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Dominican Rep. The Glass House (TV)
- Original title
- The Glass House
- Year
- 1972
- Running time
- 86 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Alan Alda
Vic Morrow
Clu Gulager
Billy Dee Williams- Luke Askew
Dean Jagger
Kristoffer Tabori
Scott Hylands- Edward Bell
- Tony Mancini
- Alan Vint
- George Wood
- Roy Jenson
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Prison Drama. TV Movie
- Movie Groups
- Truman Capote Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Adapted from a story by Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood"), the world of the prison convict is open to the viewer. As the story develops, one thing becomes clear. As in the outside world, there is a "system"; and just as on the outside, there is accommodation, honesty, cynicism, violence and all the other factors that make up our society. Three new convicts act as the catalyst for the events that follow; a college teacher, convicted of accidental manslaughter; a young man, sentenced for possession of marijuana; a new guard, interested in changing the system. Inside prison, the 'establlishment' presents itself. The warden doesn't want to rock the boat of the small society within prison walls. A convict dictator controls activities among the inmates thanks to a control of the narcotics traffic. A leader of the black convicts seethes in his own world of racial tension when there is no difference between convicts and authorities. As the film follows the three newcomers, it records the grim, terrifying, sometimes fascinating events that occur.
- Awards
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1972: San Sebastian Film Festival: Golden Shell Best Movie1972: Emmy: Best Direction in Drama - A Single Program (Tom Gries). 3 Nom.1972: Golden Globes: Nom. for Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for TV1972: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nom. for Best Director (Miniseries/TV Movie)
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