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Dominican Rep. Vanya on 42nd Street
- Original title
- Vanya on 42nd Street
- Year
- 1994
- Running time
- 119 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- David Mamet. Novel: Antón Chéjov
- Cast
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Julianne Moore
George Gaynes
Brooke Smith
Wallace Shawn
Larry Pine- Phoebe Brand
- Jerry Mayer
Lynn Cohen
Madhur Jaffrey
Andre Gregory- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Stage Play
- Movie Groups
- Anton Chekhov Adaptations
- Synopsis
- David Mamet wrote the screenplay for this staging of Andre Gregory's play, "Vanya," itself based on Chekhov's masterpiece, "Uncle Vanya." A group of actors enter a theatre on New York's 42nd Street and run through a full-length rehearsal of "Vanya" --no costumes, no sets and no 19th-century pretensions. This stirring 1994 work by Louis Malle brought the legendary French filmmaker into another collaboration with actors-writers-directors Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn, scribes and stars of the great My Dinner with Andre. The situation here is that Shawn and Gregory were participants in a years-long, informal project remounting a production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya every few months for select friends and the general worthiness of the idea. Wearing street clothes and strolling to a crumbling New Amsterdam theater on Broadway, actors Shawn, Julianne Moore, George Gaynes, Brooke Smith, Larry Pine, Phoebe Brand, Lynn Cohen, and others would do a full run of the text (as sharply translated by David Mamet) while a beaming Gregory (the play's director) looked on. Malle--who died following this film--spent a few days transforming the theatrical experiment into a viable film that maintained the company's unusual purpose and spirit. The result is something between a narrative feature and a documentary about an acting workshop, and is both highly entertaining and cinematically enthralling. A terrific final note in Malle's distinguished career, this is a must-see for anyone who cared about his work or who has a passion for Chekhov.
- Awards
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1994: Valladolid: Jury Prize1994: Independent Spirit Awards: 2 Nominations inc. Best Supp. Actor (Pine)1994: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actress (Moore). 5 Nominations1994: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): 2 nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"A film which reduces Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" to its bare elements: loneliness, wasted lives, romantic hope and despair. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"
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