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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
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Writers:
Brian Moore (novel)
Peter Nelson (screenplay)
Release Date:
February 1988 (USA) 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
Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins more
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Masterclass of acting more (14 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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116 min
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1.75 : 1 more
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UK:15 | Iceland:14 | Spain:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | USA:R
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Last cinema feature of Marie Kean. more
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References Samson and Delilah (1949) more
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WHEN YOU'RE SMILING more
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This film has to contain one of the contenders for Dame Maggie's best performance. If it wasn't for the appalling lack of efficiency of the film's distributor in America, I think that this could have earned her, her third Academy Award. Her accent has to be one of the finest Irish accents ever committed to film by a non Irish national. Her acting does carry the film for me. In this film you will also see one of the very rare times where Dame Maggie really lets rip, with a nerve shattering screech of a shout. It is quite unsettling when she does unleash this roar, full of pure emotion, completely in character, and without the need for false theatrics. Ian Mcniece is too theatrical in his accent for me, and Bob Hoskins is very good, but gets acted off the screen by Dame Maggie. Really this turns into a Dame Maggie vehicle. Not because its written for her (the book was published before the film came about), and not because she hogs the screen, it is simply because you become so enthralled with her character, you see Judith Hearne as a real person, and Dame Maggie as arguably the greatest actress of our time.