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Release Date:
19 April 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
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...
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1 win
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A largely unheard of film, which is a shame
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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.
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94 min
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Ieuan Davies:
Scribble, scribble, scribble... Makes you feel sorry for the paper, doesn't it?
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Version of Uncle Vanya (1957)
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Soundtrack:
The Maiden's Prayer (La Priere d'une vierge)
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| a wonderful movie! | cinemaisart |
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I had never heard of this film about a year ago, which I feel quite ashamed about. It was directed by Anthony Hopkins and also starred the great man himself. The largely Welsh cast act well and couldn't be replaced by anything better. The plot focuses on the life of Hopkin's character, his small family (mother and niece), his boredom with life, his missed chances and his undying love for a visitors wife. This film has many fine moments which can invoke thought in you, especially when Hopkin's breaks down in tears at the end. I would recommend this film to anyone if not only for Hopkins but for the story itself.