The Molly Dineen Collection (Volume 3) - 2-DVD Set ( Geri / The Lord's Tale / The Lie of the Land )

The Molly Dineen Collection (Volume 3) - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Geri / The Lord's Tale / The Lie of the Land
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

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

Running Time:
284 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1999 - 2007 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Molly Dineen

Written By:
Molly Dineen

Actors:
Geri Halliwell ..... Herself
Molly Dineen ..... Herself
Stephen Fry ..... Himself
Desmond Llewelyn ..... Himself
George Michael ..... Himself
Roger Moore ..... Himself
Prince Charles ..... Himself
Greg Proops ..... Himself
Molly Dineen

Synopsis:

Molly Dineen is one of Britain's most acclaimed contemporary documentary filmmakers, known for her intimate and probing portraits of British individuals and institutions, and recipient of numerous accolades, including BAFTA, Grierson and RTS awards for documentary. This is the final of three volumes that bring all of her films to DVD. Geri (1999): Geri Halliwell, the most colourful and outrageous of the Spice Girls, has dramatically left the band. Two days later, Dineen joins her as she dodges the paparazzi and seeks solace with family and friends in a fascinating rollercoaster ride through fame, celebrity and the personality behind that infamous Union Jack dress. The Lord's Tale (2002) Dineen follows one of Parliament's greatest upheavals: the abolition of the hereditary peers. With customary sensitivity, she puts a human face on the constitutional crisis, weaving the strands of the personal and the public to make one of the most astute political documentaries of the New Labour era. The Lie of the Land (2007): On the eve of the fox hunting ban, Dineen uncovers the unpleasant truths of life in the British countryside, where farmers struggle to survive under the weight of government legislation and national indifference towards rural communities.

Geri (1999)
TV documentary which shows the roller-coaster career of the former Spice Girl, Geri Halliwell, including very candid behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with her.
The Lord's Tale (2002)
This film documents the preparations and the impact of an important historic change to the UK's political process: the abolition of many hereditary peers - Lords whose title is handed down from father/mother to son/daughter as opposed to those whose title is earned by their actions. Who and what will replace these hereditary peers as the upper house at Westminster?
The Lie of the Land (2007)
A very incisive and hard-hitting documentary about the way in which life for farmers and other people who depend on the countryside for their livelihood is changing for the worse as a result of the decline in home-grown food and the banning of fox-hunting. Farmers are having to kill calves which it is uneconomical to keep, paying token amounts to the local fox-hunt as unofficial knackers to dispose of the carcases for feeding to the fox-hounds. Why should society seem to care so much about the fate of hunted foxes and yet apparently so little about what happens to unwanted cattle which are cross-breed or the wrong sex? There is great resentment (as typified by the Countryside Alliance marches in London) to changes that are being imposed by a government that people in the country feel is neglecting their wishes in preference to those of the city-dwellers.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 30 August, 2016.