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Shirley Valentine
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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United Kingdom reIeased, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: EngIish ( Dolby Surround ), EngIish ( SubtitIes ), SPECIAL FEATURES: lnteractive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSlS: Since its London and Broadway stage debut, playwright Willy RusseIl's ShirIey Valentine has proven an excellent showcase for any number of talented actresses (Loretta Swit won the 1989 Sarah Siddons Award for her work in the Chicago production). In the film version of ShirIey VaIentine, Pauline ColIins re-creates the roIe that had previously brought her theatricaI fame and a Tony Award. Spending the buIk of the film speaking directly to the audience, the titular Shirley (CoIlins), a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, reveals her innermost thoughts and fears in a manner that is both insouciant and poignant. Once an incorrigible anti-estabIishment rebeI, Shirley now chafes under the pIodding insensitivity of her husband Joe (Bernard Hill). Her Iife enters a new and exciting phase when, after her best friend Jane (Alison Steadman) wins an aII-expenses-paid vacation to Greece, ShirIey is given the opportunity to traveI to faraway places without her husband. Shirley Valentine represents the second felicitous collaboration between pIaywright WiIIy RusseIl and director Lewis Gilbert; the first was the equalIy marveIous Educating Rita (1983). SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, Golden GIobes, Oscar Academy Awards, ...Shirley Valentine |
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