Claudio Carvalho The film spends one day and night with the dysfunctional Tyrone family. Mary Tyrone (Katharine Hepburn) is an unstable mother addicted in morphine that recalls moments of her life in the past to escape from her reality. The Irish patriarch James Tyrone (Ralph Richardson) is a cheap and alcoholic man and former successful actor. The older son Jamie Tyrone (Jason Robards) is an alcoholic idle man that loves and envies his brother and is blamed by his mother for the death of his younger brother. Edmund Tyrone (Dean Stockwell) is an aspiring writer that has consumption (tuberculosis) and tried to commit suicide. The theatrical "Long Day's Journey into Night" is an adaptation for the big screen of a play and recommended for fans of the author only. For average viewers, it is a long, boring and depressive film with a day of a dysfunctional American family from the beginning of the Twentieth Century. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "Longa Jornada Noite Adentro" ("Long Journey Into Night")

ptaretha There are many reviews here about this incredible work, and about Eugene Oneill's brilliance. I want only to add to these that this film contains the greatest acting performance in the history of films. Katharine Hepburn moves between intentions, emotions, layers, and states of mind at the speed of thought, with the greatest authenticity, range, and ease that has ever been captured on film. It is a masterpiece within a masterpiece, and shows one virtuoso creating an opportunity for another virtuoso to reach their ultimate expression. It is an unparalleled performance, it has no peers. The entire film is wonderful, with Oneill, Lumet, Richardson, Robards, and lovely Stockwell providing the framework for the best performance ever given by an on screen performer. Watch it.

Maddyclassicfilms Long Days Journey Into Night is directed by Sidney Lumet, is written by Eugene O'Neill and is based upon his play. The film stars Jason Robards, Katharine Hepburn, Dean Stockwell and Ralph Richardson.This is the story of how one upper class family slowly falls apart. Catholic convent educated Mary Tyrone(Katharine Hepburn)is the long suffering wife of cold,mean and miserable James Tyrone(Ralph Richardson).His obsession with keeping a tight fist around the families cash has caused more misery and tragedy than they can cope with.Mary for many years has been a drug addict and one summers afternoon she takes up the habit again unable to cope with news of her youngest sons illness.The youngest members of the family are alcoholic and strong willed poet Jamie(Jason Robards)and the young brother he adores Edmund(Dean Stockwell).Edmund has caught consumption and is gravely ill,he Jamie and his father try and hide it from Mary but she suspects and just can't handle it.Jamie argues with his father over his reluctance to send Edmund to the best doctors due to his watching the money so carefully.After getting a grave consultation and being ordered to a sanatorium the men arrive home to more pain than they can deal with and as afternoon turns into night hatred,fear,declarations of love and anger are revealed as they struggle to cope with or ease the pain of their situation.The relationship between Jamie and Edmund is the highlight of the film, Jamie's two great loves in life are booze and Edmund,who is the one thing in life that keeps him human and allows him moments of being nice and normal.However he resents him due to the fact his difficult birth started their mothers long use of drugs.The scene where he explains all this to Edmund is heartbreaking and electrifying and Jason gives such an intense and haunted performance that it's a shame he didn't win an award.Perhaps a little too theatrical at times(Ralph certainly is)it all adds to the riveting effect of the film as you are dragged into this battleground with this damaged group of people.Also starring Jeanne Barr as their young maid Kathleen,Long Days Journey Into Night will move and grip you in equal measure and features some career best performances,without a doubt this is a must see.

dglink In her long distinguished career, some of Katharine Hepburn's performances were mannered, while others were over-praised because of her near-mythic status. However, her Mary Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey into Night" was decidedly neither. Director Sidney Lumet crafted a meticulous filming of the Eugene O'Neill play without distracting from either the words or players with self conscious touches. But, the master director managed to keep his camera flawlessly positioned to capture the genius on display and maintain audience involvement. Boris Kaufman's low-key black-and-white cinematography was constrained by the largely one-set indoor stage, but managed to utilize light and shadow for timeless images of familial disintegration.The direction, cinematography, music, and editing all remain unobtrusive, however, so the incomparable work of a quartet of exceptional actors stays in focus. Dean Stockwell and Jason Robards play Jamie and Edmund Tyrone, the troubled sons of James Tyrone, an aging miserly actor. Like the two younger actors, Ralph Richardson has arguably done nothing that eclipses his work herein. O'Neill's masterwork is well served for posterity by the cast in this version. However, Katharine Hepburn raises a near-perfect record of a classic play to an even higher level. Hepburn's Mary Tyrone may not only be her finest screen work, but may rank among the greatest performances committed to celluloid. While day matures from morning to noon to night, the four Tyrones engage each other together and separately over issues that have simmered for a lifetime. Meanwhile, the day fades, and Hepburn's Mary descends from the light into the darkness as her grip on sanity ebbs with the sunlight and she retreats into the shadows of the Tyrones' dimly lit parlor.The film is nearly three hours long, but the words are rich, and the players obviously relish the lines. Patient viewers who seek familiarity with O'Neill's play could not find a better venue. Fans of any one of the four major cast members will find the film essential viewing, and those who want to see Katharine Hepburn at her apogee need look no further.