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Director:
Jack Clayton
Writers:
Brian Moore (novel)
Peter Nelson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
February 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
She falls in love with a broken down former NYC hotel doorman, who tells Judith vaguely that he was in the hotel business. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins more
User Comments:
My brief review of the film more (14 total)

Cast

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Maggie Smith ... Judith Hearne

Bob Hoskins ... James Madden
Wendy Hiller ... Aunt D'Arcy
Marie Kean ... Mrs. Rice

Ian McNeice ... Bernard Rice
Alan Devlin ... Father Quigley
Rudi Davies ... Mary
Prunella Scales ... Moira O'Neill
Aine Ni Mhuiri ... Edie Marinan
Sheila Reid ... Miss Friel
Niall Buggy ... Mr. Lenehan
Kate Binchy ... Sister Ignatius
Martina Stanley ... Sister Mary-Paul

Veronica Quilligan ... Mrs. Mullen
Frank Egerton ... The Major
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Runtime:
116 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:15 | Iceland:14 | Spain:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland more
Company:
HandMade Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Last cinema feature of Marie Kean. more
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References Samson and Delilah (1949) more
Soundtrack:
WHEN YOU'RE SMILING more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
My brief review of the film, 11 December 2005
Author: sol- from Perth, Australia

Playing an atypically quiet character for the most part, Maggie Smith is excellent in this film, and she deservedly won the BAFTA award for Best Actress for her role. As for the film itself, it is also powered by some fine acting from Marie Kean, and the motivations are interesting for each and every character - the film is a study of why different persons do what they do and what they expect in return. Sadly the snail's pacing is a bit slow for the material to have vigor, and some techniques used do not come off well, such as the melding of flashbacks and double narration with two characters each saying their thoughts. The gloom and anger in the film tend to verge on the excessive, but yet these sad emotions bring extra power to the story, and there really is not much of a story - in terms of events - to work with, but the film manages to do a satisfactory job. However, to call Smith satisfactory would not be justice at all. She is simply wonderful, in one of her last great performances, and the film is worth seeing for her work in it alone.

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