The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
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Cast
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Bradley Johnson | ... | Blake (Child) |
| Jim Broadbent | ... | Arthur | |
| Juliet Stevenson | ... | Kim | |
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Alannah Barlow | ... | Gillian (Child) |
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Chris Middleton | ... | Racing Steward (as Christopher Middleton) |
| Colin Firth | ... | Blake | |
| Gina McKee | ... | Kathy | |
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Elliot Avery | ... | Peter |
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Rhiannon Howden | ... | Sophie |
| Tom Butcher | ... | Dr. Taggart | |
| Claire Skinner | ... | Gillian | |
| Sarah Lancashire | ... | Beaty | |
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Naomi Allisstone | ... | Josie |
| Matthew Beard | ... | Blake (Teen) | |
| Tara Berwin | ... | Gillian (Teen) | |
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The writer Blake Morrison has a non-resolved relationship with his bragger and wolf father Arthur Morrison. However, when Arthur is diagnosed with a terminal intestine cancer, Blake leaves his wife and children and travel to the village where he spent his childhood and adolescence to help his mother and his sister to take care of Arthur along his last days. The location brings recollections of his problematic relationship with his father. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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changing bedsheets | female nudity | topless female nudity | child | deception |Taglines:
Between every father and his son there is a story to be told. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, thematic material and brief strong language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
4 July 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$39,210, 8 June 2008Gross USA:
$1,077,273Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,752,471Company Credits
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Young Blake Morrison: What? Here?
Arthur Morrison: Well, at least here there's no one for you to smash into!
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Written by Ted Shapiro
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Performed by Joe Williams
Licensed courtesy of EMI Records Ltd and Rhino Records
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Matthew Beard wore brown coloured contact lenses in order to look more like Colin Firth. See more »Quotes
Arthur Morrison: [inside a car in a desert beach] Time you learn to drive.Young Blake Morrison: What? Here?
Arthur Morrison: Well, at least here there's no one for you to smash into!
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Winter WeatherWritten by Ted Shapiro
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Performed by Joe Williams
Licensed courtesy of EMI Records Ltd and Rhino Records
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No other actor could have played Jim Broadbent's part. He's fantastic as the stout father, who can never quite relay his intimate feelings and emotions to his son, who is played with understated brilliance by Colin Firth. Sarah Lancashire deserves a mention, who has a small part but delivers with consistent aplomb (she's great on the telly), and Matthew Beard as the young Blake Morrison, upon whom the film and book are auto-biographically based.
As his father lays on his deathbed, the son recounts his childhood memories of the part his dad played in his life, whether funny, mean, sad or eccentric. Smart direction plus great lead performances, at least one of which is definitely worthy of an Oscar, adds to the overall emotional connection with the audience and culminates with a surprisingly touching ending, despite it's inevitability.
Having seen the film with my mum, who not only read the book by Blake Morrison, but had a father much like the one portrayed in the film, I found it all the more connectible. But this is not to say it is not for everyone. I think we can all relate to the fathers who can never quite express how they truly feel, and the childhoods spent moping and dwelling on seemingly world-shattering things.
The cinema i saw this in had about ten people at most, which is shocking! We need to see more British films like this, if just to keep the British film industry going. It deserves to fill a theatre and gain much more exposure than it currently has, regardless of those who might say it would have been better placed on television.
It is a superb film, thoughtfully shot, very well written and a joy to be in the company of for all of it's ninety minutes. And yes, I cried at the end. Sniff. But maybe you will too.