Information
| Year: | 2008 |
| Rating: | 6.2(4746) |
| Listed in: | Biography, Drama, Romance, War |
| Directed by: | John Maybury |
| Actors: | Simon Armstrong Ben Batt Geoffrey Beevers Paul Brooke Huw Ceredig Rachel Bell |
| "The only thing more dangerous than war... is love." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| John Maybury | |
| Actors | |
| Simon Armstrong | as Wilfred Hosgood |
| Ben Batt | as Sergeant |
| Geoffrey Beevers | as Registrar |
| Paul Brooke | as Mr. Justice Singleton |
| Huw Ceredig | as John Patrick |
| Richard Clifford | as Alistair Graham |
| Richard Dillane | as Lt Col David Talbot Rice |
| Joel Dommett | as Train Soldier |
| Craig Gallivan | as Sailor Beating Dylan |
| Callum Godfrey | as Boy on Train |
| Simon Kassianides | as Partisan |
| Raymond Llewellyn | as Dewi Ianthe |
| Alastair Mackenzie | as Anthony Devas |
| Neville Malcolm | as Big Joe |
| Cillian Murphy | as William Killick |
| Jonathan Phillips | as John Eldridge |
| Kyle Redmond-Jones | as Boy Soldier |
| Matthew Rhys | as Dylan Thomas |
| Leo Robertson | as Rowatt Aged 8 Months |
| Diego Stephens | as Llewellyn |
| Lanark Stephens | as Llewellyn |
| Nick Stringer | as PC Williams |
| Graham 'Suggs' McPherson | as The Crooner |
| Karl Johnson | as Dai Fred |
| Anthony O'Donnell | as Jack Lloyd |
| Kent Olesen | as Soldier |
| Matthew Rose | as Soldier |
| Simon John Wilson | as US G.I./English Soldier |
| Actresses | |
| Rachel Bell | as Midwife |
| Rachel Essex | as Mel |
| Keira Knightley | as Vera Phillips |
| Anne Lambton | as Anita Shenkin |
| Sienna Miller | as Caitlin Thomas |
| Acacia Pattison Biggs | as Rowatt Aged 1 Month |
| Bethany Towell | as Rowatt Aged 1 Month |
| Olivia Robertson | as Rowatt Aged 8 Months |
| Jenny Runacre | as Woman in Yellow Dress |
| Camilla Rutherford | as Nicolette |
| Lisa Stansfield | as Ruth Williams |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, Welsh |
| Filming dates: | 7 May 2007 - 30 June 2007 |
| Gross: |
USA - 3,944 USD (15 March 2009) UK - 877,246 GBP (6 July 2008) |
| Plot: | Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both. The passion and pathos of legendary poet Dylan Thomas is told through the lives of two extraordinary women. Vera Phillips and Dylan were teenage loves; fast forward ten years and the two reconnect in London. She's working as a singer whilst he's churning out scripts for government propaganda films and living off the last in a long line of infatuated women. The two former lovers feel the thunderbolt once more, but Thomas is now married to the adventurous Caitlin. Despite their love-rival status, the women form a surprising friendship. Caitlin indulges in her own infidelities, and recognises a similar adventurous spirit in her husband. But she knows his connection with Vera is something different, not to mention dangerous. Romantic turmoil continues in Vera's life. She marries her devoted admirer William Killick, but she can't deny the chemistry between herself and Dylan, nor does she want to - even if this means betraying Caitlin. When William is posted abroad, and a pregnant Vera returns to Wales with her married friends, the battle between her heart and head becomes more intense. William returns a changed man, but neither is Vera the carefree cabaret girl he married. Neighbourhood gossip fuels her husband's jealousy towards his rival. Enraged, William stages a violent attack on Dylan - an attack that forces Vera to choose between the men in her life and the friend that she loves. Desire and guilt are complicated by love and friendship in this real-life tale set in beautiful London and the majestic Welsh countryside. |
View Online
Tags
Original Soundtracks
|
"Careless Talk" Lyrics by John Maybury Music by Angelo Badalamenti Published by Anlon Music Co Produced by Angelo Badalamenti Courtesy of Polydor UK Ltd Under License from Universal Music Operations Performed by Patrick Wolf "Blue Tahitian Moon" Written by Alfred Newman (as Newman) / Mack Gordon (as Gordon) By Kind Permission of Warner Chappell Music Limited Performed by Keira Knightley "Hang Out the Stars in Indiana" Written by Billy Moll and Harry M. Woods (as Harry Woods) Used by Permission of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. Performed by Graham 'Suggs' McPherson (as Suggs) "My Hat's on the Side of My Head" The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra Sung by Al Bowlly Courtesy of Vocalion Written by Harry M. Woods (as Harry Woods) and Claude Hulbert Published by Cinephonic Music Co. Limited "Careless Talk" Lyrics by John Maybury Music by Angelo Badalamenti Published by Anlon Music Co. Produced by Angelo Badalamenti Courtesy of Universal Music Classics and Jazz Under License from Universal Music Operations Performed by Beth Rowley "Careless Love" Lyrics by John Maybury Music by Angelo Badalamenti Published by Anlon Music Co. Produced by Angelo Badalamenti Courtesy of Universal Music Classics and Jazz Under License from Universal Music Operations Performed by Madeleine Peyroux "Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much" Written by Irving Berlin (as Berlin) By Kind Permission of Warner Chappell Music Limited Performed by Keira Knightley "Drifting and Dreaming" Written by Erwin R. Schmidt, Haven Gillespie, Loyal Curtis and Egbert Van Alstyne Used by Kind Permission of EH Morris and Co, Inc., Campbell Connelly and Co. Ltd, Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Redwood Music, Care of Carlin Music Corp. Performed by Keira Knightley "Shout for Happiness" Written by Jack Hart and Tom Blight Published by Campbell Connelly & Co Ltd Performed by Al Bowlly with the New Mayfair Orchestra, Directed by Ray Noble Courtesy of Avid Entertainment "Careless Love" Lyrics by John Maybury Music by Angelo Badalamenti Published by Anlon Music Co. Produced by Angelo Badalamenti Courtesy of W14 Music Under License from Universal Music Operations Performed by Siouxsie Sioux |
Goofs
|
DATE: When William Killick boards his transportation plane to Greece the C-47 Dakota shows "D-Day stripes" (aka "Invasion stripes") on fuselage and left wing. Historically and consistent with the period setting of the story - the "Blitz" - this must have been in spring 1941. However, these markings were not in use before June 1944. Continuity: When William Killick boards his transportation plane to Greece the C-47 Dakota shows (incorrectly) black and white "D-Day stripes" on fuselage and left wing. In the stock footage (probably ex-RCAF ZA947 operated by the "Battle of Britain Memorial Flight") used for the subsequent takeoff shot the C-47 has no markings at all neither on wings nor the fuselage's underbelly. |
Quotes
|
William Killick: You have a raindrop running down your cheek, just like a tear. Caitlin MacNamara: Touch her and I'll kill you. Dylan Thomas: Caitlin's territory, is it? Caitlin MacNamara: Caitlin's friend. Caitlin MacNamara: Now you'll get fat. And Dylan won't love you anymore. Vera Phillips: You're a bitch. It's the past Dylan loves. And you. He doesn't love me at all. Caitlin MacNamara: When's William get back? Vera Phillips: I keep writing. No word. Caitlin MacNamara: Think he's dead? Vera Phillips: We're still getting his pay. The army wouldn't pay a dead man. Caitlin MacNamara: You'll have to stop singing. Vera Phillips: I'll sing if I want. Caitlin MacNamara: They won't let you. Not pregnant they won't. Vera Phillips: I can't do this. I can't. A mother, me, look at me! Caitlin MacNamara: Get rid of it then. Vera Phillips: It's William's. Caitlin MacNamara: Ah, you love him. Vera Phillips: I hate him. Oh, God, I hate him so much. Look what he's done to me. [Caitlin laughs hysterically] Don't laugh. Don't damn well laugh! I can't do this alone. Caitlin MacNamara: I'm here, aren't I? Vera Phillips: Let's go home, Caitlin. Caitlin MacNamara: I don't have a home. Vera Phillips: Wales, Caitlin! Caitlin MacNamara: Are you insane, woman? Caitlin MacNamara: My first was Augustus John. He seduced me when I was 15 the old goat. It doesn't mean anything, fucking. It isn't love. I get an itch, it's gotta be scratched. I do it myself when I'm too lazy. Why bother when you can get someone else to do it for you? Vera Phillips: Nothing to do with love, fucking? Caitlin MacNamara: Uh-uh. Nothing. Who was your first? Vera Phillips: [Innocently] What? Caitlin MacNamara: You don't need to tell me, I know it was Dylan. Vera Phillips: We were kids. Tent, fire, and a beach blanket. Caitlin MacNamara: Nice and comfy then. Vera Phillips: Children, still innocent. Caitlin MacNamara: We are still innocent, me and Dylan. Vera Phillips: I only want it as a memory. I don't want it back. Caitlin MacNamara: Does William know? Don't ever tell him. I can forgive the past, he won't. The past I can forgive. Vera Phillips: You're warning me. Caitlin MacNamara: I never had a best friend before. William Killick: No harm will ever come to you. Not from me, not from anyone else. And while I'm here, no word of mine will ever hurt you. Vera Phillips: Sounds like a vow. |
Comments
No comments yet.
