Oleanna (film)
6.2 /10 1 Votes
56% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Drama, Thriller Screenplay David Mamet Country United States | 6.7/10 IMDb Director David Mamet Music director Rebecca Pidgeon Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 4, 1994 (1994-11-04) Writer David Mamet (play), David Mamet (screenplay) Cast William H. Macy, Debra Eisenstadt Similar movies Related David Mamet movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Flustered college student Carol (Debra Eisenstadt) visits John (William H. Macy), one of her professors, and asks how she can pass his class. The narcissistic instructor barely seems to notice her presence, and goes off on tangents relating to his own personal philosophies and problems while failing to answer the pupil. Later, a more assured Carol returns and accuses John of sexual harassment. The professor is baffled, but Carol remains steadfast in her claim, and their feud escalates nastily.
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- Oleanna official trailer 1 william h macy movie 1994 hd
- full movie oleanna 1994
- Critical reception
- References
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.
A two character movie, involving a college professor, John, who is confronted by a female student, Carol, who is failing his course. The two spend a long time talking to each other, during which time John says a few things that can be taken the wrong way. After the night the two spent talking, John is slapped with a sexual harassment accusation by Carol.
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Critical reception
Roger Ebert, whose review of the film 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". In his review of the film, Ebert expressed his feelings about the original play:
"Experiencing David Mamets play "Oleanna" on the stage was one of the most stimulating experiences Ive 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?"References
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