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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.
- $3 million
- The Insects, Richard Grassby-Lewis
- £2,300,874
- Steve Clark Hall, Christopher Zimmer
Mar 6, 1998 · Love and Death on Long Island: Directed by Richard Kwietniowski. With John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock. Giles De'Ath (Sir John Hurt) is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with movie star Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestly).
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- Comedy, Drama
- Richard Kwietniowski
- 1998-03-06
Mar 13, 1998 · Reviews. Love and Death on Long Island. Roger Ebert March 13, 1998. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. A creaky British writer, who has lived for decades in a cocoon of his books and his musings, locks himself out of the house one day in the rain. He takes refuge in a nearby movie theater, choosing a film based on a novel by Forster.
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Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath (John Hurt), 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...
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- Richard Kwietniowski
- PG-13
- John Hurt
Summaries. Giles De'Ath (Sir John Hurt) is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with movie star Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestly). He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. After that, he travels to Long Island City, where Ronnie lives, and meets him, pretending that Ronnie is a great ...
Love and Death on Long Island is a 1997 British-Canadian film directed by Richard Kwietniowski and starring Jason Priestley, John Hurt, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock and Anne Reid. The storyline of obsession somewhat resembles that of Death in Venice.
Mar 6, 1998 · 1 h 33 m. Summary A stuffy British novelist becomes infatuated with a cinematic teen idol and sets out to meet him. Comedy. Drama. Directed By: Richard Kwietniowski. Written By: Gilbert Adair, Richard Kwietniowski. Love and Death on Long Island. Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 19 Critic Reviews. 81.