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8.4/10   23 votes
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Melvyn Bragg (writer)
Ken Russell (writer)
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9 July 1978 (UK) more
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Psychologically Believable but at Times Amateurish more (2 total)

Cast

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Bridget Ashburn ... Joanna Hutchinson
Robin Bevan ... Young William
Antony Carrick ... Uncle
Freddie Fletcher ... Tom Hutchinson
Thomas Henty ... Jack Hutchinson

William Hootkins ... Reverend Dewey
Felicity Kendal ... Dorothy Wordsworth
Preston Lockwood ... Dr. Carr
Amanda Murray ... Mary Worsdwort
Patricia Quinn ... Annette Vallo
Sally Sheridan ... Mrs. Hutchinson (as Sally Adams)
David Warner ... William Wordsworth
Trevor Wilson ... John Wordworth
Susan Withers ... Young Dorothy
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Psychologically Believable but at Times Amateurish, 16 October 2005
7/10
Author: richlandwoman from Los Angeles

This hour-long docudrama presents Wordsworth's sister Dorothy as his muse and true love, as well as a talented poet in her own right. As Dorothy lies on her deathbed, William remembers their lives together, including his arguable betrayal of his sister through marriage to another woman.

The deep, almost incestuous feeling between the two is believable and moving, but every now and then something goes terribly wrong in the production -- a particularly goofy close-up or montage, some very badly delivered dialogue, etc.

Still, I liked it and will probably watch it again. It's especially good at showing the passion that exists in Wordsworth's verse, presenting it as more than just "nature poetry" (although there are many lovely shots of the landscape that inspired him).

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