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Description:
Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) and Tommy Judd (Colin Firth)
are two handsome young men attending an English boarding school
during the 1930's.
Bennett falls in love with James Harcourt (Cary Elwes) and
the pair embark on a homosexual affair, but disdain to conceal
their mutual affection. The hypocrisy of the other boys attending
the school, many of whom are also having affairs, eventually
drives the couple to extreme measures.
Judd meanwhile, finds that as a Marxist, his beliefs are
in direct opposition to the role he is given a school prefect.
This award-winning coming-of-age drama was adapted from the
play by Julian Mitchell, and is loosely based on the life
of Guy Burgess.
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Additional
Information
Categories: Gay Cinema
Running
Time: 86 mins, Year: 2008 (on DVD) Originally 1984
Price: From around £6 on Play.com*
Starring:
Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Michael Jenn, Robert Addie, Rupert
Wainwright, Tristan Oliver, Cary Elwes, Frederick Alexander,
Adrian Ross Magenty, Geoffrey Bateman, Philip Dupuy, Guy Henry,
Jeffrey Wickham, John Line & Gideon Boulting
Director: Marek Kanievska
Studio: 4DVD
Shop
Online at: Amazon.co.uk,
Amazon.com
(USA) and TLA
Video (USA)
Country: UK, Language: English
Additional
info: Region 2 UK/Euro
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Summary:
The offbeat, underachieving denizens of a South East London
apartment building get an emotional wake-up call when two
of the neighbors two teen boys unexpectedly fall in love.
Beautiful Thing adapted from the play by Jonathan Harvey features
tender-hearted, kitchen sink realism from Channel Four Films.
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