Overview:
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.| Status: | Released (1989-03-03) |
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| Awards: | 1 win & 2 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $8,800,000 |
| Screen: | Michael Thomas |
| Productions: | British Screen Productions, Palace Pictures, Miramax, British Satellite Broadcasting |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Crews
- 92881: Joe Boyd - Executive Producer - Production
- 59839: Harvey Weinstein - Executive Producer - Production
- 69783: Chris Townsend - Art Direction - Art
- 9022: Redmond Morris - Producer - Production
- 109059: Angus Newton - Editor - Editing
- 7189: Michael Thomas - Writer - Writing
- 30365: Michael Caton-Jones - Director - Directing
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
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This film seems to do a fine job recreating the spirit of the 60s, or at least as experienced by the in crowd and the wealthy. John Hurt is great, as usual, and Joanne Whaley os so expressive and magnetic when she smiles or vamps or whatever, I can almost imagine that it was more th ....
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"Scandal" features the sort of sexually promiscuous depiction of the upper classes that usually results in a keen sense of disassociation which finally leads to disinterest and then downright boredom amongst those patrons in the audience completely unaccustomed with the activities of ....
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