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Director:

Nicolas Roeg

Writers:

Lucy Irvine (book)
Allan Scott (written by)

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Release Date:

11 September 1987 (USA) more

Genre:

Adventure | Drama more

Plot:

Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island... more | add synopsis

User Comments:

Inflated with ornamental pomposity...typical Nicolas Roeg, in other words more (21 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Oliver Reed ... Gerald Kingsland

Amanda Donohoe ... Lucy Irvine
Georgina Hale ... Sister Saint Margaret
Frances Barber ... Sister Saint Winifred
Tony Rickards ... Jason

Todd Rippon ... Rod
John Sessions ... Man in Pub

Virginia Hey ... Janice
Sorel Johnson ... Lara
Len Peihopa ... Ronald
Paul Reynolds ... Mike Kingsland
Sean Hamilton ... Geoffrey Kingsland
Sarah Harper ... Swimming Teacher
Stephen Jenn ... Shop Manager
Joseph Blatchley ... Registrar
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Additional Details

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

Cannon Group more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

UK singer Kate Bush was initially asked to star in the film, but she was put-off by the sexual material of the screenplay. Instead she provided a song. more

Movie Connections:

Features The Pumpkin Eater (1964) more


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Inflated with ornamental pomposity...typical Nicolas Roeg, in other words, 8 May 2008
3/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Island travelogue and would-be 'uninhibited' male-female relations get sprinkled with psychosexual melodrama here, as only filmmaker Nicolas Roeg could present it. An older Londoner (Oliver Reed) advertises for a female companion to spend a year with him on a deserted island; Amanda Donohoe answers--she's the kind of gal who whips off all her clothes the minute the boat docks. Based on Lucy Irvine's book, one gets the sense this plot could be more a fantasy for women than for men--after all, the headstrong lady seems to call most of the shots, while Reed does the deep contemplating (with most of his clothes on!). The initial set up of the story is fun, but once the couple gets to the island, the script becomes non-existent. Director Nicolas Roeg isn't interested in lush, romantic tiptoeing through the flora and fauna (and he probably didn't see "The Blue Lagoon" anyway), yet one cannot help but imagining these two as older Blue Lagooners for a more cynical age, caught up in a messy combination between that scenario and the more political "Swept Away". Alas, this "Castaway" seems made up of leftover parts. *1/2 from ****

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