Fifth of July (1982)
2h 9m
Running Time
October 11, 1982Release Date
Fifth of July (1982)
2h 9m
Running Time
October 11, 1982Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Ken Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with his lover, Jed. Traumatized and bitter, Ken struggles to find meaning in his life. As he contemplates selling the farmhouse, old friends and family members descend for a vacation. Originally broadcast as part of the series "American Playhouse" (season 1, episode 9).
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Thomas
Kenneth Talley Jr.
Jeff Daniels
Jed Jenkins
Swoosie Kurtz
Gwen Landis
Jonathan Hogan
John Landis
Joyce Reehling
June Talley
Kirk Browning
Director
Helen Stenborg
Sally Friedman
Kirk Browning
Director
Marshall W. Mason
Director
Danton Stone
Weston Hurley
Cynthia Nixon
Shirley Talley
Lanford Wilson
Writer
Sharon Seymour
Property Master
Samuel Paul
Producer
Samuel Paul
Producer
Bill Stephan
Editor
John Adams
Music Supervisor
Ken Hahn
Sound Mixer
Nelson Warner
Editor
Jac Venza
Executive Producer
Mitch Owgang
Production Assistant
Paul Huntley
Wig Designer
Michal Bigger
Makeup Artist
Aaron F. Quarles
Hairstylist
Patricia Ryan
Production Assistant
B.T. Whitehill
Graphic Designer
Dean Jackson
Assistant Costume Designer
David Potts
Art Direction
Pat Terray
Camera Operator
Bob Long
Camera Operator
Susie Fasbinder
Associate Producer
Laura Crow
Costume Design
William C. Knight
Lighting Director
Carol Stowe
Assistant Director
Tony Marshall
Stage Director
Bill Chase
Production Manager
Franc Martarella
Production Controller
Daniel Irvine
Continuity
Margaret Sunshine
Makeup Artist
David Weber
Location Manager
Mel Becker
Boom Operator
Tony Pollozzolla
Boom Operator
Mike Shoskes
Sound
Dean Baldwin
Camera Operator
Jon Minard
Camera Operator
Ray Walker
Technical Supervisor
Tom Cariello
Scenic Artist
Ann Powderly
Props
Jane Asch
Assistant Art Director
Sue Lyons
Wardrobe Assistant
Fred Reinglas
Production Assistant
Laura Gribbin
Production Secretary
Emily Grossman
Production Secretary
Chuck London
Sound Effects
Stan Levy
Production Manager
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Fifth of July is a 1978 play by Lanford Wilson. Set in rural Missouri in 1977, it revolves around the Talley family and their friends, and focuses on the disillusionment in the wake of the Vietnam War. It premiered on Broadway in 1980 and was later produced as a made-for-television movie.
The play is part of the Talley Trilogy, a series of Wilson plays revolving around the Talley family of Lebanon, Missouri. The other plays, both set on July 4, 1944, are Talley's Folly, a one-act dialogue between Sally Talley and her husband-to-be, Matthew Friedman, and Talley & Son, the story of a power struggle between Sally's father and grandfather.