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Director:
Writer:
Peter Greenaway (written by)
Release Date:
7 July 1983 (Australia)
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Tagline:
A landscape of lust and cunning. [Video Australia]
Plot:
Mr. Neville, a cocksure young artist is contracted by Mrs. Herbert, the wife of a wealthy landowner...
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Awards:
1 nomination
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(2 articles)
The Secret History
(From IFC. 15 September 2009, 10:20 AM, PDT)
Video Essay: Greenaway + Darman + Duran Duran = Thatcher-era Britain
(From Spout. 18 August 2008, 9:30 AM, PDT)
(From IFC. 15 September 2009, 10:20 AM, PDT)
Video Essay: Greenaway + Darman + Duran Duran = Thatcher-era Britain
(From Spout. 18 August 2008, 9:30 AM, PDT)
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Breathtaking
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Anthony Higgins | ... | Mr. Neville |
| Janet Suzman | ... | Mrs. Herbert |
| Anne-Louise Lambert | ... | Mrs. Talmann |
| Hugh Fraser | ... | Mr. Talmann |
| Neil Cunningham | ... | Mr. Noyes |
| Dave Hill | ... | Mr. Herbert |
| David Gant | ... | Mr. Seymour |
| David Meyer | ... | The Poulencs |
| Tony Meyer | ... | The Poulencs |
| Nicolas Amer | ... | Mr. Parkes |
 | Suzan Crowley | ... | Mrs. Pierpont |
| Lynda La Plante | ... | Mrs. Clement (as Lynda Marchal) |
| Michael Feast | ... | The Statue |
| Alastair Cummings | ... | Philip |
| Steve Ubels | ... | Mr. Van Hoyten |
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Runtime:
103 min | Finland:109 min (1983)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Italy:VM14 |
Australia:M |
Australia:MA (DVD rating) |
Argentina:16 |
Finland:K-16 |
South Korea:18 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Spain:13
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Peter Greenaway's original cut ran over four hours. He has stated his intention to edit the cut footage, along with additional outtakes, into an entirely new feature entitled "The Hedgecutters".
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Anachronisms: The cooing of a collared dove is not a sound that would have fallen on Jacobean ears, as the species was unknown in Britain until 1955.
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Mr. Noyes: Mr. Chandos was a man who spent more time with his gardener than his wife. They discussed plum trees - ad nauseam. He gave his family and his tennants cause to dread September, for they were regaled with plums till their guts rumbled like thunder and their backsides ached from overuse. He built the chapel at Fouvant, where the pews are made of plumwood, so the tennants still have cause to remember Chandos through their backsides - on account of the splinters.
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Mr. Noyes: Mr. Chandos was a man who spent more time with his gardener than his wife. They discussed plum trees - ad nauseam. He gave his family and his tennants cause to dread September, for they were regaled with plums till their guts rumbled like thunder and their backsides ached from overuse. He built the chapel at Fouvant, where the pews are made of plumwood, so the tennants still have cause to remember Chandos through their backsides - on account of the splinters.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004)
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Soundtrack:
Bravura In The Face Of Grief
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This is a confusing and gorgeous film. Witty, clever and fun. A bit bizarre with its rococo themes and moodiness but a marvelously rich visual experience. The sight of the living statue peeing on command, as it were, tickled my funny bone. I loved it from the opening scenes to its strange ending.