Eileen Herlie

A brilliant cast brings playwright Anton Chekhov's masterpiece of the capricious power of passion to the screen. The story is set during two gatherings, two years apart, on the same Russian country estate and among six lovers, most of whom are not loved in return. Those who are hard-shelled and worldly shrug off romantic disappointment. Those who are not, cannot...and tragedy ensues. With direction by Sidney Lumet (Network, Dog Day Afternoon, The Verdict) and the talents of James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, David Warner, Denholm Elliott and more lights of film and stage, The Sea Gull resonates with profound emotion.

Set during two gatherings, two years apart, on the same Russian country estate and among six lovers, most of whom are not loved in return. Those who are hard-shelled and worldly shrug off romantic disappointment. Those who are not, cannot, and tragedy ensues. With direction by Sidney Lumet and the talents of James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, David Warner, and Denholm Elliott.

Based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier, this sweeping epic relates the tale of three generations of two Irish families caught in a relentless feud that first erupts in 1840 when the Brodricks open a copper mine on land belonging to the Donovans. Outsider Fanny Rose Flower (Margaret Lockwood) marries into the Brodrick clan and watches over the years as greed, betrayal, economic upheaval and class violence threaten to tear apart both families.