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May 1988 (USA)
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In England they were the elite, but bound by rules of society. In Kenya there were no rules, only glamour, decadence . . . and murder. more
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A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent...
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Murder
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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards.
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Hugh Grant
(From The Hollywood News. 16 December 2008, 7:57 PM, PST)
Scacchi Relives Heartache For Acting Role
(From WENN. 1 April 2008, 12:38 AM, PDT)
(From The Hollywood News. 16 December 2008, 7:57 PM, PST)
Scacchi Relives Heartache For Acting Role
(From WENN. 1 April 2008, 12:38 AM, PDT)
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A worthwhile and sexy retelling of a famous murder-mystery case.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Greta Scacchi | ... | Lady Diana Broughton | |
| Charles Dance | ... | Josslyn Hay | |
| Joss Ackland | ... | 'Jock' Delves Broughton | |
| Sarah Miles | ... | Alice de Janzé | |
| Geraldine Chaplin | ... | Nina Soames | |
| Ray McAnally | ... | Morris | |
| Murray Head | ... | Lizzie | |
| John Hurt | ... | Gilbert Colvile | |
| Trevor Howard | ... | Jack Soames | |
| Susan Fleetwood | ... | Gladys, Lady Delamer | |
| Catherine Neilson | ... | Lady June Carberry | |
| Hugh Grant | ... | Hugh | |
| Alan Dobie | ... | Harragin | |
| Gregor Fisher | ... | McPherson | |
| Jacqueline Pearce | ... | Idina |
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107 min
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Lady Diana Broughton:
I've got a bet going with my friend. She says I won't be able to get three words out of you.
Gilbert Colvile: [vacantly] Oh. Really.
[he walks away]
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Gilbert Colvile: [vacantly] Oh. Really.
[he walks away]
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The Alphabet Song
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Circa World War II a grisly - but rich- old buffer and his far-too-young-for-him wife enjoy the high life in Kenya's Happy Valley. However their happiness proves sadly short lived. Based on a famous true life case.
Interesting approach to the "central" crime-celeb subject. While many would have plunged straight in to the murder-mystery to get the movie off with a bang - not here. This is a lesson in restraint.
This film seems to view the crime of secondary importance to atmosphere and the establishment of character and order. This is probably wise, because the mystery part of the crime is rather weak and one-sided. Especially in the manner the story is told.
(While tying to be true to the facts there is more nodding and winking going on here than in a New York gay bar!)
You can't complain about production values and acting, they are only of the very first order. Charles Dance was an actor born in to the wrong age - if the studio system had got a hold of him they could have turned him in to a superstar. He doesn't have enough to do here - but he does this "cad" act well enough.
Kenya is made to look like heaven on earth - if you are white and well off that is. Here life is one big party with plenty of sun, sea and sex - with an army of cheap black labour to do any real work.
The gin and tonic set form their own little England allowing the sex games to go on a bit further than at home because there are no prying eyes.
If any movie showcased Scacchi's ample prime-time charms is this one. I don't know if the lady is a naturist in real life, but she never looks that bothered about whether she is wearing clothes or not. Her classy English accent further convinces you that if any woman was worth killing over it is her.
(In interviews she talks about the audience getting tired of seeing her breasts!)
Watching the film is rather like watching the film Titanic. You realize that everything you see is going to be destroyed, while those on the screen sail on without a care in the world.
If the central crime had been more interesting and more ambiguous I might have enjoyed it more. A clear case of a film being rather weighed down by being based on facts rather than having the freedom of total fiction.