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A Midwinter's Tale (1995)

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A group of theater actors plays "Hamlet" in a provincial village, faced with their own temptations, disappointments, and joys.

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Director:

Kenneth Branagh

Writer:

Kenneth Branagh
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Awards

1 win & 1 nomination.

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28 October 1999 | peacham
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| A Masterpiece...and it hits so close to home!
My wife and I saw this film a week after we completed a production of A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS.( I directed and she was Meg). We had experienced the disasters of Actors who couldn't remember lines,Tech problems, an Vain Egotist causing problems etc. What A joy it was to enter the theatre as see this Branagh gem. the script,acting and Direction were all flawless. ( for those who said the characters were cliche' youve obviously never delt with actors!) the high marks were scored by Richard Briers as the older no-nonsense character actor, John Sessions as the "queen" gertrude , and the Highly underated Michael Maloney in the lead. Maloney has long been a favorite supporting actor of mine and its good to see him as the protaganist for a change. I cannot speak high enough of this film...and to answer Noel Coward's question "why must the show go on?" because if it didn't we would be robbed of this films suberbly directed ending! BRAVO BRANAGH, BRAVO!!

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Trivia

Michael Maloney (Joe Harper), Richard Briers (Henry Wakefield), and Nicholas Farrell (Tom Newman) appeared in Writer and Director Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996). They played Laertes, Polonius, and Horatio respectively. Furthermore, Maloney played Rosencrantz in Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet (1990) and Farrell provided the voice of Hamlet in Shakespeare: The Animated Tales: Hamlet (1992).

Quotes

Carnforth Greville: She does seem to have bit of a vision problem, doesn't she?
Fadge: She's brushed her teeth with soap for the last three nights, but she won't admit it.

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Heart of Glass
Written by Debbie Harry & Chris Stein
Published by Chrysalis Music Inc.

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Genres

Comedy

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Release Date:

16 February 1996

Language

English

Country of Origin

UK

Filming Locations

England, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,000 11 February 1996

Gross USA:

$469,571

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$469,571

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