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A Summer Story (1988)
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16 February 1989 (Australia)
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For every man and every woman there is that one great love. A love that touches the heart fires the soul and lingers in the memory forever.
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(Complete credited cast) | James Wilby | ... | Mr. Ashton |
| Imogen Stubbs | ... | Megan David |
| Susannah York | ... | Mrs. Narracombe |
| Kenneth Colley | ... | Jim (as Ken Colley) |
| Jerome Flynn | ... | Joe Narracombe |
| Lee Billett | ... | Nick |
| Oliver Perry | ... | Rick |
| Harry Burton | ... | Garton |
 | Sophie Ward | ... | Stella Halliday |
| John Elmes | ... | Mr. Halliday |
| Camilla Power | ... | Sabina Halliday |
| Juliette Fleming | ... | Freda Halliday |
| Sukie Smith | ... | Betsy |
| John Savident | ... | Bank Clerk |
| Rachel Joyce | ... | Post Office Girl |
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95 min
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I Know You're Out There Somewhere
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This film, though little noticed by the general moviegoing public, is a beautifully photographed and acted masterpiece. It is a bittersweet tale of lost love, based on a short story ("The Apple Tree") by John Galsworthy. Most of the film, in writer Penelope Mortimer's skillful adaptation, is presented as a flashback -- sandwiched by an introduction and coda that are devastatingly poignant. Piers Haggard directs with a lighthanded touch that makes the characters seem utterly real. I cannot recommend this film too highly. Every time I view it, I am overwhelmed anew by its intense vision of human nature. A gem!