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Hilary and Jackie (1998)
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Release Date:
15 January 1999 (USA)
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The true story of two sisters who shared a passion, a madness and a man. more
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The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 4 wins
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19 nominations
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Musical genius, destroyed by multiple sclerosis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Emily Watson | ... | Jackie |
 | Rachel Griffiths | ... | Hilary |
 | James Frain | ... | Danny |
 | David Morrissey | ... | Kiffer |
 | Charles Dance | ... | Derek |
 | Celia Imrie | ... | Iris |
 | Rupert Penry-Jones | ... | Piers |
| Bill Paterson | ... | Cello Teacher |
| Auriol Evans | ... | Young Jackie |
| Keeley Flanders | ... | Young Hilary |
| Grace Chatto | ... | Teena |
| Nyree Dawn Porter | ... | Dame Margot |
| Maggie McCarthy | ... | Margaret |
 | Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | Professor Bentley |
| Anthony Smee | ... | BBC Nabob |
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Rated R for language and sexuality.
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121 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
USA:R (certificate #36170) |
Netherlands:6 |
Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-12 |
Germany:12 (w) |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15
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The film has never been released in France to avoid any litigation from the real life Daniel Barenboim.
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Factual errors: We see Catalan cello master Pau Casals after a concert in Madrid in the early-1960s. But Pau Casals swore never to return to Spain from exile because Franco was still in power after the coup d'état and 1939's Spanish Civil War. Franco died in 1975, two years after Casals' own death in exile.
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Jackie du Pré:
[mid-recital] Excuse me ladies and gentlemen, I have broken my A string
[leaves stage]
Jackie du Pré: at least it wasn't my G string.
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[leaves stage]
Jackie du Pré: at least it wasn't my G string.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Concerto for Violoncello in G Major
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I've read the 54 reviews here, and agree with most, both positive and negative, but I have a different perspective. Of all instruments, cello speaks to me most deeply. I do not play, I sing (deep bass, centered below the bottom of the bass staff, presently studying music in college after retirement), but still the cello resonates within my soul. I grieve that I never got the chance to see Jacqueline in her prime. But more so, that MS brought her down and killed her.
My wife has MS, is about 2/3 the way through the course of the disease. Its pace for her is much slower than the 20 years it took to kill Jackie. Slower, but just as bitterly relentless. The devastation of the disease is portrayed effectively in the film even though it is compressed in the telling. Some critics challenged the portrayal of incontinence, of tremors, of puzzling mental behavior. Those portrayals were quite accurate and the challenges unwarranted.
The one portrayal I would challenge is the final scene of Jackie being fed reclining. As I understand it, at least from current writings on the subject, the manner in which that was done would guarantee (aspiration) pneumonia and death because of the damage MS does to the swallowing reflex which uses the vocal cords to keep contaminants out of the lungs. I hope that portrayal was inaccurate. Other than this one glitch, I've found the movie haunting, invading my thoughts at quiet times and while drifting in and out of sleep. Sorry critics, I give it a 10, for the ballet of bond and competition between the sisters, for the portrayal of the musical genius of both of them, for the tragedy wrought by MS, for the powerful telling of the tale.....