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The Leading Man (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
John Duigan

Written By:
John Duigan
Virginia Duigan

Actors:
Jon Bon Jovi ..... Robin Grange
Anna Galiena ..... Elena Webb
Lambert Wilson ..... Felix Webb
Thandie Newton ..... Hilary Rule
Barry Humphries ..... Humphrey Beal
David Warner ..... Tod
Patricia Hodge ..... Delvene
Diana Quick ..... Susan
Harriet Walter ..... Liz Flett
Tam Dean Burn ..... Henry
Claire Cox ..... Serena
Kevin McKidd ..... Ant
Victoria Smurfit ..... Annabel
Laura Austin-Little ..... Miranda Webb
Danny Worters ..... Danny Webb (as Daniel Worters)

Synopsis:

Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey, it is already being hailed as a masterpiece; but Felix can't enjoy his success. He has fallen passionately in love with Hilary, a beautiful, fiesty young actress, and is preparing to desert his perfect family, his wife Elena and three lively children. His intolerable situation is further complicated when Humphrey casts Hilary as one of the leads in 'The Hit Man'. Enter Robin Grange, a charismatic young Hollywood actor making his London theatre debut. Robin is attractive, charming and dangerous, and soon inveigles his way into everyone's life. He ingratiates himself with the cast and, quickly grasping Felix's dilemma, sets about weaving his web of mischief. He suggests that if he were to seduce Elena, she would be distracted from Felix's affair, regain her self respect, and perhaps even willingly part from the unfaithful husband to whom she clings. Initially Felix is outraged but as the tension mounts with Hilary, reluctant to continue as the second woman in his life, he succumbs. Watching in horror as Elena responds to Robin's perfectly plotted seduction, and tormented with suspicions that Hilary has also fallen under Robin's spell, Felix spirals towards a kind of madness. Desperate to regain control of his life, he indulges in a grand theatrical gesture, but fate intervenes, and both Felix and Robin learn that real life doesn't always follow the script.

Felix Webb is a successful playwright with a new play in rehearsal. While his professional life is prospering, his personal life is in disarray married and with three children, Felix has fallen passionately in love with a beautiful young feisty actress, Hilary.

The arrival of Robin Grange (Jon Bon Jovi), a charismatic young Hollywood actor making his London theatre debut, only complicates things. Robin uncovers Felix's dilemma and sets upon weaving his web of mischief. Desperate to regain control of his life, Felix indulges in a grand theatrical gesture, but fate intervenes, and both Felix and Robin learn that real life doesn't always follow the script.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 07 May, 2006.

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