Hampstead (2017)

An American widow finds unexpected love with a man living wild on Hampstead Heath when they take on the developers who want to destroy his home.

Director:

Joel Hopkins

Writer:

Robert Festinger

Stars:

Diane Keaton, James Norton, Brendan Gleeson

Cast

Credited cast:
Diane Keaton	...	Emily Walters
James Norton	...	Philip
Brendan Gleeson	...	Donald Horner
Adeel Akhtar	...	Wiggin
Hugh Skinner	...	Erik
Lesley Manville	...	Fiona
Simon Callow	...	Judge
Alistair Petrie	...	Steve Crowley
Phil Davis	...	Sid Fife
Jason Watkins	...	James Smythe
Deborah Findlay	...	Mary Neal
Rosalind Ayres	...	Susan
Jo Wheatley	...	Dog walker
Will Smith	...	Leon Rowlands
Brian Protheroe	...	Rory

Storyline

An American widowed woman left in debt by her unfaithfull husband finds a man living on the land of Hampstead. He lives in a broken down shack but happy with his life. One day she spots him being beaten up so calls the police and goes to see him, so after this she starts to fall for him and helps him from being evicted.

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Plot Keywords:

widow | court case | property developer | park | hermit | 

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Taglines:

Inspired by a true story.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some suggestive material and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official Site (de)

Country:

UK Belgium

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 June 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Appuntamento al parco

Filming Locations:

Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, Highgate, London, England, UK

Box Office

Gross USA:

$95,031, 14 July 2019

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ecosse Films, Motion Picture Capital, Scope Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the end credits the title of the Spanish traditional song "La Cucaracha" is misspelled as "La Cucuracha".

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Goofs

When Emily is having dinner with James and they are talking about holidays, he passes her an iPad. The images on the screen change as they pass it back and forth to each other.

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Quotes

Fiona: If we wait too long we shrivel up like some imported apricot sitting on the shelf in Waitrose.

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Connections

Featured in Projector: Hampstead (2017)

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Soundtracks

La Cucaracha
(as La Cucuracha)
Traditional

User Reviews

Hampstead Film Review

The new drama film Hampstead starring Brendan Gleeson, Diane Keaton, James Norton, Jason Watkins.

In Hampstead an American widow Emily Walters (American actress Diane Keaton - The Godfather films, Father Of The Bride films) finds unexpected love with a man Donald Horner (Republic Of Ireland actor Brendan Gleeson - Mission: Impossible 2, Edge Of Tomorrow and the father of Republic Of Ireland actors Domhnall Gleeson and Brian Gleeson) living wild on Hampstead Heath in London the capital of England when they take on the developers who want to destroy his home.

Amongst the other actors / actresses in Hampstead includes English actor James Norton (UK TV Series Grantchester, Rush) as Philip Walters Emily's son, English actor Jason Watkins (UK TV Series Trollied and Line Of Duty) as James Smythe an accountant and a musician who is friends with Emily Walters and Philip Walters, English actress Lesley Manville (Maleficent, Mr. Turner) as Fiona Emily's friend, English actor Simon Callow (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Amadeus) as a Judge, English actor Alistair Petrie (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Rush) as Steve Crowley, English actor Hugh Skinner (UK TV Series The Windsors and Poldark) as Erik, English actress Rosalind Ayres (Titanic, Black Beauty) as Susan, English actor Brian Protheroe (UK TV Series 55 Degrees North and Holby City) as Rory, English actor Will Smith not the black Will Smith since this one is white (UK TV Series The Thick Of It, Paddington) as Leon Rowlands, John Sackville (The Hoarder, The Wedding Date) as The Housing Minister, Peter Singh (Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, UK TV Series In The Club) as Xaviar and Stavros Demetraki (Dracula Untold, Risen) as David.

Overall Hampstead is a good drama film filled with drama, sadness, tough hard harsh times, fall outs, family, friendship, togetherness, London people, communities, fishing, lakes, forests, people coming together to support each other, cemeteries, music, musical instruments, love and other things throughout the film.

So I will give Hampstead an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars and Hampstead is worth seeing if you like British drama films like The Sense Of An Ending or any other films along the same lines.

So if you get the chance to see Hampstead in the cinema then you should go and see it sooner than later.