRANDO IN THE COURTHOUSE SHE HAS WITH HIM IN THIS FILM, BASED ON THE PLAY WRITTEN BY LILLIAN HELLMAN.
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