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Dean Spanley. After attending a talk on reincarnation by a visiting swami (Art Malik), sickly Horatio Fisk (Peter O'Toole), who is still grieving over the death of his eldest son, and his...
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- Toa Fraser
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- Jeremy Northam
The premise is that Horatio Fisk (Peter O'Toole), a cranky old gentleman in Edwardian London, is unable to mourn the death of his wife and son, the latter killed in the Boer War, or to make any emotional connection with his surviving son, a subdued Jeremy Northam, who supplies the voice-over narration.
Dean Spanley Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Jason Best Movie Talk. It may take a while to get there, but the film's moving emotional payoff, embracing...
Sep 2, 2020 · Grief strikes us all differently. While Dean Spanley is a film that predominantly operates within the realm of light comedy, it does so with a powerful meditation on the resonance of grief across a lifetime. Fisk Sr.’s reluctance to reconcile with the deaths that span his life could easily be seen as the semblance of a generation of men who ...
Dean Spanley Review. In 1930s London, gentleman Fisk (Northam) attends a lecture about reincarnation with his father. Spotting a dean (Neill) there, Fisk becomes curious about his views and...
Dean Spanley: Directed by Toa Fraser. With Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Peter O'Toole. Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey ...
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Dean Spanley is a 2008 British comedy drama film, with fantastic elements, directed by Fijian New Zealander Toa Fraser. Set in Edwardian England, the film is based on an Alan Sharp adaptation of Irish author Lord Dunsany's 1936 novella My Talks with Dean Spanley.
