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Second Best (1994)Graham Holt is a lonely middle-aged man who runs a postal substation in a small village in England. He decides to adopt a son. James is the troubled youth he gets with the assistance of ... See full summary » Director:Chris Menges |
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Jimmy
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John
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James
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Adoption Shop Volunteer
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Senior Social Worker
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Debbie
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Edward
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Elsie
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Jeffo
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Lynn
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Colin
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Graham, age 20
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Colin, age 20
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Bernard
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Graham Holt is a lonely middle-aged man who runs a postal substation in a small village in England. He decides to adopt a son. James is the troubled youth he gets with the assistance of social worker Debbie. James has been in an orphanage for years since his mother committed suicide. He adores his outlaw father John, sent to prison not long after the mother's death. Can James learn to love Graham? Can Graham settle for being second best? Written by Reid Gagle
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EnglishRelease Date:
30 September 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$86,115 (USA)Company Credits
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Graham: Dad wasn't making much sense. His hands were like injured birds looking for a safe place to roost.
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Written and Performed by Simon Boswell
Published by Sunfun Ltd.
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[Remembering his mother's death]Graham: Dad wasn't making much sense. His hands were like injured birds looking for a safe place to roost.
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"Saturday Night Forever"Written and Performed by Simon Boswell
Published by Sunfun Ltd.
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Paul wrote a beautiful review with the proper amount of reverence towards what is in our culture almost a sacred subject, the father son relationship. This is the story of two such relationships, each one gone bad, and how the two survivors find the solution in each other and could find the solution in nobody else. The filmmakers also had a problem which needed a solution and found that in the cinematography, direction and marvelous acting and casting (several actors for each character at different ages) and music you'll remember long after the lights go up. Because it's such a small scale picture I would only give it a 9/10 and BenHur and Laurence of Arabia get a 10, yet they're no better, only bigger.