The Falklands Collection - 2-DVD Box Set ( Tumbledown / The Falklands Play )

The Falklands Collection - 2-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Tumbledown / The Falklands Play
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

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

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
205 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1988 - 2002 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Richard Eyre
Michael Samuels

Written By:
Charles Wood
Ian Curteis

Actors:
Colin Firth ..... Robert Lawrence
Paul Rhys ..... Hugh MacKessac
David Calder ..... John Lawrence
Barbara Leigh-Hunt ..... Jean Lawrence
Emma Harbour ..... Sophie Martin-Wells
Rupert Baker ..... Nick Lawrence
Jack Fortune ..... Christopher Lawrence
Roddy Maude-Roxby ..... George Stubbs
Ann Bell ..... Helen Stubbs
Sophie Thompson ..... Louise Stubbs
Dan Hildebrand ..... Prothero
Tam Dean Burn ..... Sergeant Brodick
Mark Williams ..... Lumpy
Ian Michie ..... Fraser
Paul Higgins ..... Saltemarsh
Patricia Hodge ..... Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher MP (Prime Minister)
James Fox ..... Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
John Standing ..... Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
Michael Cochrane ..... Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
Jeremy Child ..... Rt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Lord President of the Council
Rupert Vansittart ..... Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)
Jonathan Coy ..... Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)
Clive Merrison ..... Rt Hon John Nott MP (Secretary of State for Defence)
Peter Blythe ..... Rt Hon Sir Michael Havers QC MP (Attorney-General)
Jeremy Clyde ..... Sir Nicholas Henderson (HM Ambassador to the United States)
Colin Stinton ..... Alexander Haig (US Secretary of State)
Shaughan Seymour ..... Adm. Sir Henry Leach (First Sea Lord)
Anthony Calf ..... Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
Jasper Jacob ..... John Wilkinson MP (Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Nott)
Richard Cordery ..... Tom Enders (US Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs)

Synopsis:

Tumbledown Starring Colin Firth & Attracting an incredible 10.5 million viewers in the UK. 1982 After Argentinean troops take control of the Falkland Islands, the British task force set sail. Four months later, Robert Lawrence, a young officer is recuperating from a near-fatal wound in battle for Tumbledown. Back home discovers a nation honouring the heroes with memorial services and victory parades, is less keen to face the living victims. The Falklands Play In 1982, Margaret Thatcher's government sent British forces to war to regain the Falkland Islands from occupying Argentinean troops.. A gripping account of how Margaret Thatcher and her government faced thebiggest crisis in foreign affairs for a generation.

Tumbledown (1988)
Based on the experiences of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence, M.C..
The Falklands Play (2002)
Twenty years ago, Britain went to war to regain the Falkland Islands. The Falklands Play is a gripping account of how Margaret Thatcher's government handled the biggest crisis in British foreign affairs since Suez. It tells the story of how Argentina - an ally of the British - fought the Conservative government and invaded sovereign British territory. This play charts the backroom manoeuvrings between Thatcher's government and the military, between the British and the Americans, and the Americans and the Argentineans that led to a breakdown in diplomacy, to war and to Britain's eventual victory.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 16 March, 2016.