Genre: | Drama |
Director: | Alfonso Arau |
Music: | Ruy Folguera |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Cinematography: | Kenneth MacMillan |
Editor: | David Martin |
Runtime: | 150 minutes |
Network: | A&E |
The Magnificent Ambersons is an A&E Network film for television, inspired by Booth Tarkington's novel The Magnificent Ambersons. It was filmed using Orson Welles's screenplay and editing notes of the original film.[1] Directed by Alfonso Arau, the film stars Madeleine Stowe, Bruce Greenwood, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Gretchen Mol, Jennifer Tilly, Dina Merrill and James Cromwell.[2] This film does not strictly follow Welles's screenplay. It lacks several scenes included in the 1942 version, and contains essentially the same happy ending as Tarkington's novel.