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Release Date:
19 April 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
You can live a whole lifetime in a single weekend....Plot:
Chekovs Uncle Vanya, transposed to turn-of-the-century North Wales, where the peace and tranquillity... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
Excellent & True to Chekhov more (9 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Anthony Hopkins | ... | Ieuan Davies |
 | Leslie Phillips | ... | Professor Alexander Blathwaite |
| Kate Burton | ... | Helen Blathwaite |
| Gawn Grainger | ... | Dr. Michael Lloyd |
| Rhian Morgan | ... | Sian Blathwaite |
| Menna Trussler | ... | Gwen |
| Rhoda Lewis | ... | Mair Davies |
| Hugh Lloyd | ... | Thomas Prosser |
| Huw Garmon | ... | Dafydd Edwards |
 | Rhys Ifans | ... | Griffiths |
| Susan Ellen Flynn | ... | Rhianon |
| Buddug Morgan | ... | Nesta |
 | Victoria Pugh | ... | Housemaid |
| Ioan Meredith | ... | Quarry Foreman |
| Jâms Thomas | ... | Quarryman |
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Rated PG for bloody images of a mining accident, thematic elements and some language.Parents Guide:
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94 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Spain:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Iceland:12Filming Locations:
Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UKFun Stuff
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Ieuan Davies: Scribble, scribble, scribble... Makes you feel sorry for the paper, doesn't it? moreSoundtrack:
The Maiden's Prayer (La Priere d'une vierge) moreFAQ
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This is a lovely, well considered and well paced version of Chekhov's famous play. It is both amusing and sad, really a perfect balance. The title is a little misleading because this is actually UNCLE VANYA, not an adaptation. The characters' names have been altered and a brief mining accident has been added, but it is otherwise nearly a word-for-word translation, well worth watching. Hopkins is a wonderful Vanya (Ieuan), shifting moods rapidly from farce to frenzy. Kate Burton is a fine Yelena (Helen), not surprising because she worked for many years at the Williamstown Festival under Nikos Psacharopoulos, a director renowned for his Chekhov productions.