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Director:
Ken Russell
Writers:
D.H. Lawrence (novel)
Ken Russell (writer)
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Release Date:
6 June 1993 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Lady Constance Chatterley is married to the handicapped Sir Clifford Chatterley, who was wounded in the First World War... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
See it for the Bean more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joely Richardson ... Lady Chatterley

Sean Bean ... Mellors
James Wilby ... Sir Clifford Chatterley
Shirley Anne Field ... Mrs. Bolton
Hetty Baynes ... Hilda

Ken Russell ... Sir Michael Reid
Brian Blessed ... Petty Officer
Breffni McKenna ... Donald Forbes
Pat Keen ... Mrs. Mellors
Amanda Murray ... Mrs. Draycott
P.J. Davidson ... Gamekeeper
Judith Paris ... Mrs. Marshall

David Sterne ... Field
Melanie Hughes ... Simpson
Michael Turner ... Rector Asby
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Additional Details

Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Canada:18A (Ontario) | Portugal:M/16 | UK:15 (re-rating) (2007) | Australia:M | UK:18

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The original score was removed from the DVD release because of copyright issues. As a result, non-copyrighted material was used, and often repeated several times throughout the film. more
Quotes:
Mellors: I want yer... through 'ere more
Movie Connections:
Version of Lady Chatterley (2006) more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
See it for the Bean, 22 May 2005
8/10
Author: sharlyfarley

Having read the book in high school, I thought I knew pretty much what I was in for, especially with Ken Russell at the helm. Joely Richardson is a pretty thing, and manages some sympathy for Connie - who just wants to be a decent human being. I was too often aware I was watching her Act, especially when naked. It couldn't have been easy. James Wilby had pretty much perfected the upper class twit, though the vitriolic nastiness he brings to Chatterley is probably the acme of his career. Special mention should be made of Shirley Anne Field's performance as Mrs. Bolton - the nurse who understands Everything - and conveys so much to us without a word. It's a truly marvelous performance.

But the movie belongs to Sean Bean, who gets his teeth in and doesn't let go. Nobody does bitter passion like Bean. He's less affecting in the love scenes than when he's simply trying to defend himself - His lady has no idea what a spectacular risk he's taking. Imagine the conflict is not class but race, and you'll get an idea. "Tar and feathers" was not a joke. The class divisions are laid out, but there's nothing like the sight of him shoveling coal to bring it home. And it's either break his back or starve. On top of all that, he found himself genuinely in love, which was still more frightening. Bean gives it all to us...His fears, his courage, his joys and his humiliations...no actor could be more naked than that.

There's a reason the book was called "Lady Chatterley's Lover." Lady Chatterley had Lawrence's sympathy, but the lover was his hero. Shifting the emphasis to her doesn't quite work. It would be more damaging if Bean wasn't so forceful.

I didn't expect to be so moved by this film. They even got the flower scene right. Lawrence's Mellors was a bit of a bully, too, and that left poor Connie choosing between jerks. Russell gives Connie -- and us -- a much better choice. And I was pleased with the altered ending. Lawrence's vision was awfully bleak, and had no room for Connie to grow up. It makes all the difference.

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