this version move a little slow for my taste and i suppose i have problem with this play to begin with . but first the movie and it a typical tv movie version of a play which mean it doesn not have the flair of the original film version with william holden . what they couldn not afford to hire more than twelve people a extra . why move the movie up to 1966. so you could give the little sister a line about the vietnam war protest . why not 1963 and give her a line about the civil right movement . a for the casting and some hit some miss . jay o. sander hit the right note for his character especially with his scene with josh brolin . brolin on the other hand miss a lot of the note . he believable a an ex bmoc jock but he doesn not have the raw sensuality of william holden . i always think brolin look a little bit like a gorilla to have all the woman in town go ape over him ( pardon the pun ) . gretchen moll be lovely but she seem a little too wise for the character she play . she do not project the innocence or ignorance that the character require . maybe it because she and brolin be about 5 year old than the character should be . but then again holden be ten year too old . bonnie bedelia be rather forgettable a the mother and mary steenburgen can not seem to make up her mind whether she be play blanche dubois or katharine from the taming of the shrew . a for mr. inge play and i always felt that story like this of a young woman choose passion over practicality always need an epilogue . the twilight zone i believe offer a likely epilogue with the episode and spur of the moment where a young diana hyland be be chase by a bitter old diana hyland and because the young diana hyland choose to run off with a guy similar to hal carter .