Truly Madly Deeply (1990)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Anthony Minghella

Writer:

Anthony Minghella (writer)

Release Date:

24 May 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Music | Romance

Plot:

Once upon a time there were two people in love, their names were Nina and Jamie. They were even happy enough to be able to live happily ever after...

Plot Keywords:

Rat | Death | Love | Ghost | Childbirth

Awards:

Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 15 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Juliet Stevenson	...	Nina
Jenny Howe	...	Burge
Carolyn Choa	...	Translator
Bill Paterson	...	Sandy
Christopher Rozycki	...	Titus
Keith Bartlett	...	Plumber
David Ryall	...	George
Stella Maris	...	Maura
Ian Hawkes	...	Harry
Deborah Findlay	...	Claire
Alan Rickman	...	Jamie
Vania Vilers	...	Frenchman
Arturo Venegas	...	Roberto
Richard Syms	...	Symonds
Michael Maloney	...	Mark
Mark Long	...	Isaac
Teddy Kempner	...	Freddie
Graeme Du-Fresne	...	Pierre
Frank Baker	...	Bruno
Tony Bluto	...	Anthony
Awam Amkpa	...	Ghost
Hamilton Baillie	...	Ghost
Nick Burge	...	Ghost
Steven Deproost	...	Ghost
Nitin Ganatra	...	Ghost (as Nitin Genatra)
Leroy Joseph	...	Ghost
Jonathan Lunn	...	Ghost
Eddie Vincent	...	Ghost
Tom Yang	...	Ghost
Heather Williams	...	Midwife
Henry James	...	Maura's Baby

Directed by
Anthony Minghella

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Anthony Minghella		writer

Produced by
Robert Cooper	....	producer
Simon Mills	....	associate producer
Mark Shivas	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Barrington Pheloung

Cinematography by
Remi Adefarasin

Film Editing by
John Stothart

Casting by
Michelle Guish

Production Design by
Barbara Gosnold

Art Direction by
Jim Holloway

Costume Design by
James Keast

Makeup Department
Jayne Buxton	....	makeup artist
Fran Needham	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Todd Austin	....	second assistant director
Peter Markham	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Joe Cleveland	....	stand-by craftsman
Gill Farr	....	production buyer
David Gray	....	construction manager
Iain Macdonald	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Jim Greenhorn	....	sound mixer
Helen Whitehead	....	dubbing editor
Aad Wirtz	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Ian Legg	....	visual effects consultant

Camera and Electrical Department
Andrew Bailey	....	electrician
Barry Boxall	....	still photographer
Geoff Burden	....	electrician
Pat Deveney	....	gaffer
Mickey Ellis	....	grip (as Micky Ëllis)
Peter Loring	....	focus puller
Barry Moore	....	electrician (as Barry More)
Jay Jay Odedra	....	clapper loader

Music Department
Andy Brown	....	music contractor
Keith Gunn	....	music recording engineer
The London Metropolitan Orchestra	....	music performed by
Simon Mills	....	music advisor

Other crew
Catherine Hignett	....	secretary to producer
Christine McMurrich	....	location manager
Jayne Spooner	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Lionheart
• Winston

Distributors

• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2002) (UK) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Members of the Reach Group - Swindon  group cast members

Also Known As:

Cello (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | France:U | Germany:12 | USA:PG | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Bristol, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The Charles Chaplin film the ghosts are watching that gets cut off is Easy Street (1917).

Quotes:

Jamie: ...But, the pain. Your pain. I couldn't bear that. There's a little girl I see from time to time - Alice, who's three. Well, three and a half. Oh, she's great. Everyone loves her, but she's not spoiled - Well, wasn't spoiled. She was knocked over and she died. Her parents, and family, and friends from kindergarten...

Movie Connections:

References Brief Encounter (1945)

Soundtrack:

Raining in My Heart

Thank you for making this movie!

I had no idea it was going to be as good as it was. The two leads, Stephenson and Rickman, produce such a quality together that it flowed very nicely and I did not want it to end there.

Overall, spirit movies have their own presence and I hate to say this, unbelievability. However, this movie was different in that Rickman's "Jamie" was so believable. It's probably because it was Rickman, who is by far a great spirit, in my opinion. It was very poignant in bring about the message to leave the past as past, and live for the present. Grief brings out a reflection of past and how sometimes we could have made things different. This was more of an embrace on living life to it's fullest, while you still have it. Minghella is an artist!

Truly, the ghosts were fantastic!! It added more to Jamie's plea for Nina to experience life again without him - he had his life, and she needed hers in her world.