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28 July 1995 (USA) morePlot:
Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920's. Jack Dickens and his niece... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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First-rate film more (10 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sam Neill | ... | Dr. Max Askey |
 | Greta Scacchi | ... | Deborah Voysey |
| John Hargreaves | ... | Jack Dickens |
| Kerry Fox | ... | Sally Voysey |
| Michael Blakemore | ... | Alexander Voysey |
| Googie Withers | ... | Hannah |
| Patricia Kennedy | ... | Maud Dickens |
| Ron Blanchard | ... | Wally Wells |
| Robyn Cruze | ... | Violet |
| Maurie Fields | ... | Fred Livingstone |
| Bryan Marshall | ... | Mr. Pettinger |
 | Tony Barry | ... | Logger |
| Terry Brady | ... | Logger |
| Tom Long | ... | Billy Livingstone |
| Rob Steele | ... | James |
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Rated PG-13 for some sex-related scenes.Parents Guide:
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118 min | USA:107 min (dvd release) (IFC library print)Country:
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Film adaptation based on and including most of the cast of Michael Blakemore's National Theatre production of "Uncle Vanya". moreFAQ
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Usually, I dislike plays adapted to a place & time other than those the author intended. Country Life (the title is from Chekhov's subtitle for Uncle Vanya, Scenes from Country Life) is a rare exception. Placed in the Australian outback in the 1920s, aspects of the play, such as the old man's writings (here, trashy theatre criticism, some of which is quoted) are as worthless as his academic treatises in the play; veneration for London (true in much of Oz, even today) makes clearer the play's characters' veneration for Moscow; etc. Blakemore, a fine stage director, knows his Chekhov, knows how to get the most of his actors (all of whom are excellent) and, to my happy surprise, knows how to make a sparkling, engrossing film from a play by Chekhov, which is very difficult (Mikhalkov is the only other one who has done it, in An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano). A thoroughly delight