Michael Maloney
Joe Harper
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- Kenneth Branagh writes and directs a comic tale about an out-of-work actor's desperate attempt to salvage his career and his life by staging a production of Hamlet. In this salute to dyed-in-the-wool and other woolly-brained thespians, Michael Maloney (Truly Madly Deeply) portrays Joe, maxing out credit cards and his wits to realize his dream.
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Feb 16, 1996 · A Midwinter's Tale: Directed by Kenneth Branagh. With Richard Briers, Hetta Charnley, Joan Collins, Nicholas Farrell. A group of theatre actors plays "Hamlet" in a provincial village, faced with their own temptations, disappointments, and joys.
- (2.7K)
- Comedy
- Kenneth Branagh
- 1996-02-16
99 minutes. Country. United Kingdom. Language. English. Box office. $0.8 million (UK/USA) In the Bleak Midwinter (released in the US as A Midwinter's Tale) is a 1995 British romantic comedy film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. Many of the roles in the film were written for specific actors.
- $0.8 million (UK/USA)
- David Barron
Summaries. A group of theatre actors plays "Hamlet" in a provincial village, faced with their own temptations, disappointments, and joys. Out of work actor Joe Harper (Michael Maloney) volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his ...
"A Midwinter's Tale" is the kind of movie that probably will appeal best to those with a background in the theater and Shakespeare. It asks, but never really answers, the question of why intelligent adults would devote their lives to such an ill-paying, frustrating, disappointing profession.
Brief Synopsis. Joe Harper is a struggling actor who's been recently rejected by both his girlfriend and by Hollywood producer Nancy Crawford. Only his agent, Margaretta D'Arcy, still believes in him. Just. Which is more than Joe can say for himself. Taking his last stand against outrageous fortune, Joe decides to.
- Kenneth Branagh
- Michael Maloney
lonno 26 March 2002. This is a movie that will make you see that when things look their bleakest, as in midwinter, you have to push on. The characters undergo a long journey from strange actor-folk and emerge as people who are near and dear to us at the end. They are the light at the end of the tunnel.
Detailed plot synopsis reviews of A Midwinter's Tale Kenneth Branagh wrote and directed this rollicking comedy about a troupe of eccentric performers trying to mount an experimental production of HAMLET.
