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Writer:
Peter Greenaway (written by)
Release Date:
June 1991 (USA) more
Tagline:
The great death game.
Plot:
Tired of her husband's philanderous ways, the mother of two daughters drowns her husband. With the reluctant help of the local coroner... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Another Greenaway/Vierny/Nyland masterpiece more (26 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Joan Plowright | ... | Cissie Colpitts 1 |
 | Juliet Stevenson | ... | Cissie Colpitts 2 |
 | Joely Richardson | ... | Cissie Colpitts 3 |
 | Bernard Hill | ... | Madgett |
| Jason Edwards | ... | Smut |
| Bryan Pringle | ... | Jake |
| Trevor Cooper | ... | Hardy |
 | David Morrissey | ... | Bellamy |
| John Rogan | ... | Gregory |
| Paul Mooney | ... | Teigan |
| Jane Gurnett | ... | Nancy |
| Kenny Ireland | ... | Jonah Bognor |
| Michael Percival | ... | Moses Bognor |
| Joanna Dickens | ... | Mrs. Hardy |
| Janine Duvitski | ... | Marina Bellamy |
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118 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R
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All the numbers between 1-100 appear during the course of the film (not in sequence though). more
Quotes:
Cissie Colpitts 1: [looking at the sleeping body of her son-in-law] Do *all* fat men have little penises? more
Soundtrack:
2nd Movement of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra K354 more
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I first saw this film many years ago when it was first released, after having seen all greenaway's BFI funded experimental films and the Draughtman's Contract et al. Some of the reviews here seem to compare this film with greenaway's later films, right up to the Pillow Book. I don't see this as relevant, a film maker will obviously evolve over a period of 20 years. This film was at the time, and still is, a thoughtful, beautifully photographed masterpiece. The cast are superb, the script is crisp, and although it generally is regarded as greenaway's most "user friendly" film, this is no bad thing. In short, a film to be enjoyed time after time. PLEASE WILL SOMEONE ARRANGE A DVD RELEASE SOON !!!!!!!!!!