Richard Chamberlain
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The Music Lovers is a 1971 British drama film directed by Ken Russell and starring Richard Chamberlain and Glenda Jackson. The screenplay by Melvyn Bragg , based on Beloved Friend , a collection of personal correspondence edited by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck, focuses on the life and career of 19th-century Russian composer ...
- $2 million
- André Previn
- Ken Russell
Feb 17, 1971 · The Music Lovers: Directed by Ken Russell. With Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian, Christopher Gable. Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy.
- Ken Russell
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- 1 min
A libelous and garish fantasy of Tchaikovsky's life, based on Russell's own fantasies and obsessions, according to the film critic Roger Ebert. Ebert criticizes the film for its inaccuracy, its irresponsibility, and its vulgarity, and compares it to a complete failure.
The Music Lovers R Released Jan 24, 1971 2h 3m Drama LGBTQ+ List 59% 17 Reviews Tomatometer 74% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Composer Tchaikovsky (Richard Chamberlain), sees his wife (Glenda ...
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- Richard Chamberlain
Synopsis. In December 1875, Moscow Conservatory music teacher Peter Tchaikovsky (Richard Chamberlain) frolics at a snow festival in Moscow, and then passes out in bed with his gay lover, the foppish Count Anton Chiluvsky (Christopher Gable). The next day, Peter's brother Modeste (Kenneth Collen) arrives and warns him to protect his reputation ...
Film Details. Also Known As. Ken Russell's Film on Tchaikovsky and The Music Lovers, Tchaikovsky, The Lonely Heart. MPAA Rating. Genre. Biography. Drama. Musical. Release Date. Jan 1971. Premiere Information. New York opening: week of 25 Jan 1971; Los Angeles opening: 24 Feb 1971. Production Company. Russfilms, Ltd. Distribution Company.
Sep 10, 2012 · The Music Lovers 1970, directed by Ken Russell | Film review. Film. Time Out says. Vulgar, excessive, melodramatic and self-indulgent: Tchaikovsky 's music is indeed all of these things, yet...
