A family reacts to the return of the patriarch who abandoned them seven years earlier.A family reacts to the return of the patriarch who abandoned them seven years earlier.A family reacts to the return of the patriarch who abandoned them seven years earlier.
Lester Goldsmith
- Mr. Kestenbaum
- (as Lester M. Goldsmith)
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- TriviaThe original Broadway production of "Happy Birthday, Wanda June" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. opened at the Edison Theater on December 22, 1970, ran for 96 performances and closed on March 14, 1971.
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Penelope Ryan: Doctor Woodley, I would like you to meet Harold, my husband. Harold, I would like you to meet Doctor Woodley, my fiancé. Good night, dear.
[kisses Harold]
Penelope Ryan: Good night, dear.
[kisses Dr. Woodley]
Penelope Ryan: . Stay or go; talk or sulk; laugh or cry--as you wish. Do whatever seems called for. My mind is gone. Good night.
[she closes and locks door]
- ConnectionsReferenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: 12 to the Moon (1994)
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The first time I've watched this remarkable movie, was on commercial TV..I was sincerely amazed with this exquisite blend of irony,madness and desperation that was a trademark of Mr.Vonegut's works.But, there was something really new coming on that flick...the urges of a mankind behind those solid characters, Steiger and Hickey, this last one the bomber that wasted Hiroshima, and his Master, a frontiersman Steiger,both back from a disastrous expedition to Africa, that lasted years...Their families, in the face of those presumed deceased...What about an effervescent and mutating world of the early 70's?They should portrait the Vietnam fighters, being cursed for the flower power generation...Blended with superb interpretations from all the cast, with poisonous 'sensa huma'and political uncorrectioness all over the place.Those were the days, dude. A really must see...
- Michael9137
- Dec 7, 2001
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By what name was Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971) officially released in India in English?
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