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6.9/10   399 votes
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Director:
Writer:
David Hare (writer)
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Release Date:
19 July 1985 (USA) more
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins more
User Reviews:
Haunting, but occasionally maudlin more (11 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Vanessa Redgrave ... Jean Travers

Ian Holm ... Stanley Pilborough

Judi Dench ... Marcia Pilborough

Stuart Wilson ... Mike Langdon

Tim McInnerny ... John Morgan
Suzanna Hamilton ... Karen Creasy

Tom Wilkinson ... Roger Braithwaite
Marjorie Yates ... Verity Braithwaite
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Katy Behean ... Young Marcia
Ted Beyer ... Police Sergeant
Patrick Blackwell ... Derek
Ian Bleasdale ... Neurotic Teacher

Howard Crossley ... Policeman
Penny Downie ... Chrissie
David Foreman ... Young Malay

Christopher Fulford ... Arthur
Matthew Guinness ... Randall
Robert Hines ... Jim Mortimer
Mike Kelly ... CID Policeman
Bert King ... Mr. Mortimer
Richard Marris ... Sir Thomas
Peter Martin ... Helpful Parent
Norman Mills ... Drama Teacher
Guy Nicholls ... Mr. Varley

Joely Richardson ... Young Jean Travers
Vanessa Rosenthal ... Pretentious Parent
Marjorie Sudell ... Lily
Paula Tilbrook ... Mrs. Mortimer
Diane Whitley ... Policewoman
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Directed by
David Hare 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
David Hare  writer

Produced by
Patsy Pollock .... associate producer
Simon Relph .... producer
 
Original Music by
Nick Bicât 
 
Cinematography by
Stuart Harris 
 
Film Editing by
Chris Wimble 
 
Production Design by
Hayden Griffin 
 
Art Direction by
Jamie Leonard 
 
Costume Design by
Jane Greenwood 
Lindy Hemming 
 
Makeup Department
Christopher Tucker .... special makeup effects artist
 
Production Management
Linda Bruce .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ian Madden .... assistant director
Asad Qureshi .... third assistant director
 
Sound Department
Gerry Humphreys .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ashley Kennedy .... best boy
Shaun O'Dell .... camera operator
Micky Thomas .... gaffer
 
Music Department
Tony Britten .... conductor
Tony Britten .... music arranger
 
Transportation Department
Richard Booz .... transportation captain
 
Other crew
Mike Dempsey .... title designer
Laura Julian .... production coordinator
Sarah Lucraft .... assistant accountant
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Rumor has it that _David Hare (I)_ created the role of June Travis, played by _Vanessa Redgrave_, in order to examine Prime Minister _Margaret Thatcher_ as a product of British history. more
Quotes:
Stanley Pilborough: I remember once my father, also a solicitor, said, "I have learnt never to judge any man from his behavior with money and the opposite sex". Yet it is my own saddened experience that those are the only ways to judge him. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Krótki film o zabijaniu (1988) more

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7 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
Haunting, but occasionally maudlin, 19 May 2005
7/10
Author: Lorene Anderson from Chicago

Besides qualms with the musical score, Wetherby has a killer script, intriguing editing, fantastic acting (Vanessa Redgrave is incredible), and a compelling idea driving the film. The echoes of film noir in the intense, high-contrast lighting and the starkness of the violence was perfect, especially when combined with naked silence. It is more than a story about a disturbed young man who shoots himself in front of an aging school teacher, Jean Travers (Redgrave). That comes early in the film. It is about the psychological consequences for Jean in her life and past, violently revealed through that shocking act. Life can never be normal again. Beneath even the most pleasant veneer lurks sadness, secrets, and dark sexuality.

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