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Shooting the Past

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1999– 1999–
  • 3h 2m
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8.5/10
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Shooting the Past (1999)
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A US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a London building containing a vast photographic collection and discovers that the library employ... Read allA US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a London building containing a vast photographic collection and discovers that the library employees will resort to anything to thwart him.A US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a London building containing a vast photographic collection and discovers that the library employees will resort to anything to thwart him.
IMDb RATING
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1.3K
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POPULARITY
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1,994
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    • Stars
      • Lindsay Duncan
      • Timothy Spall
      • Liam Cunningham
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    • Stars
      • Lindsay Duncan
      • Timothy Spall
      • Liam Cunningham
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    • 36User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Lindsay Duncan
    Lindsay Duncan
    • Marilyn Truman
    Timothy Spall
    Timothy Spall
    • Oswald Bates
    Liam Cunningham
    Liam Cunningham
    • Christopher Anderson
    Billie Whitelaw
    Billie Whitelaw
    • Veronica
    Emilia Fox
    Emilia Fox
    • Spig
    Arj Barker
    Arj Barker
    • Garnett
    Blake Ritson
    Blake Ritson
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    Sheila Dunne
    • Molly
    Jean Channon
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    Jennifer House
    • Dinner Lady
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    Geoffrey Beevers
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    Lesley McGuire
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    Andy Serkis
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    • Trivia
      The fictional photographic collection is based on (and the pictures seen are taken from) the BBC Hulton Picture Library (which began as the photographic archive of the famous Picture Post magazine). This collection is now part of Getty Images.
    • Alternate versions
      Two different versions were released: a UK version consisting of one 70-minute episode and one 152-minute episode and an overseas version consisting of three 75-minute episodes.

    User reviews36

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    hugely emotional TV series
    This gem from writer-director Stephen Poliakoff aired on the BBC to popular and critical acclaim, and was a surprise hit of a drama-lite year. Using the setting of a photograph library, and the plot that the collection needs to broken up and sold off to satisfy the greed of an American property developer, it says a lot about the associative process of memory, the sequencial nature of small details, and about ourselves as viewers of the drama within a drama.

    Of the excellent cast, four stand out - Lindsay Duncan, Timothy Spall, Billie Whitelaw, and Liam Cunningham. The images really provide the crux of the series though, as we see a path through time and follow one character through from one reality to the next. The fabulous music also helps the process, and all things combined make this a really superior piece of small-screen drama.
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    • Aug 2, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 21, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official PBS/Masterpiece Theatre Web site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Съёмки прошлого
    • Production company
      • TalkBack Productions
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    • Runtime
      3 hours 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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