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The drama. The passion. The intrigue... And the rehearsals haven't even started.Plot:
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
A great film to pick up your spirits moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Richard Briers | ... | Henry Wakefield (Claudius, the Ghost, and the Player King) | |
| Hetta Charnley | ... | Molly | |
| Joan Collins | ... | Margaretta D'Arcy | |
| Nicholas Farrell | ... | Tom Newman (Laertes, Fortinbras, and messengers) | |
| Mark Hadfield | ... | Vernon Spatch (Polonius, Marcellus, and First Gravedigger) | |
| Gerard Horan | ... | Carnforth Greville (Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Horatio, and Barnardo) | |
| Celia Imrie | ... | Fadge | |
| Michael Maloney | ... | Joe Harper (Hamlet) | |
| Jennifer Saunders | ... | Nancy Crawford | |
| Julia Sawalha | ... | Nina Raymond (Ophelia) | |
| John Sessions | ... | Terry Du Bois (Queen Gertrude) | |
| Ann Davies | ... | Mrs. Branch | |
| James D. White | ... | Tim | |
| Robert Hines | ... | Mortimer | |
| Allie Byrne | ... | Tap Dancer |
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Rated R for some language.Parents Guide:
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99 minCountry:
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DolbyCertification:
Iceland:L | Germany:12 | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:RMOVIEmeter: 
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Jimmy Yuill Was offered a key role but had to pass because of his commitments to Wycliffe. moreQuotes:
Joe Harper: You know the way doctors say that nervous breakdowns can happen very fast and dramatically, sort of a big bang, or there are the other kind which happen very slowly over a period of time. I was thirty-three years old, and this one had started when I was seven months and had just begun to take hold. moreSoundtrack:
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I selected this movie from the video shelf because the title seemed consonant with my mood. My girlfriend had just dumped me, my best friend had just broken off with me, and it was raining. The realisation that it was black and white throughout seemed to be perfect. Yet the story, of a struggling actor's frantic attempts to mount a benefit showing of Hamlet to save a church, along with Branagh's comedic editing, begins as a farce, sails along with Coward-like snippets of conversation (along with the use of Coward's song "The Show Must Go On") and develops facilely and elegantly into a moving portrait of the camaraderie of an acting company without one noticing. I didn't realise I wasn't unhappy and in love with all these people until the movie was over and I was beaming quite sunnily (who needs friends and girlfriends anyway when you've got movies?). Julie Sawalha's reading of the line "Let's face it, we're all depressed" may very well have saved my life.