Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". The original Brief Encounter, in 1945, is one of the great romantic pieces of cinema, purely because of the physical innocence and emotional adultery played out by Trevor Howard's doctor and Celia Johnson's housewife. Was this review helpful to you? He plays Alex Harvey, a doctor who meets Anna Jesson (played by Sophia Loren) at a railway station. Graham Jesson Rosemary Leach. Finding herself very much alive in hospital she meets the priest who took ... See full summary ». View production, box office, & company info. November 7, 2008 Transcontinental Film Productions (London), What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast. Brief Encounter holds an 89% "fresh" rating at review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Report this film. Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film, directed by David Lean, about a passionate extramarital affair in England shortly before WWII.The protagonist is Laura, a married woman with children, whose conventional life becomes increasingly complicated following a chance meeting at a railway station with a married stranger with whom she subsequently falls in love. Their final meeting occurs in the railway station refreshment room, now seen for a second time with the poignant perspective of their story. Gray argues that their problem is class consciousness: the working classes can act in a vulgar way, and the upper class can be silly; but the middle class is, or at least considers itself, the moral backbone of society—a notion whose validity Coward did not really want to question or jeopardise, as the middle classes were Coward's principal audience.[22]. Nick Riganas, Unremarkable and unmemorable remake of an old, celebrated English film. (**). © Letterboxd Limited. After shaking Dolly's hand, he discreetly squeezes Laura on the shoulder and leaves. Cinemark In May 2009 Houston Grand Opera premiered a two-act opera Brief Encounter based on the film's story, with music by André Previn from a libretto by John Caird. Richard Burton sleepwalks through his role, and Sophia Loren's closed (in this movie) face doesn't display much passion, either. You're almost there! Laura Jesson, a respectable middle-class British woman in an affectionate but rather dull marriage, tells her story while sitting at home with her husband, imagining that she is confessing her affair to him. But one meeting leads to several, and soon their mutual attraction becomes undeniable. Brief Encounter (Alan Bridges, 1974) 6/10. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. Anna Jesson Jack Hedley. Laura's kind and patient husband, Fred, shows that he has noticed her distance in the past few weeks, although it is not clear if he has guessed the reason. Cast 21. [30], A Roundabout Theatre Company production of the Kneehigh adaptation opened at Studio 54 in New York City on 28 September 2010 starring Hannah Yelland, Tristan Sturrock, and other members of the London cast. Brief Encounter (Alan Bridges, 1974) 6/10, Remake of the classic David Lean film which is based on Nöel Coward's play, "Still Life". This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. Both are married with children and believe their impulse to meet again is completely innocent. All Critics (1) [citation needed]. Don't have an account? The second one was presented over NBC on 13 November 1949 and starred Helen Hayes and David Niven. This version has been moved from the War years to contemporary times and since it's a Carlo Ponti production the role of the quintessential British wife now becomes Italian and played by Mrs Ponti herself. She meets a young man and falls in love, but the vet's prison term ends. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. "), Kathryn Altman, wife of director Robert Altman said, "One day, years and years ago, just after the war, [Altman] had nothing to do and he went to a theater in the middle of the afternoon to see a movie. In 2004, the magazine Total Film named it the 44th greatest British film of all time. Both are in their late thirties or early forties, married and with children (although Alec's wife Madeleine and their two sons are unseen). Use the HTML below. Cast & Crew Richard Burton Alec Harvey Sophia Loren Anna Jesson In this context, feminist critics read the film as an attempt at stabilising relationships to return to the status quo. (The scene portrayed, with Posner playing Celia Johnson and Scripps as Cyril Raymond, is in the closing minutes of the film where Laura begins, "I really meant to do it. Laura waits for a moment, anxiously hoping that Alec will walk back into the refreshment room, but he does not. THIS IS CLONED FROM boxd.it/Lb60 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - …, try to seperate the garbage from the trash, (Casi) todas las películas disponibles en Filmin. [20], The Channel 4 British drama series Shameless has a plot based on Brief Encounter in its fifth series. Show all Cast & Crew . Dolly Messite Benjamin Edney. She then returns home to her family. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. The modernisations feel entirely false and arbitrary. In one long scene…. In British National Cinema (1997), Sarah Street argues that "Brief Encounter thus articulated a range of feelings about infidelity which invited easy identification, whether it involved one's husband, lover, children or country" (p. 55). We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future. Prime Video has your Halloween movie picks covered. November 7, 2008 Directed by Alan Bridges. [6], The poem that Fred asks Laura to assist him with, for his crossword, is by John Keats: "When I have Fears that I may Cease to Be".