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Director:
Neil Crombie
Writer:
Alain de Botton (writer)
Release Date:
6 March 2004 (UK) more
Genre:
Documentary
User Comments:
Thoughtful, engaging, intelligent film! more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Alain de Botton ... Himself - Presenter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stephen Bayley ... Himself
Les Brown ... Himself
Bishop Jimmy Ellis II ... Himself
Canon Jeffrey Grant ... Himself
Penelope Leech ... Herself
Grover Norquist ... Himself
Blaise Pugh ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
120 min (including commercials)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:PG

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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Thoughtful, engaging, intelligent film!, 21 August 2006
9/10
Author: coldscribe from Edmonton, Alberta

I'm just watching this documentary on the Detroit Public TV channel and am enthralled at how it is put together. It highlights many of the points of de Botton's book and discusses how various forces in our lives contribute to how we (on both sides of the pond) live and perceive things on a personal and societal level.

In addition to the commentary, the film mixes interviews with beautiful images of urban and rural life. Individual's stories are sensitively presented in a personal and humanistic manner (if slightly biased at times to confirm the author's own points). Nice soundtrack as well.

TV needs more of this! It's a refreshing change of pace to have someone literate on the tube, especially someone stark bald, yet handsome in a non-traditional way. Plus, any film that presents the contrast of an intelligent Englishman in the middle of an American hick town deserves some applause.

I discovered de Botton's writing from an introduction he wrote for an intriguing book by Xavier de Maistre, and later read his work on Proust, which was very pleasurable reading. Continued success Mr. de Botton!

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