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Possession (2002)
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Ratings: 6.3/10 from 8,217 users
Metascore:
52/100
Reviews: 165 user | 105 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com A pair of literary sleuths unearth the amorous secret of two Victorian poets only to find themselves falling under a passionate spell. Director:Neil LaBute |
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Blanche Glover
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Ellen Ash
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Fergus Wolfe
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Trevor Eve | ... |
Cropper
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Tom Hickey | ... |
Blackadder
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Georgia Mackenzie | ... |
Paola
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Euan
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Graham Crowden | ... |
Sir George
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Anna Massey | ... |
Lady Bailey
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Craig Crosbie | ... |
Hildebrand
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Christopher Good | ... |
Crabb-Robinson
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Roland Michell is an American scholar trying to make it in the difficult world of British Academia. He has yet to break out from under his mentor's shadow until he finds a pair of love letters that once belonged to one of his idols, a famous Victorian poet. Michell, after some sleuthing, narrows down the suspects to a woman not his wife, another well known Victorian poet. Roland enlists the aid of a Dr. Maud Bailey, an expert on the life of the woman in question. Together they piece together the story of a forbidden love affair, and discover one of their own. They also find themselves in a battle to hold on to their discovery before it falls into the hands of their rival, Fergus Wolfe. Written by C.D.
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The past will connect them. The passion will possess them.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for sexuality and some thematic elements See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Posesión See more »Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$1,575,214 (USA) (18 August 2002) (270 Screens)Gross:
$10,103,647 (USA) (13 October 2002)Company Credits
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Maude: That is the question, isn't it?
Roland Michell: Mm-hmmm
Maude: I have another one for you.
Roland Michell: What's that?
Maude: What are you really doing here?
Roland Michell: Well, I uh - I needed to see your face. I just wanted to let you know that whatever happened at Whitby, which unfortunately was not much, is not because anything that you did. Not at all. I just didn't want to jump into something. I mean, I did and I do... want to. Badly. I just didn't want to mess this up. And I just want to see -
[clears throat]
Roland Michell: I want to see if there's an us in you and me. Would-Would you like that?
[Maude leans over and kisses Roland]
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Performed by Ramón Vargas
Conducted by Gabriel Yared
Music by Gabriel Yared
Original lyrics by Peter Gosling
Italian translation: Michela Antonello
Orchestra leader: Cathy Thompson
Produced by Gabriel Yared and Graham Walker See more »
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The character names "Maud Bailey" and "Christabel LaMotte" refer to a special form of castle, the Motte-and-Bailey, widespread in the 11th/12th century. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: Bailey's driving license has 'Miss Maud' on the line for forenames. UK driving licenses don't have titles or Mr/Mrs/Miss on there. See more »Quotes
Roland Michell: So what are we gonna do now? We gonna try to beat'em to France, or - or are we just gonna stare at each other?Maude: That is the question, isn't it?
Roland Michell: Mm-hmmm
Maude: I have another one for you.
Roland Michell: What's that?
Maude: What are you really doing here?
Roland Michell: Well, I uh - I needed to see your face. I just wanted to let you know that whatever happened at Whitby, which unfortunately was not much, is not because anything that you did. Not at all. I just didn't want to jump into something. I mean, I did and I do... want to. Badly. I just didn't want to mess this up. And I just want to see -
[clears throat]
Roland Michell: I want to see if there's an us in you and me. Would-Would you like that?
[Maude leans over and kisses Roland]
[...]
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"Possesso"Performed by Ramón Vargas
Conducted by Gabriel Yared
Music by Gabriel Yared
Original lyrics by Peter Gosling
Italian translation: Michela Antonello
Orchestra leader: Cathy Thompson
Produced by Gabriel Yared and Graham Walker See more »
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