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Tom Crick (Jeremy Irons) is a withered history teacher whose students don't find his lessons on the French Revolution worthwhile. So instead, Tom spends class time telling his students about 30 year-old family skeletons he's trying, hopelessly, to forget. Though he shares them with his students, Tom's problems are wholly .. Read more
| Starring | Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Grant Warnock, Lena Headey |
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| Director | Stephen Gyllenhaal |
| Genres | Drama |
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Tom Crick (Jeremy Irons) is a withered history teacher whose students don't find his lessons on the French Revolution worthwhile. So instead, Tom spends class time telling his students about 30 year-old family skeletons he's trying, hopelessly, to forget. Though he shares them with his students, Tom's problems are wholly intimate: his wife, Mary is on the brink of insanity due to painful memories that haunt her. But as Tom continues to talk, he goes further and further back in time, narrating a personal and social history filled with jealously, madness and death.
| Starring | Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Grant Warnock, Lena Headey, Callum Dixon, Sean Maguire, Ross McCall, David Morrissey, John Hurt, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Pete Postlethwaite |
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| Director | Stephen Gyllenhaal |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1992 To Rent: DVD: 31 Jul 2006 |
Graham Swift's Fenland novel paid homage to a part of Britain that's been ignored by film, unless you count Dakota... read more on Time Out
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waterland-a true classic
From the brilliant novel to excellence on screen. Irons and Hawke share a mild comntempt for each other but bond as the slighty stiff uper lipped teacher lets ... read more »
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strong story but a bit clunky
I saw this many years ago and loved it. Also big fan of the novel. I was a bit disappointed with my second viewing - it is still a really powerful story but the... read more »
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Not the cheeriest of tales
This film was probably Jeremy irons' swansong as a romantic lead (before his Dorian Gray moment came and he started playing rather weaselly characters ... read more »
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waterland
I've seen this film in cinema and DVD, and after 5 or more viewings it never fails to wrench my soul. It's a brilliant, tragic, intense, unusual story ... read more »