Dennis Potter Collection - 9-DVD Box Set ( The Singing Detective / Pennies from Heaven / Rain on the Roof / Blade on the Feather / Cream in My Coffee )

Dennis Potter Collection - 9-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Singing Detective / Pennies from Heaven / Rain on the Roof / Blade on the Feather / Cream in My Coffee
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
1200 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

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

Movie filmed in 1978 - 1986 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jon Amiel
Piers Haggard
Alan Bridges
Richard Loncraine
Gavin Millar

Written By:
Dennis Potter

Actors:
Michael Gambon ..... Philip Marlow (6 episodes, 1986)
Patrick Malahide ..... Mark Binney / ... (6 episodes, 1986)
Joanne Whalley ..... Nurse Mills (6 episodes, 1986)
David Ryall ..... Mr. Hall (6 episodes, 1986)
Gerard Horan ..... Reginald (6 episodes, 1986)
Leslie French ..... Mr. Tomkey / ... (6 episodes, 1986)
Ron Cook ..... First Mysterious Man (6 episodes, 1986)
George Rossi ..... Second Mysterious Man (6 episodes, 1986)
Sharon D. Clarke ..... Night Nurse (6 episodes, 1986)
Lyndon Davies ..... Philip (aged 10) (6 episodes, 1986)
Geff Francis ..... Porter (6 episodes, 1986)
Janet Suzman ..... Nicola (5 episodes, 1986)
Alison Steadman ..... Mrs. Marlow / ... (5 episodes, 1986)
Cheryl Campbell ..... Eileen (6 episodes, 1978)
Bob Hoskins ..... Arthur Parker (6 episodes, 1978)
Gemma Craven ..... Joan Parker (6 episodes, 1978)
Kenneth Colley ..... Accordion Man / ... (6 episodes, 1978)
Jenny Logan ..... Irene (3 episodes, 1978)
Dave King ..... Police Inspector (2 episodes, 1978)
Freddie Jones ..... Headmaster (2 episodes, 1978)
Sam Avent ..... Pianist (2 episodes, 1978)
Arnold Peters ..... Barrett (2 episodes, 1978)
Spencer Banks ..... Maurice (2 episodes, 1978)
Michael Bilton ..... Dad (2 episodes, 1978)
Philip Jackson ..... Dave (2 episodes, 1978)
Bill Dean ..... Alf (2 episodes, 1978)
Bella Emberg ..... Mrs. Corder (2 episodes, 1978)
Cheryl Campbell ..... Janet
Malcolm Stoddard ..... John
Michael Culver ..... Malcolm
Madeleine Hinde ..... Emma
Ewan Stewart ..... Billy
William Bond ..... Billy's Father
Alan Cullen ..... Vicar
Dave Royal ..... Postman
David Webb ..... Mr. Castle
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 (as Alvar Lidell)
Peggy Ashcroft ..... Jean Wilsher
Lionel Jeffries ..... Bernard Wilsher
Shelagh McLeod ..... Young Jean
Peter Chelsom ..... Young Bernard
Faith Brook ..... Mrs. Wilsher
Martin Shaw ..... Jack Butcher
Will Stampe ..... Hotel Porter - 1934
Leo Dolan ..... Hotel Porter - 1980
Dawn Perllman ..... Waitress - 1934
Pik Sen Lim ..... Waitress - 1980 (as Pik-Sen Lim)
Howard Attfield ..... Waiter
Tracey Eddon ..... Girl in Pool
Walter Sparrow ..... Boatman
Robert Fyfe ..... Vicar

Synopsis:

The Singing Detective: Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations. Pennies from Heaven: A travelling sheet music salesman with an uptight wife throws everything away for the love of an innocent school teacher in the romantic spirit of the music he loves, that bursts into his life in full song-and-dance numbers. Rain on the Roof: 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. Blade on the Feather: A reclusive, elderly author is visited by a young admirer...but both men are more than they claim to be. Cream in My Coffee: 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...

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 30 November, 2020.