Death of a Salesman (1966 CBS TV film)

Death of a Salesman is a 1966 television film adapted from the play of the same name by Arthur Miller. It was directed by Alex Segal and adapted for television by Miller. It received numerous nominations for awards, and won several of them, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Directors Guild of America Award and a Peabody Award. It was nominated in a total ofEmmy categories at the 19th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1967. Lee J. Cobb reprised his role as Willy Loman and Mildred Dunnock reprised her role as Linda Loman from the original 1949 stage production.

In general, critics spoke well of the Xeroxsponsored CBS adaptation The day after it aired Jack Gould praised it in The New York Times with a column that began An evening of exalted theater came to television last night in a revelation of Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman that will stand as the supreme understanding of the tragedy of Willy Loman. Joan Crosby of The Pittsburgh Press praised all members of the Loman family for their performances and described the performance as An evening of high drama, not to be missed. United Press International critic Rick Du Brow noted that the first television adaptation earned a place in history it promptly took its place among the most unforgettable productions in the history of the video medium. Du Brow praise Cobbs performance as great, Dunnock as a bastion of strength decency and human understanding, Segal as superb and Farentino as outstanding. Associated Press correspondent Cynthia Lowry described the show as a powerful depiction of tense, sometimes painful drama told mostly by flashbacks from happier times. Lowry described Cobbs distraught performance as overwhelming, Dunnocks portrayal of the loving, patient and blindly loyal wife equally powerful and the performances of both sons as sensitive.Segal won Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing Television Film and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama at the 19th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1967. Producers Susskind and Melnick also won the Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Program. Meanwhile, Miller won the Emmy for Special Classifications of Individual Achievements as the adaptor. Cobb and Dunnock were Emmynominated for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama, respectively. ........

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