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Private Road (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1971 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Barney Platts-Mills

Written By:
Barney Platts-Mills

Actors:
Susan Penhaligon ..... Ann Halpern
Bruce Robinson ..... Peter Morrissey
Michael Feast ..... Stephen
Robert Brown ..... Mr. Halpern
George Fenton ..... Henry
Kathleen Byron ..... Mrs. Halpern
Patricia Cutts ..... Erica Talbot
Trevor Adams ..... Alex Marvel
Susan Brodrick ..... Sylvia Halpern
Paul Harper ..... Clark
Catherine Howe ..... Iverna
Pamela Moiseiwitsch ..... Secretary
Julia Wright ..... Nurse

Synopsis:

Barney Platts-Mills' stylish and compelling follow-up to the critically acclaimed Bronco Bullfrog relocates the youthful struggle for social and personal freedom to 1970s boho London, the suburbs of Surrey, and the wilds of Scotland. A gorgeous, pouting Bruce Robinson (who would go on to write and direct Withnail & I) plays Peter, pausing from finishing his first novel to shack up with sugar-sweet receptionist Ann (Susan Penhaligon). Sex, drugs, and some rigorous rural living ensue, to the dismay of Ann's well-to-do parents. Will Peter choose domestic conformity or pursuit of the artistic ideal? Thought-provoking, witty and compelling, Private Road is well worth rediscovering.

This drama from the early '70s tells the story of a young author and his sexually liberated girlfriend. The trouble begins when she is impregnated and has her father perform the abortion. She then attempts to persuade her boy friend to return to her.

Barney Platts-Mills is interviewed on stage at the NFT following a screening of his film BRONCO BULLFROG (1970).

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 03 February, 2011.

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