Hedda (film)
Hedda | |
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Directed by | Trevor Nunn |
Written by |
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Produced by | Robert Enders |
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Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe |
Edited by | Peter Tanner |
Music by | Laurie Johnson |
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Distributed by | Scotia-Barber |
Release date | 19 December 1975 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Hedda is a 1975 film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 play Hedda Gabler. It stars Glenda Jackson, Peter Eyre, and Patrick Stewart (in his screen debut) and was directed by Trevor Nunn.[1]
This film was the first (and, as of 2019, the only) major theatrical film version of the play in English. Other productions of the play in English with sound have been made for television.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Glenda Jackson). The film was also screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.[2]
Cast[]
- Glenda Jackson - Hedda Gabler
- Peter Eyre - Jørgen Tesman
- Timothy West - Judge Brack
- Jennie Linden - Thea Elvsted
- Patrick Stewart - Ejlert Løvborg
- Constance Chapman - Juliane Tesman (Aunt Julie)
- Pam St. Clement - Berthe
Critical reception[]
In The New York Times, Vincent Canby praised Jackson's performance: "This version of “Hedda Gabler” is all Miss Jackson's Hedda and, I must say, great fun to watch ... Miss Jackson's technical virtuosity is particularly suited to a character like Hedda. Her command of her voice and her body," and concluded, "the physical production is handsome, and Mr. Nunn is most successful in preserving the claustrophobic nature of the play without creating a static film. Hedda is an imaginative, intelligent film version of a play that I wasn't breathlessly waiting to see at this moment."[3] Judith Crist of Saturday Review wrote: "a startlingly fresh and perceptive version written and directed by Trevor Nunn and ingeniously interpreted by Jackson. Seldom has a classic been so well served." J.C. Trewin wrote in The Illustrated London News: "No Hedda, seeking an object she cannot determine, has been more infinitely bored, or more dangerous."[4]
Awards and nominations[]
Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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Academy Awards[5] | Best Actress | Glenda Jackson | Nominated |
David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Actress | Won[a] | |
Golden Globe Awards[6] | Best Foreign Film | Nominated | |
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Glenda Jackson | Nominated |
Notes[]
- ^ Tied with Isabelle Adjani for The Story of Adele H..
References[]
- ^ "Hedda (1975)". BFI.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Hedda". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
- ^ "Movie Reviews". NY Times. 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Things People Do," Illustrated London News, 263, 6926 [Sept. 1975], 81).
- ^ "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ "Hedda – Golden Globes". HFPA. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
External links[]
- English-language films
- 1975 films
- 1975 drama films
- British films
- Films shot at Elstree Studios
- Films based on works by Henrik Ibsen
- Films directed by Trevor Nunn
- Films scored by Laurie Johnson
- British drama films
- 1970s British film stubs