Overview:
Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.| Status: | Released (1998-07-03) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 4 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $2,581,012 |
| Screen: | Gilbert Adair, Richard Kwietniowski |
| Productions: | BBC, Arts Council of England, British Screen Productions, Skyline Films, Imagex, Téléfilm Canada, Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation, Mikado Film, The Sales Company, Alfalfa Entertainment, BBC Film |
| Production Countries: | Canada, Italy, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | Deutsch, English, Français |
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Casts
- 5049: John Hurt - Giles De'Ath
- 19143: Jason Priestley - Ronnie Bostock
- 55153: Fiona Loewi - Audrey
- 93839: Sheila Hancock - Mrs. Barker
- 108890: Harvey Atkin - Lou
- 7868: Maury Chaykin - Irving Buckmuller
- 189427: Gawn Grainger - Henry
Crews
- 35332: Susan Shipton - Editor - Editing
- 17253: Oliver Curtis - Director of Photography - Camera
- 228797: Richard Kwietniowski - Director - Directing
- 16333: Gilbert Adair - Novel - Writing
- 228797: Richard Kwietniowski - Writer - Writing
- 2039274: Sophie Baker - Still Photographer - Camera
- 1583214: Christopher Reardon - Still Photographer - Camera
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Review text:
“Giles De’Ath” (John Hurt) is a rather reclusive writer who has largely shunned publicity until he goes to the cinema and inadvertently finds himself watching a piece of throwaway teen nonsense starring heartthrob “Ronnie” (Jason Priestly). For reasons that he can’t immediately expla ....
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