| 1. | My Dinner With Andre | 1981 |
| 2. | Vanya On 42nd Street | 1994 |
| 3. | A Master Builder | 2014 |
Twenty years after their brilliant cinema-theater experiment Vanya on 42nd Street, Wallace Shawn and André Gregory reunited to produce another idiosyncratic film version of a classic play, this time Henrik Ibsen’s Bygmester Solness (Master Builder Solness). Brought pristinely to the screen by Jonathan Demme, this compellingly abstract reimagining features Shawn (who also wrote the adaptation) as a visionary but tyrannical middle-aged architect haunted by figures from his past, most acutely an attractive, vivacious young woman (the breathtaking newcomer Lisa Joyce) who has appeared on his doorstep. Also featuring standout supporting performances by Julie Hagerty, Larry Pine, and Gregory, A Master Builder, like Vanya, is the result of many years of rehearsals, a living, breathing, constantly shifting work that unites theater, film, and dream.
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Wallace Shawn | Halvard Solness |
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Julie Hagerty | Aline Solness |
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Larry Pine | Dr. Ejlert Herdal |
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Lisa Joyce | Hilde Wangel |
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Andre Gregory | Knut Brovik |
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Winsome Brown | Nurse |
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Jeff Biehl | Ragnar Brovik |
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Emily Cass McDonnell | Kaia Fosli |
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Sheilagh Weymouth | Nurse |
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Joanna Howard | Nurse Nora |
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Marjorie Graham | Nurse |
| Director | Jonathan Demme |
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| Writer | Henrik Ibsen, Wallace Shawn | |
| Producer | Caroline Baron, Shane Bissett, Ron Bozman, Rocco Caruso, Andre Gregory, Scott Griffin, Wallace Shawn, Annette Solakoglu, Kemal Solakoglu, Jordan Tappis, Anthony Weintraub, Beau Willimon | |
| Photography | Declan Quinn | |
| Edition | Criterion |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Edition Release Date | Jun 16, 2015 |
| Regions | A |