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We Think the World of You: Directed by Colin Gregg. With Alan Bates, Max Wall, Liz Smith, Frances Barber. When Johnny (Gary Oldman), an aimless young man, is sent to prison, he entrusts his beloved dog Evie to the care of his former lover and best friend Frank (Sir Alan Bates).
We Think the World of You is a 1988 film directed by Colin Gregg and starring Gary Oldman and Alan Bates. It is adapted from the 1960 J.R. Ackerley novel of the same name. It was produced by Tomasso Jandelli and Cinecom Pictures.
"We Think the World of You" stars Alan Bates as Frank, a lonely middle-age man who has been in love for a long time with Johnny, a younger married man (Gary Oldman). This love has brought him nothing but frustration and loneliness.
We Think the World of You. Frank (Alan Bates) is a middle-aged, upper-class Londoner who has long nurtured a romantic relationship with Johnny (Gary Oldman). When his young lover is imprisoned...
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In post-war London, aimless young married bisexual Johnny (Gary Oldman) is sent to prison, forcing him to entrust his beloved Alsatian dog Evie to the reluctant care of his downtrodden parents and older, middle-class former lover and best friend Frank (Sir Alan Bates).
We Think the World of You tells the story of Frank, an irritable gay man, in a longterm relationship with a married working class man named Johnny, who has just been put in prison at the outset of the novel for theft. Johnny needs someone to take care of his puppy Evie while he's in prison, but Frank, peevishly, refuses.
Duration: 91 mins. Cast and crew. Director: Colin Gregg. Screenwriter: Hugh Stoddart. Cast: Alan Bates. Gary Oldman. Frances Barber. Liz Smith. Max Wall. An email you’ll actually love. JR...
