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Director:

Stephen Gyllenhaal

Writers:

Graham Swift (novel)
Peter Prince (screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

30 October 1992 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Mystery more

Plot:

Tom Crick, a high school history teacher, is having trouble connecting - with his class, with his wife... more | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win more

User Comments:

A masterful work more (16 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jeremy Irons ... Tom Crick
Sinéad Cusack ... Mary Crick
Grant Warnock ... Young Tom

Lena Headey ... Young Mary
Callum Dixon ... Freddie Parr

Sean Maguire ... Peter (as Sean McGuire)

Ross McCall ... Terry
Camilla Hebditch ... Shirley

David Morrissey ... Dick Crick

John Heard ... Lewis Scott

Maggie Gyllenhaal ... Maggie Ruth

Ethan Hawke ... Matthew Price

Cara Buono ... Judy Dobson

Pete Postlethwaite ... Henry Crick (as Peter Postlethwaite)
Stewart Richman ... Ernest Atkinson
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Additional Details

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Filming Locations:

East Anglia, England, UK more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

'Miranda Richardson' was originally intended for the role of Mary. more


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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
A masterful work, 20 June 2005
9/10
Author: George-441 from Portland, Or

This film is a complex intricate look at sexuality, history, Freud, and superstition all based in the living metaphor of England's fen land, or marshes. It is no coincidence Swift chose to set this incredible story about navigating the labyrinths of jealousy and history- personal and local, using a landscape riddled with secret channels and muddy hidden waters.

The acting is superb, and like Ian McEwan's Atonement, looks unflinchingly at the depths of personal tragedy, and history, and their long lasting effects on us as humans, all in the context of historical events.

The Fenland is an area deeply steeped in history, going back before the Romans.The film touches literally the taboo of early sexual longing ( male and female)and leaves us to look at the costs of opening Pandora's's box.

Swift is a gifted and beautiful writer and I have read this book several times. The film is a credit to the book, which is an unusual statement for films. The film complements the book much in the same way the film of Unbearable Lightness of Being complemented that book.

This is a masterful work.

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