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The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2009) - Movie Details

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Release Date: December 30, 2009 (LA/NY)
On DVD: June 1, 2010
Genre: Drama
Director: Jodie Markell
Writer: Tennessee Williams
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Mamie Gummer, Ann-Margaret, Jessica Collins
Studio: Paladin
Running Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some sexuality and drug content

Widely considered the most important American playwright of the post-WWII era, Williams wrote the "Teardrop Diamond" screenplay at the height of his late-50's heyday, amid such classic plays, (which themselves were adapted into classic films) as "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Suddenly, Last Summer," "Sweet Bird of Youth," and "Orpheus Descending." Set in the Roaring Twenties in Williams' (and Markell's) home town of Memphis, the film tells the story of Fisher Willow (Howard) a...

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