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England, My England

  • 1995
  • 2h 33m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
187
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In 1960s, a British playwright attempts to reconstruct the life of real life 17th century English composer Henry Purcell even though little is known about him. Purcell's life is reenacted an... Read allIn 1960s, a British playwright attempts to reconstruct the life of real life 17th century English composer Henry Purcell even though little is known about him. Purcell's life is reenacted and his music performed.In 1960s, a British playwright attempts to reconstruct the life of real life 17th century English composer Henry Purcell even though little is known about him. Purcell's life is reenacted and his music performed.

  • Director
    • Tony Palmer
  • Writers
    • John Osborne
    • Charles Wood
    • John Dryden
  • Stars
    • Simon Callow
    • Michael Ball
    • Rebecca Front
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    187
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    • Director
      • Tony Palmer
    • Writers
      • John Osborne
      • Charles Wood
      • John Dryden
    • Stars
      • Simon Callow
      • Michael Ball
      • Rebecca Front
    • 10User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Simon Callow
    Simon Callow
    • Charles II
    Michael Ball
    Michael Ball
    • Henry Purcell
    Rebecca Front
    Rebecca Front
    • Mary II
    Lucy Speed
    Lucy Speed
    • Nell Gwyn
    Letitia Dean
    Letitia Dean
    • Barbara Palmer (Lady Castlemaine)
    Nina Young
    Nina Young
    • Frances Purcell
    John Shrapnel
    John Shrapnel
    • Samuel Pepys
    Robert Stephens
    Robert Stephens
    • John Dryden
    Terence Rigby
    Terence Rigby
    • Captain Henry Cooke
    Bill Kenwright
    • Bill
    Murray Melvin
    Murray Melvin
    • Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury
    Corin Redgrave
    Corin Redgrave
    • William of Orange
    John Fortune
    John Fortune
    • Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
    Guy Henry
    Guy Henry
    • James II
    Peter Woodthorpe
    Peter Woodthorpe
    • Kiffen
    Edward Michie
    • Young Harry
    Tom Shrapnel
    • Young Pelham
    Antonia De Sancha
    • Louise
    • Director
      • Tony Palmer
    • Writers
      • John Osborne
      • Charles Wood
      • John Dryden(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      At a height of six feet and two inches, Charles II was considered enormously tall by seventeenth-century standards. He is played by Simon Callow who is 5'7".
    • Goofs
      One shot shows a stagehand turning a winch to lift Mary Tudor when she's playing Cupid. When she's being lowered, a shot shows the stagehand turning the winch in the same direction as previously.
    • Quotes

      Tony Palmer: You know what this country has become? Once we had a church built upon a rock. Now the rock has been bulldozed and with it our faith. What we're left with is a crawling underside of expediency and dishonour beholden to Brussels wherein the crooked shall be made straight and the rough places plain. England, my England, is shuffling about like an old tramp begging for a pair of boots at the tradesmen's entrances of Europe.

    • Alternate versions
      A version shown on BRAVO Television is 60+ minutes shorter with serious damage to plot and character.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Harvest of Sorrow (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Sonata for trumpet and strings in D
      Music by Henry Purcell

      Performed by David Blackadder with English Baroque Soloists

      Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

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    Simply the best produced film on a Baroque composer
    Being a bit of a Purcell fanatic, it was only happenstance that I encountered this film. Channel surfing the local cable net, I noticed a listing for the film, which I recorded.

    This film brilliantly captures the essence of the man and his music (as well as the tenor of the times). The acting, a bit downplayed, works well to give the story a positive spin, despite the various tragedies in Purcell's life.

    I understand that the original version has some contemporary thread running through it. The version which was run on the BRAVO network in the US eliminated this component (for some reason which goes unexplained).

    Overall, this film is an overlooked masterpiece....
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    • Jan 30, 2001

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 1995 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • England, my England
    • Filming locations
      • British Library, London, England, UK(Simon Callow's 1960s character carries out research here in several scenes.)
    • Production companies
      • Channel Four Films
      • Ladbroke Films
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      2 hours 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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