Dennis Potter: At LWT (6 Films) - 4-DVD Set ( Blade on the Feather / Rain on the Roof / Cream in My Coffee / Shaggy Dog / Moonlight on the Highway / Lay Down Your Arms ) ( Dennis Potter: At London Weekend Television )

Dennis Potter: At LWT (6 Films) - 4-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Blade on the Feather / Rain on the Roof / Cream in My Coffee / Shaggy Dog / Moonlight on the Highway / Lay Down Your Arms
Alternate Title: Dennis Potter: At London Weekend Television
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )

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

Running Time:
476 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1968 - 1980 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Richard Loncraine
Alan Bridges
Gavin Millar
Gareth Davies
James MacTaggart
Christopher Morahan

Written By:
Dennis Potter

Actors:
Kika Markham ..... Linda Cavendish
Phoebe Nicholls ..... Christabel Cavendish
Donald Pleasence ..... Professor Jason Cavendish
Tom Conti ..... Daniel Young
Gareth Forwood ..... Doctor
Denholm Elliott ..... Jack Hill
Bill Weston ..... Andrew Cartwright
Joel Samuel ..... Young Daniel
Alvar Liddell ..... Newsreader
Cheryl Campbell ..... Janet
Malcolm Stoddard ..... John
Ewan Stewart ..... Billy
Madeleine Hinde ..... Emma
Michael Culver ..... Malcolm
Alan Cullen ..... Reverend
William Bond ..... Billy's father
David Webb ..... Mr. Castle
Dave Royal ..... Mailman
Lionel Jeffries ..... Bernard Wilsher
Peggy Ashcroft ..... Jean Wilsher
Martin Shaw ..... Jack Butcher
Peter Chelsom ..... Young Bernard
Shelagh McLeod ..... Young Jean
Faith Brook ..... Mrs. Wilsher
Leo Dolan ..... Hotel Porter, present
Will Stampe ..... Hotel Porter, past
Dawn Perllman ..... Waitress, past
Pik Sen Lim ..... Hotel Maid
Walter Sparrow ..... Boatman
Howard Attfield ..... Waiter
Robert Fyfe ..... Vicar
Tracey Eddon ..... Girl in Pool
Famous Names ..... Rock Group
John Neville ..... Wilkie
Ray Smith ..... Johnson
Derek Godfrey ..... Parker
Ann Bell ..... Receptionist
Cyril Luckham ..... James
Betty Bowden ..... Pedestrian
Jane Murdoch ..... Girl in Lift
Ian Holm ..... David Peters
Anthony Bate ..... Dr. Chilton
Deborah Grant ..... Marie Holdsworth
Robin Wentworth ..... President of Bowlly Appreciation Society
Frederick Peisley ..... Gerald
Wally Patch ..... Old Londoner
Arthur Lovegrove ..... Landlord
Michael Burrell ..... Barman
Derek Woodward ..... First Medical Student
John Flanagan ..... Second Medical Student
Harry Hutchinson ..... Patient
Bart Allison ..... Patient
Kathleen St. John ..... Patient
Beatrice Greek ..... Patient
Walter Swash ..... Patient
Nikolas Simmonds ..... Pvt. Robert Hawk
Peter Cellier ..... Maj. Gerald Hisscock
John Warner ..... Maj. Freddy Wilson
Graham Armitage ..... Maj. William Timps
Leonard Trolley ..... Lt. Col. Jack Bateman
Ken Wayne ..... Col. Ulysses S. Feather
Joby Blanshard ..... Mr. Hawk
Julia Jones ..... Mrs. Hawk
Michael Cashman ..... Pete
Therese McMurray ..... Pat
Renny Lister ..... Prostitute
George Layton ..... Cpl. May
James Cairncross ..... Julian
Elizabeth Hughes ..... Nina
Tim Hardy ..... Trepliov

Synopsis:

Dennis Potter has long been acknowledged as one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. No stranger to controversy, he refused to compromise his art for the sake of shifting standards of decency and public approval, and remains highly regarded by writers and critics alike. Though he had considerable successes with the series format (such as The Singing Detective and Casanova) it is generally accepted that his strongest work is the single play, of which he wrote many for both the BBC and ITV. These rarely seen plays form a significant part of Potter's body of work. Cream in my Coffee won the Prix Italia for Best Drama in 1980, and Peggy Ashcroft won the BAFTA for Best Actress. Blade on the Feather won a Best Actor BAFTA for Denholm Elliott, as well as one for Best Graphics. Accompanying the plays are two interviews that Potter did for Sir Melvyn Bragg's South Bank Show in the late 1970s.
Titles Comprise:
1. Blade on the Feather
2. Rain on the Roof
3. Cream in my Coffee
4. Shaggy Dog
5. Moonlight on the Highway
6. Lay Down Your Arms

Blade on the Feather (1980)
A reclusive, elderly author is visited by a young admirer...but both men are more than they claim to be.

Rain on the Roof (1980)
Another of Dennis Potter's "visitation dramas": Adultery by John disturbs Janet, so she flirts with the simple, mistreated Billy during the middle of giving him a reading lesson. Unfortunately, it triggers aggressive behavior in Billy which he directs toward John.

Cream in My Coffee (1980)
Past and present intertwine: An elderly couple returns to the hotel where they became close when they were young and flashbacks to the earlier visit reveal the origins of both their pleasures and problems. Somewhere between the past and the present, Dennis Potter attempted to find "the shape of a life, of two lives..."

Shaggy Dog (1968)
A no-nonsense businessman, Mr. Wilkie, is interviewed for a position with a top-of-the-line hotel chain corporation. During the interview, Wilkie attempts to complete a shaggy-dog story. His frustrations lead to a total breakdown. He suddenly snaps and pulls a gun on the interviewers.

Moonlight on the Highway (1969)
Writing for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series, Dennis Potterintroduced the notion that popular music expresses the yearning of the human spirit for a better world. A troubled young man, David Peters (Ian Holm), claims, "Once dreams were possible, that's what the popular songs told us." Rejecting rock music of the day, Peters is immersed in the tunes of Thirties crooner Al Bowlly (killed during the London blitz). He collects Bowlly memorabilia, publishes the Bowlly fan-club newsletter, and finds pleasure in lip-synching Bowlly records but his obsession with Bowlly masks certain darker events in his past.

Lay Down Your Arms (1970)
Dennis Potter used his own background as a Russian language clerk in the War Office when writing this play for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series. At the time of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Russian invasion of Hungary, Private Bob Hawk reports to the London Intelligence Office where the strength of Soviet troops is under scrutiny.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 03 March, 2014.