In Our Living and Our Dying: Our Town in the 21st Century

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Why is Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town" still so meaningful after 75 years? This short film interviews major artists from around the world to find out why "Our Town" is a cornerstone of modern drama. For more, visit www.thorntonwil...
Directed by Mark Blankenship
Edited by Chris Bryan
Produced by The Wilder Family LLC and Rosey Strub
Featuring Eric Stoltz, Gregory Mosher, Julie Vatain, Scott Hamilton Kennedy,Catherine Borek, Karen Greene Robinson, Joe Ferreira, Katy DiSavino, Ken Dingledine, and Will Eno
Note: This film had its world premiere at Ford's Theatre on February 4, 2013, the 75th anniversary of Our Town's Broadway debut

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@thomaswalsh1474 11 жыл бұрын

"There's something way down deep that's eternal about every human being."

@MarkMastrocinque 4 жыл бұрын

Best and most meaningful line in the play.

@dell177 3 жыл бұрын

This play is timeless, it will be as relevant in 500 years as it was when written.

@GeauxWyatt 4 жыл бұрын

Played George my Senior Year of High School. The show is always a reminder to try to be like the saints and poets and try to experience every moment of life

@bartroberts3634 3 жыл бұрын

There can be no greater expression of love than that you EXIST!

@thomask1424 4 ай бұрын

I watched the 1940 film just yesterday. Even on repeated viewings its freshness never dims. I've seen this, too, very evocation itself.

@johnmckenzie4639 4 жыл бұрын

Mrs. Gibbs: "only it seems to me, that once in your life, before you die, you ought to see a country where they don't talk in English ... and don't even want to." Doc Gibbs admonishing George for leaving his mother to do his chore of chopping wood: "And you eat her meals, and put on the clothes she keeps nice for you, and you run off and play baseball like she's some hired girl we keep around the house ... but that we don't like very much."

@paulkelly2701 Жыл бұрын

There is always more to say about 'Our Town'. It is the greatest play ever written in any language because it is the only play which can apply to every last person anywhere anytime. You must NOT have any sets. You must NOT have any props. You must only respect that the women are women and the men are men. Beyond that, there is no limit to how you cast this play. It could be in Jo'berg or Osaka as well as Grover's Corners because GC stands for every town anywhere anywhen. I think we all want to live there, really. I think we all should live there.

@bradleysmall2230 5 жыл бұрын

with every human being you have layers and layers of nonsence until you get at the core.

@bradleysmall2230 4 жыл бұрын

this is the way we were in our growing up, our marrying, and in our living and in our dying..... Can suzie salmon and emily both find eternity..

@bradleysmall2230 4 жыл бұрын

MR. WEBB: Well, I dunno. ... I guess we're all hunting like everybody else for a way the diligent and sensible can rise to the top and the lazy and quarrelsome can sink to the bottom. But it ain't easy to find. Meanwhile, we do all we can to help those that can't help themselves and those that can we leave alone...