Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)

Popularity:

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Director:

Just Jaeckin

Writers:

Marc Behm
Just Jaeckin
(more)

Release Date:

29 June 1981 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

She was beautiful and sensual, trapped in a loveless marriage. He was her husband's servant. Born into worlds as far apart, they found a passionate world of their own.

Plot:

A film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's novel. After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady...

Plot Keywords:

Injury | Rear Entry Sex | Male Pubic Hair | Europe | Sex Scene

Cast

Sylvia Kristel	...	Lady Constance Chatterley
Shane Briant	...	Sir Clifford Chatterley
Nicholas Clay	...	Oliver Mellors
Ann Mitchell	...	Ivy Bolton
Elizabeth Spriggs	...	Lady Eva
Pascale Rivault	...	Hilda
Peter Bennett	...	Field
Anthony Head	...	Anton
Frank Moorey	...	The Priest
Bessie Love	...	Flora
John Tynan	...	Roberts
Michael Huston	...	Footman
Fran Hunter	...	Maid
Ryan Michael	...	Gigolo
Mark Colleano	...	Gigolo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Jaques	...	Priest (uncredited)

Directed by
Just Jaeckin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Marc Behm
Just Jaeckin
D.H. Lawrence		novel
Christopher Wicking

Produced by
André Djaoui	....	producer
Yoram Globus	....	executive producer
Menahem Golan	....	executive producer
Christopher Pearce	....	producer

Original Music by
Richard Harvey
Stanley Myers

Cinematography by
Robert Fraisse

Film Editing by
Eunice Mountjoy

Production Design by
Anton Furst

Set Decoration by
Bryony Foster

Costume Design by
Shirley Russell

Production Management
Peter Jaques	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew Binns	....	assistant director

Art Department
Mark Fruin	....	stand-by propman

Sound Department
Tony Jackson	....	sound mixer
Teddy Mason	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Yves De Bono	....	senior technician

Camera and Electrical Department
Kevin Brookner	....	assistant camera
Ray Meehan	....	best boy
Georges Pierre	....	still photographer
David Worley	....	focus (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Richard Booz	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Linda Bruce	....	production coordinator
Kent Adamson	....	assistant to Menahem Golan (uncredited)
Frank J. Tsacrios	....	assistant to executive producer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Cine Artist Film GmbH
• Cine-Source
• London-Cannon Films
• Producteurs Associés

Distributors

• Cannon Film Distributors (1982) (USA) (theatrical)
• Citadel Films (1982) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Columbia-EMI-Warner (1981) (UK) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (1982) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. / Columbia Pictures (1982) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (UK) (DVD)
• Koch Media (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen)
• Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Nordisk Film (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
• Pearl Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video (1987) (West Germany) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Video Ltd. (1986) (UK) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video (1985) (Australia) (video)
• TV3 (1989) (Finland) (TV)
• VTC-Video (1987) (Finland) (VHS)
• Video Collection International (1993) (UK) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Joe Dunton & Company  camera equipment provided by
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

UK | France | West Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 (1987) | Finland:K-18 (1981) | France:-12 | Iceland:16 | Italy:VM14 | Norway:16 (1982) | South Korea:18 | UK:X (original rating) | UK:18 (video rating) | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Wrotham Park, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Cine Artist Film GmbH

Trivia:

Analytically, this movie and its source D.H. Lawrence novel addresses the stuffy and polarized British class structure of the early 1920s.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Hyacinth flowers are seen in the bedroom during mid autumn in Great Britain in the early 1920s. These plants bloom in the springtime.

Movie Connections:

Version of Lady Chatterley (2006)

Typical Golan & Globus

Pretty typical Golan & Globus production with better than average art direction and cinematography. The estate is beautiful--as is Sylvia Kristel--but the adaptation is flat and whole thing feels flabby.

A bit of sex goes with the story, of course, and it's done well enough; but it's nothing like Kristel's soft core films. The acting is competent thruout, and the filmmakers take pains to maintain the essence of the English class struggle. But some of the jealousy and social indignation feels contrived.

I loved Lord Chatterly's gas-powered wheelchair for zipping around the grounds, altho why he didn't install an elevator in the mansion is a mystery.