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The Ebony Tower (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1984 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Robert Knights

Written By:
John Fowles
John Mortimer

Actors:
Laurence Olivier ..... Henry Breasley
Roger Rees ..... David Williams
Greta Scacchi ..... Diana, 'The Mouse'
Toyah Willcox ..... Anne, 'The Freak'
Georgina Melville ..... Beth Williams
Yves Brainville ..... Jean-Pierre
Denise Bailly ..... Mathilde
Vincent Lindon

Synopsis:

Featuring a formidable central performance by Laurence Oliver, one of Britain s most revered actors, this BAFTA-nominated television play was adapted by John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey) from the novel by John Fowles; a distinguished supporting cast includes Greta Scacchi and Roger Rees. Henry Breasley (Olivier) is an elderly painter whose secluded retirement is invaded by David Williams (Rees), a brash young artist commissioned to produce a biographical study of the great man. Breasley shares his home in the South of France with two young English girls, both former art students, Diana and Anne. In this strange ménage, David is left in no doubt about his host's views on modern abstract art. However, he is puzzled by the old man's relationship with the girls, especially when he also finds himself strongly attracted to Diana...

Henry Breasley is an elderly painter - once celebrated, now out of tune with the modern world. Living in retirement in a farmhouse in France, he has embarked on an ambiguous relationship with two young English Art students, Freak and Diana, the Mouse. The precarious peace of this environment is disrupted by the arrival of David Williams, a young artist whose abstract work is precisely the kind that Breasley cannot come to terms with. Williams has been commissioned to prepare the biographical and critical introduction to a book about Breasley - but has as much to learn about himself as the other artist.

In one of his last film appearances, Laurence Olivier portrays an elderly painter who has locked himself away from the world in a crumbling French chateau. Olivier is not quite a hermit; he enjoys the attentions of two nubile admirers, played by Greta Scacchi and Toyah Willcox. This situation is disturbed by the arrival of young transient Roger Rees. Ebony Tower was based on a novel by John Fowles, who has made a career of creating enigmatic characters trapped in prisons of their own making. The film was originally produced for British television.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 21 October, 2011.

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