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Longford

  • TV Movie
  • 20062006
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 33m
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7.5/10
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Longford (2006)
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A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
3.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
17,086
3,774
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    • Director
      • Tom Hooper
    • Writer
      • Peter Morgan
    • Stars
      • Lee Boardman
      • Jim Broadbent
      • Tam Dean Burn
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Tom Hooper
    • Writer
      • Peter Morgan
    • Stars
      • Lee Boardman
      • Jim Broadbent
      • Tam Dean Burn
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    • 32User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys
      • 16 wins & 32 nominations total

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    Lee Boardman
    Lee Boardman
    • Talk Show Host
    Jim Broadbent
    Jim Broadbent
    • Lord Longford
    Tam Dean Burn
    • Roy
    Lindsay Duncan
    Lindsay Duncan
    • Lady Elizabeth Longford
    Kate Miles
    Kate Miles
    • Rachel Pakenham
    Sarah Crowden
    Sarah Crowden
    • Lady Tree
    Robert Pugh
    Robert Pugh
    • Harold Wilson
    Caroline Clegg
    • Longford's Secretary
    Samantha Morton
    Samantha Morton
    • Myra Hindley
    Alex Blake
    Alex Blake
    • Paddy Pakenham
    Roy Barber
    • Father Kahle
    Ian Connaughton
    • Reporter
    Charlotte West-Oram
    • Downing Street Secretary
    • (as Charlotte West Oram)
    Roy Carruthers
    • Albany Prison Officer
    Andy Serkis
    Andy Serkis
    • Ian Brady
    Karen Bayley
    • Holloway Prison Officer
    Karen Spragg
    • Patricia Cairns
    Kika Markham
    Kika Markham
    • Governor Wing
    • Director
      • Tom Hooper
    • Writer
      • Peter Morgan
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    • Trivia
      To look as much as possible like the real Lord Longford, Jim Broadbent wore a prosthetic nose and chin that took two hours to apply each day. A prison guard who had known the real Lord Longford was once very startled when Broadbent entered the prison door in costume. To make himself walk very slowly and lamely when Longford sees Myra Hindley for the last time in the movie (when the character is 92 years old), Broadbent put small, painful stones inside his shoes.
    • Goofs
      Opening scene: clock in radio studio reads 2:17; radio host announces time check as 2:15. Same scene at end of movie: clock is the same, radio host's time check is 2:20.
    • Quotes

      Myra Hindley: I'm trying Frank, to know the God that you know. But if you had been there, on the moors, in the moonlight, when we did the first one, you'd know, that evil can be a spiritual experience too.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2007)

    User reviews32

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    Top review
    10/10
    Trust only in God
    Are there people who are more evil than the rest of us ? Are there people who are more good than the rest of us ?

    Lord Longford, upon whom this movie is based, spent a good deal of his time trying to help prisoners in England. He eventually takes up the cause of Myra Hindley, who along with Ian Brady was convicted of torturing and murdering children children in the Manchester area of England and burying their bodies on the nearby Moors in the early 1960's.

    Longford, himself a convert to Catholicism, believes that Myra, having returned to her childhood Catholicism, has the right to be considered to being paroled and petitions/protests upon her behalf.

    Longford seems somewhat naive in his dealing with those who are more inclined to evil than he is, but he is not naive about how egotistical humans can be.

    The acting and writing are superb - only wished the film had been longer so that we could understand Myra and Ian more, if that is possible.
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    • Mar 16, 2007

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    • Release date
      • February 17, 2007 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Лонгфорд
    • Filming locations
      • Durham, County Durham, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Channel 4 Television Corporation
      • Granada Television
      • HBO Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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