Movie
Love and Death on Long Island
Overview
Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.
Details
- Release date
- 1998-07-03
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- BBC, Arts Council of England, British Screen Productions, Skyline Films, Imagex, Téléfilm Canada, Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation, Mikado Film, The Sales Company, Alfalfa Entertainment, BBC Film
- Country
- Canada, Italy, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Hurt as Giles De'Ath
- Jason Priestley as Ronnie Bostock
- Fiona Loewi as Audrey
- Sheila Hancock as Mrs. Barker
- Harvey Atkin as Lou
- Maury Chaykin as Irving Buckmuller
- Gawn Grainger as Henry
- Elizabeth Quinn as Mrs. Reed
- Linda Busby as Mrs. Abbott
- Bill Leadbitter as Eldridge
- Anne Reid as Maureen
- Danny Webb as Video Assistant
Crew
- Richard Kwietniowski - Director
- Richard Kwietniowski - Writer
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