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Another Country
Starring: Cary Elwes , Rupert Everett
Directed by: Marek Kanievska
Produced by: Alan Marshall
Written by: Julian Mitchell
Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, and Cary Elwes star in a classic film of love and treason during an uncertain era when the threat of communism entombed everyday life.
Item Number: 12738
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- 107 minutes
- Number of Discs:
- 1
- Special Features:
- Commentary by director Marek Kanievska
News items and interviews with the stars at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
Discussion of the play featuring Kenneth Branagh, Rupert Everett and Julian Mitchell
Scrapbook of posters, articles and photographs from the premiere and behind the scenes.
Like Guy Bennett, Rupert Everett attended
a British boys' school. Luckily for us, he was expelled, and
turned to acting at the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre.
In a shabby apartment in Moscow, an American journalist asks a retired spy why he betrayed his country and defected to the USSR fifty years ago. The answers take them back to 1932, where in the closed atmosphere of a British boys' school, young Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) realizes that his attraction to his classmates is more than a passing phase.
There, in an environment permeated by desire and denial in the wake of a gay classmate's suicide, Bennett falls desperately in love with a younger student, James Harcourt (Cary Elwes), and is introduced to Marxism by Tommy Judd (Colin Firth), his most loyal friend.
But Bennett's openness about his politics and sexuality threatens his social ambitions and long-dreamed-of career as a diplomat. Terrorized and publically humiliated by the sadistic prefect Fowler, he finally finds a way to strike back.
There, in an environment permeated by desire and denial in the wake of a gay classmate's suicide, Bennett falls desperately in love with a younger student, James Harcourt (Cary Elwes), and is introduced to Marxism by Tommy Judd (Colin Firth), his most loyal friend.
But Bennett's openness about his politics and sexuality threatens his social ambitions and long-dreamed-of career as a diplomat. Terrorized and publically humiliated by the sadistic prefect Fowler, he finally finds a way to strike back.
Cast
Guy Bennett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rupert Everett
Tommy Judd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Colin Firth
Barclay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Micheal Jenn
Delahay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Addie
Donald Devenish. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . Rupert Wainwright
Fowler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tristan Oliver
James Harcourt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cary Elwes
Jim Menzies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frederick Alexander
Wharton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrian Ross Magenty
Yevgeni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Geoffrey Bateman
Martineau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Philip Dupuy
Head Boy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guy Henry
Arthur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeffrey Wickham
Best Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .John Line
Trafford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gideon Boulting
Senior Chaplain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Llewellyn Rees
Production Credits
Written by. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . Julian Mitchell
Produced by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alan Marshall Executive Producers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Fox, Julian Seymour
Directed by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marek Kanievska
Guy Bennett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rupert Everett
Tommy Judd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Colin Firth
Barclay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Micheal Jenn
Delahay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Addie
Donald Devenish. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . Rupert Wainwright
Fowler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tristan Oliver
James Harcourt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cary Elwes
Jim Menzies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frederick Alexander
Wharton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrian Ross Magenty
Yevgeni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Geoffrey Bateman
Martineau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Philip Dupuy
Head Boy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guy Henry
Arthur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeffrey Wickham
Best Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .John Line
Trafford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gideon Boulting
Senior Chaplain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Llewellyn Rees
Production Credits
Written by. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . Julian Mitchell
Produced by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alan Marshall Executive Producers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Fox, Julian Seymour
Directed by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marek Kanievska
