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The Glass House
Tom Gries
- 1972
- USA
- Drama
- 1h30mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Color
A teacher, sent to a penitentiary for involuntary manslaughter, is confronted to prison violence and puts his life in peril by not submitting to a sadistic inmate who rules over everyone else.
This hard-hitting TV movie, directed by Tom Gries, mostly known for his collaborations with Charles Bronson, was released several times in theaters - but not in the US - and was even presented in Cannes. Shot in a real prison, with inmates as extras, it imposes a growing tension, a very precise direction and a subversive message worthy of the best Sidney Lumet films. Truman Capote's stark writing leaves no room for escape. With Alan Alda's tragic gaze and a terrifying Vic Morrow, The Glass House is a great movie, and one we’re especially proud to present.
Screenings
09/09 • 16h45 • Screen 100
14/09 • 22h00 • Screen 300
Credits
- With : Vic Morrow, Alan Alda, Clu Gulager, Billy Dee Williams, Kristoffer Tabori...
- Screenplay : Truman Capote, Wyatt Cooper, Tracy Keenan Wynn
- Photography : Jules Brenner
- Editing : Gene Fowler Jr.
- Music by : Billy Goldenberg
- Production : Robert W. Christiansen, Rick Rosenberg
