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Writers:
Harold Pinter (screenplay)
L.P. Hartley (novel)
Release Date:
December 1970 (UK) more
Plot:
Tale of torrid and forbidden love between Christie and Bates in the English countryside. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 8 wins & 9 nominations more
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(3 articles)
Useless Trivia: World's Shortest Score Rejected
(From Daily Film Music Blog. 1 January 2009, 5:39 AM, PST)
Controversial Playwright Harold Pinter Dead At Age 78
(From CinemaRetro. 26 December 2008, 9:52 AM, PST)
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One of the greatest films ever more (21 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Julie Christie | ... | Marian - Lady Trimingham |
 | Alan Bates | ... | Ted Burgess |
 | Margaret Leighton | ... | Mrs. Maudsley |
| Michael Redgrave | ... | Leo Colston - adult |
| Dominic Guard | ... | Leo Colston - boy |
| Michael Gough | ... | Mr. Maudsley |
| Edward Fox | ... | Hugh Trimingham |
| Richard Gibson | ... | Marcus Maudsley |
| Simon Hume-Kendall | ... | Denys |
| Roger Lloyd-Pack | ... | Charles (as Roger Lloyd Pack) |
| Amaryllis Garnett | ... | Kate (as Amaryllis Garnet) |
| Keith Buckley | ||
| John Rees | ||
| Gordon Richardson |
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118 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Iceland:L | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (1989) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Elstree Film and TV Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK more
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Gary F. Warren was interviewed for the role of Marcus. more
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Referenced in "thirtysomething: The Go Between (#3.23)" (1990) more
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Angels, Ever Bright and Fair more
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Of course, it is all a matter of personal taste. However this film captures the painful endurance of Leo as his country collapses towards war, a rigid society faces its own internal turmoil and Leo is stripped of his innocence before he is ready.
Set during a blistering summer before the First World War in which Leo stays with the wealthy family of a schoolfriend, the story revolves around Leo's new acquaintances amongst the adults of the family and their circle of socialites (his friend is confined to bed with measles). Leo is drawn into acting as a messenger between Marian and Ted Burgess, a local yeoman farmer.
Beneath the surface is a compelling tension that encompasses Marian, her suitor (Viscount Trimmingham), Ted Burgess and Marian's mother. All of this is witnessed by Leo who has to deal with his burgeoning but still confused understanding of the situation and his own schoolboy affections for Marian.
The story boils to a climax when the oppressive summer finally breaks and the dramatic revelations violently alter the course of personal lives, society and England.