Every once in a while you see a drama that reminds you that most theater and film is very superficial. This 1989 version of Our Town has all the resonance of the 1940 film with an extra dimension of emotion. Spaulding Gray as the stage manager, Eric Stoltz, Penelope Ann Miller are all perfect from minute one. The film was more juvenile and here they are sexual. And the other characters are not so cardboard small town. Their repressions are very real. It took till Jan. 1991 for WNET to broadcast it and it is very expensive to purchase but very much unforgettable and worth it.
