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Love and Death on Long Island is a 1997 British-Canadian film adapted from Gilbert Adair's 1990 novel of the same name, directed by Richard Kwietniowski and starring Jason Priestley, John Hurt, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock and Anne Reid.
Mar 6, 1998 · A widower falls in love with a movie star and travels to Long Island to meet him, pretending to be a fan of his work. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes and more for this 1997 film.
- (4.2K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Richard Kwietniowski
- 1998-03-06
Mar 13, 1998 · A British writer falls in love with a Hollywood teen idol and travels to Long Island to meet him. Read Roger Ebert's review of this comedy about obsession, fantasy and reality.
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A chance encounter with struggling B-movie star Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestley) opens up a whole new world to buttoned-up British author Giles De'Ath (John...
Synopsis. Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy.
- Richard Kwietniowski
- 93 min
- 8
A comedy film about a middle-aged author who falls in love with a young actor he sees in a movie. Find out the critics' ratings, watch the trailer, and see the cast and crew of this 1999 movie.
- (39)
- Comedy
- PG-13
Giles De'Ath (Sir John Hurt), a widower, stuffy British author, gets locked out of his house one day and opts to see an E.M. Forster adaptation at a local cinema to pass the time. He mistakenly goes into the wrong theater, and as he is about to leave the puerile American movie, notices a young actor who immediately strikes his fancy.
