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Joe's Palace (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Stephen Poliakoff

Written By:
Stephen Poliakoff

Actors:
Michael Gambon ..... Elliot Graham
Danny Lee Wynter ..... Joe Dix
Rupert Penry-Jones ..... Richard Reece
Kelly Reilly ..... Charlotte
Rebecca Hall ..... Tina
Clive Russell ..... Dave
Carolyn Pickles ..... Mrs. Hopkins
Caroline Lee-Johnson ..... Sally Dix
Alfie Allen ..... Jason
Celyn Jones ..... Whittle
Michelle MacErlean ..... Patricia
Graham Padden ..... Foster
Max Dowler ..... Young Mr Graham
Sarah Crowden ..... Middle-Aged Woman
Lourdes Faberes ..... Laarni

Synopsis:

The BBC 1 film from acclaimed writer-director, Stephen Poliakoff, Joe's Palace, is a characteristically engrossing work. It features a stellar cast, led by Michael Gambon (Perfect Strangers, Gosford Park), Rupert Penry-Jones (Spooks), Kelly Reilly (Mrs Henderson Presents), Rebecca Hall (Starter For Ten) and newcomer Danny Lee Wynter, who takes the title role. Joe's Palace explores the relationship between the two central characters, Elliot (Michael Gambon), a reclusive billionaire, and Joe (Danny Lee Wynter), the teenage son of a cleaner who takes care of a grand neighbouring house. The beautiful but dormant house is owned, though not inhabited, by Elliot who lives close by. It has many echoes of the past maybe it was once grand offices, or a place for parties and functions. Elliot has inherited the house and its mysteries from his now-dead father. Part messenger, part protégé, Joe is a link between Elliot and the outside world as their story and the stories of the visitors to the empty house ricochet and reverberate. When Richard (Rupert Penry-Jones), a charming, high-flying politician, conducts a passionate and clandestine love affair with Charlotte (Kelly Reilly) at Elliot's mansion, Joe begins to question his innocent view of the world. In this contemporary film about loneliness and loss, the sins of the father are finally revealed in an emotionally devastating climax. Danny Lee Wynter also plays the same role of caretaker Joe in Capturing Mary, which followed on BBC 2 with a cast led by Maggie Smith (Ladies In Lavender), David Walliams (Little Britain) and Ruth Wilson (Jane Eyre). he two films together are linked by an exquisite house frozen in time, and a young highly individual man, Joe, through whose eyes we see the world.

A drama centered on the relationship between Elliot (Gambon), a strange and wealthy Londoner, and Joe (Wynter), a teenager who who takes care of an empty house Elliot owns. |

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 04 April, 2009.

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