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Oleanna 
Oleanna DVD CoverDirected by David Mamet Written by David Mamet Starring William H. Macy,
Debra EisenstadtMusic by Rebecca Pidgeon Cinematography Andrzej Sekula Editing by Barbara Tulliver Release date(s) 4 November 1994 Running time 89 min Country United States 
Language English Box office $124,693 (USA) Oleanna is a 1994 drama film written and directed by David Mamet based on his play Oleanna and starring William H. Macy and Debra Eisenstadt. The film was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.
Critical Reception
Roger Ebert, whose review of the film[1] is primarily about the off-Broadway production he saw over a year earlier, was "astonished" to report that Oleanna was not a very good film, characterizing it as awkward and lacking in "fire and passion"; this is in contrast to what Ebert wrote about the performance of the play he saw at the Orpheum:
- "Experiencing David Mamet's play "Oleanna" on the stage was one of the most stimulating experiences I've had in a theater. In two acts, he succeeded in enraging all of the audience - the women with the first act, the men with the second. I recall loud arguments breaking out during the intermission and after the play, as the audience spilled out of an off-Broadway theater all worked up over its portrait of . . . sexual harassment? Or was it self-righteous Political Correctness?"[1]
External links
- Oleanna at AllRovi
- Oleanna at Box Office Mojo
- Oleanna at the Internet Movie Database
- Oleanna at Rotten Tomatoes
References
- ^ a b Ebert's review of the film version of Oleanna, from the Chicago Sun-Times website
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- English-language films
- Films directed by David Mamet
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