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The Rainbow (1989)A young woman deals in her own personal way with the trials of adolescence and young adulthood in early 1900s England. Director:Ken Russell |
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| Paul McGann | ... | ||
| Amanda Donohoe | ... | ||
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Christopher Gable | ... | |
| David Hemmings | ... |
Uncle Henry
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| Glenda Jackson | ... |
Anna /
Anna Brangwen
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Dudley Sutton | ... |
MacAllister
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Mr. Harby
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Judith Paris | ... |
Miss Harby
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Kenneth Colley | ... |
Mr. Brunt
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Glenda McKay | ... | |
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Mark Owen | ... |
Jim Richards
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Ralph Nossek | ... |
Vicar
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| Nicola Stephenson | ... |
Ethel
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Molly Russell | ... |
Molly Brangwen
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Ken Russell's loose adaptation of the last part of D.H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow" sees impulsive young Ursula coming of age in pastoral England around the time of the Boer War. At school, she is introduced to lovemaking by a bisexual physical education instructress. While experiencing disillusionment in her first career attempt (teaching), she has an affair with a young Army officer, who wants to marry her. Unable to accept a future of domesticity, she breaks with him, and eventually leaves home in search of her destiny. Written by Anonymous
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 May 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El arco iris See more »Box Office
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$444,055 (USA)Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Music by Johann Strauß
Arranged by 'Keith Wilkinson (III)
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Ken Russell originally developed the screenplay for The Rainbow with producers 'Michael Nolin' and Charles Roven, but choose to make Crimes of Passion when the production funding for it came through first. See more »Soundtracks
"Morgenblatter"(uncredited)
Music by Johann Strauß
Arranged by 'Keith Wilkinson (III)
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The Rainbow (1989) was a film Ken Russell made based upon the writings of the legendary Victorian era author D.H. Lawrence, but with a Ken Russell twist. The story is a bout a young woman (Sammi Davis) who wants to live her life but she has to do it during the repressive Victorian age of England. But she meets a mentor (Amanda Donohoe) who shows her the many ways she can escape her button up lifestyle (if only for a few hours at a time). At many times it feels like a stuffy D.H. Lawrence novel (with the occasional highly charged eroticism). Ken Russell gets the chance to show the beauty of Amanda and Sammi in various stages. Too bad it was never released in the United States on D.V.D. If you love Victorian romance films, D.H. Lawrence or the films of Ken Russell then you appreciate more than the average viewer.
Recommended for Ken Russell fans.