The Scapegoat ( The Scape goat )

The Scapegoat (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Scape goat
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

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

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

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

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Charles Sturridge

Written By:
Daphne Du Maurier
Charles Sturridge

Actors:
Andrew Scott ..... Paul
Eileen Atkins ..... Lady Spence
Jodhi May ..... Blanche
Matthew Rhys ..... John / Johnny
Sheridan Smith ..... Nina
Phoebe Nicholls ..... Charlotte
Anton Lesser ..... Father McReady
Pip Torrens ..... George
Sylvie Testud ..... Bela
Julian Wadham ..... Headmaster
Richard Ridings ..... Landlord
Ben Lloyd-Hughes ..... Myerson
Ian Mercer ..... Fincher
Greg Bennett ..... Factory Worker
Alice Orr-Ewing ..... Frances

Synopsis:

In 1952 schoolmaster John Standing meets the aristocratic Johnny Spence, his exact double. After a night of drinking John wakes with a hang-over to find that Spence has disappeared, leaving him to substitute for him. John finds he has 'inherited' a country house with a bed-ridden, drug-addicted mother,put-upon wife Frances, scornful sister Blanche, little daughter Mary Lou and two mistresses, one married to his brother Paul. After unsuccessfully trying to explain the situation and make his escape John settles into his new identity, surprising himself with his capability as he helps his mother off the drugs, turns round the family's ailing glass-making business and gives much-needed affection to Frances, an heiress, whose death would make her widower extremely rich. Then Johnny Spence reappears and it becomes clear why he has used John as a scapegoat, to provide an alibi for a crime he intends to commit. This leads to a showdown between the two doubles, from which only one can remain triumphant.

Set in 1952, as Britain prepares for the coronation, The Scapegoat tells the provocative story of two very different men who have one thing in common - a face. John Standing meets his doppelganger Johnny Spence and, after a drunken night, is manoeuvred into swapping lives with him. Standing is suddenly responsible for a beautiful young wife, two mistresses, a drug abusing mother, a precocious daughter, a crumbling stately home and a bankrupt business. Despite his efforts to escape, John finds himself irresistibly drawn into Johnny's life - with fatal consequences. The Scapegoat is a morally complex, darkly comic and suspenseful movie, adapted from the novel by Daphne du Maurier (Rebecca, Don't Look Now) and featuring compelling performances from the film's ensemble cast.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 21 October, 2012.

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