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Director:
Pat O'Connor
Writers:
J.L. Carr (novel)
Simon Gray (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
12 February 1988 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Five centuries ago a mural was created in a country church in the north of England and then hidden under layers of white paint... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Renewal for the soul more (21 total)

Cast

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Colin Firth ... Tom Birkin
John Atkinsons ... Old Man on Train
Jim Carter ... Ellerbeck

Patrick Malahide ... Reverend Keach

Kenneth Branagh ... James Moon
Richard Vernon ... Colonel Hebron
Tim Barker ... Mossop
Vicki Arundale ... Kathy Ellerbeck
Martin O'Neil ... Edgar Ellerbeck

Natasha Richardson ... Alice Keach
Tony Haygarth ... Douthwaite
Eileen O'Brien ... Mrs. Ellerbeck
Elizabeth Anson ... Lucy Sykes
Barbara Marten ... Mrs. Sykes
Kenneth Kitson ... Mr. Sykes
Judy Gridley ... Mrs. Clough
Lisa Taylor ... Emily Clough
Andrew Wilde ... Shop Assistant
David Gillies ... Milburn
David Garth ... Old Birkin
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Directed by
Pat O'Connor 
 
Writing credits
J.L. Carr (novel)

Simon Gray (writer)

Produced by
Dominic Fulford .... associate producer
Johnny Goodman .... executive producer
John Hambley .... executive producer (as John Hambly)
Kenith Trodd .... producer
 
Original Music by
Howard Blake 
 
Cinematography by
Kenneth MacMillan 
 
Film Editing by
John Victor-Smith 
 
Casting by
Michelle Guish 
 
Production Design by
Leo Austin 
 
Art Direction by
Richard Elton 
 
Costume Design by
Judy Moorcroft 
 
Makeup Department
Carole Bennett .... hair stylist
Jenny Shircore .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Dominic Fulford .... production supervisor (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Craske .... assistant director
 
Art Department
John Maher .... construction manager
 
Sound Department
Shep Dawe .... sound assistant
Tony Dawe .... sound mixer
Peter Horrocks .... sound editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Graham Day .... focus puller
Steve Foster .... gaffer
Mike Frift .... camera operator
Nigel Seal .... clapper loader
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Keith Morton .... wardrobe master
 
Editorial Department
Liz Green .... editor trainee
 
Music Department
Howard Blake .... conductor
 
Other crew
Sarah Hayward .... continuity
Bill Launder .... production associate
Wayne McCoy .... location manager
Richard Morrison .... title designer
Pat Pennelegion .... production coordinator
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Falling Man (UK) (working title)
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:PG | Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:7 | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK more
Company:
Channel Four Films more

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Anachronisms: According to Alice Keach, her roses are the variety Sarah Van Fleet. However, the film is set in 1920 and Sarah Van Fleet roses were not introduced until 1926. more

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Renewal for the soul, 12 July 2001
Author: Peegee-3 (poetsrx@webtv.net) from Santa Monica, CA

I've just watched this haunting movie for the second time, after an interval of several years and having just read the book on which it's based. I feel as though the director,actors, cinematographer took a walk inside my head to pluck the images that lived there as I read the book. Of course, it was those images inside THEIR heads that have made this film the masterpiece that it is...to enrich the heart, restore the soul. Colin Firth brought the character, Tom Birkin, so fully into life, with his sensitivity, conflicts, process of restoration (both as a skilled worker and as a damaged human being) and yearnings one wonders why such roles as this haven't been offered him since. His brooding Mr Darcy in the TV version of "Pride and Prejudice" used some of these talents, but not nearly enough. Kenneth Branagh's fine understated playing of the equally war damaged archaelogist (and a closet homosexual) is amazing and brilliant, considering especially his over-the-top performances in later films. Lovely Natasha Richardson creates just the right tone of controlled longing of the unhappily married Alice Keagh. Jim Carter and the rest of the cast are splendid as well. This is a film to return to again and again for its visual and soulful beauty, simplicity and depth. What an antidote for the juvenile,frentic blockbuster fare we're offered for the most part by the movie "business."

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