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Director:
Don Boyd
Writers:
Don Boyd (writer)
Nick Davies (writer)
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Release Date:
11 October 2002 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama | Crime more
Plot:
Modern story inspired by King Lear set in contemporary Liverpool. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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Beautiful, dark and witty more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Harris ... Sandeman
Reece Noi ... The Boy

Lynn Redgrave ... Mandy
Tom Bell ... Quick

Emma Catherwood ... Jo
Aidan Gillen ... Puttnam

Louise Lombard ... Kath
Paul McGann ... Dean

Jimi Mistry ... Jug
Lorraine Pilkington ... Tracy

Colin Salmon ... The Chair
James Foy ... Animal
James McMartin ... Mineral
Danny Lawrence ... Tigger
Gerard Starkey ... Minder
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Additional Details

Runtime:
France:117 min
Country:
Italy | UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Most of the bondage gear and four pairs of size 10 stiletto-heeled shoes went missing during the course of the shoot. more
Soundtrack:
Letting Go more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Beautiful, dark and witty, 4 March 2005
Author: sarah from London, England

I started checking out Don Boyd's work after seeing his documentary work. What a beautiful, dark and witty film this is, written with Nick Davies who is a superb Guardian writer - his input must have been important although the cinematic imagery and the quirky, witty performances complement the originality of the script.There is some fantastic funny dialogue. Liverpool's landscape has never been portrayed like this before and Boyd gave the great Richard Harris the tools for a superb display of acting intelligence. It is on occasions brutal and uncompromising and the script plays cunningly with the premise - that the court and story of Shakespeare's King Lear can be transplanted to modern crime corrupted Liverpool. It also takes liberties with the fates of Lear's feuding daughters. Cordelia survives but all the actresses who play the girls are wonderfully cast and are all very believable. I have visited Liverpool. All of what Boyd shows is true. Even the evil Sikh character and the corrupt cop, an almost existential performance by Aidan Gillen is unforgettable. A great and seemingly under-rated film although i noticed that really good film critics like Philip French and the man from the LA Times gave it a great review. Compared to other Britsih films it stands out. I wished I could have seen it on a big screen but the DVD i bought had some great extras including some screen tests - I have not seen that before except on a James Dean DVD once.(drool,drool). By the way I am a girl and it is quite violent. But don't believe the nonsense those guys on this site who have written about it so negatively.See it and make up your own mind. Even if you don't like all of it, you will be fascinated as I was. Pity there will be no more Richard Harris movies. He was a great.

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