I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
 


Genre:Drama
Release: 1970
Director:Gilbert Cates
 
Starring:Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Dorothy Stickney
 
Based on the play by Robert Anderson, I Never Sang for My
Father is devoted to the prickly relationship between aged Tom
Garrison (Melvyn Douglas) and his grown son Gene (Gene Hackman).
A college professor who feels that he has never been fully accepted by
his self-made dad, Gene announces that he is going to move from New
York to marry a California divorcee. His mother (Dorothy Stickney)
approves of the union but worries that her son's move will have a negative
effect on the increasingly truculent Tom. When his mother dies just before
the wedding, Gene is forced to help his father through his dark days. His
sister (Estelle Parsons) urges her brother to break the ties for good and
all--or else he'll wind up as bitter and withdrawn as their father. Gene realizes
the wisdom of these words when he tries to reach out to his father during
a vulnerable moment, only to have the crabby Tom tell him to get lost and
leave him alone. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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