Eugene O'Neill (2006)

  
Format:  Eugene O'Neill DVD 
 
 
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of "The Iceman Cometh," "Long Day's Journey Into Night," and many other revered theatrical works is profiled in an "American Experience" program by acclaimed filmmaker Ric Burns. O'Neill's dramatic and often difficult life is chronicled, from a childhood with a morphine-addicted mother to his astonishing professional successes, and to his painful death in 1953 from a neurodegenerative disease. 120 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; interviews; dramatic readings.
 
SKU: D87071
$22.49
Regularly $24.99
Category:
Documentary
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White / Color
Format: 
Widescreen
Closed Captioned:
 Yes
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