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In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
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Writer:
Kenneth Branagh (written by)
Release Date:
16 February 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
The drama. The passion. The intrigue... And the rehearsals haven't even started.
Plot:
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet...
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Christmas
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William Shakespeare
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Awards:
1 win
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1 nomination
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User Comments:
A great film to pick up your spirits
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Richard Briers | ... | Henry Wakefield (Claudius, the Ghost, and the Player King) | |
| Hetta Charnley | ... | Molly | |
| Joan Collins | ... | Margaretta D'Arcy | |
| Nicholas Farrell | ... | Tom Newman (Laertes, Fortinbras, and messengers) | |
| Mark Hadfield | ... | Vernon Spatch (Polonius, Marcellus, and First Gravedigger) | |
| Gerard Horan | ... | Carnforth Greville (Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Horatio, and Barnardo) | |
| Celia Imrie | ... | Fadge | |
| Michael Maloney | ... | Joe Harper (Hamlet) | |
| Jennifer Saunders | ... | Nancy Crawford | |
| Julia Sawalha | ... | Nina Raymond (Ophelia) | |
| John Sessions | ... | Terry Du Bois (Queen Gertrude) | |
| Ann Davies | ... | Mrs. Branch | |
| James D. White | ... | Tim | |
| Robert Hines | ... | Mortimer | |
| Allie Byrne | ... | Tap Dancer |
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Also Known As:
A Midwinter's Tale (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some language.
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Runtime:
99 min
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Iceland:L |
Australia:M |
Germany:12 |
New Zealand:M |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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Vernon Spatch:
You're doing wonderfully well. Tell me, are your nipples hard?
Fadge: If they were any harder, Tom could do chin-ups from them.
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Fadge: If they were any harder, Tom could do chin-ups from them.
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References "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" (1993)
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I selected this movie from the video shelf because the title seemed consonant with my mood. My girlfriend had just dumped me, my best friend had just broken off with me, and it was raining. The realisation that it was black and white throughout seemed to be perfect. Yet the story, of a struggling actor's frantic attempts to mount a benefit showing of Hamlet to save a church, along with Branagh's comedic editing, begins as a farce, sails along with Coward-like snippets of conversation (along with the use of Coward's song "The Show Must Go On") and develops facilely and elegantly into a moving portrait of the camaraderie of an acting company without one noticing. I didn't realise I wasn't unhappy and in love with all these people until the movie was over and I was beaming quite sunnily (who needs friends and girlfriends anyway when you've got movies?). Julie Sawalha's reading of the line "Let's face it, we're all depressed" may very well have saved my life.