The Singing Detective
starring: Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, Lyndon Davies, David Ryall
directed by: Jon Amiel
directed by: Jon Amiel
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790771052
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0790771055
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 15, 2003
Running Time: 450 minutes
Sales Rank: 19733
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 1986
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A gripping murder mystery. A lavish musical. An intense psychological thriller. A warped romance. Dennis Potter's legendary award-winning mini-series is all this and more. Hailed by the Chicago Sun Times as 'The greatest production in the history of television' this genre-deying masterpiece is soon to be a major motion picture starring Robert Downey Jr. and Mel Gibson.Running Time: 415 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS Rating: NR UPC: 794051169921
Amazon.com:
The late Dennis Potter was a master at mining the popular songs of the 1930s and '40s for dramatic effect, but he never did it better than in this British miniseries starring the inestimable Michael Gambon. Gambon plays a mystery writer named Philip E. Marlow, who is suffering a torturous bout of psoriatic arthritis in a British hospital, where he is a victim of both his disease and the national health plan. Unable to move without pain, he escapes into his imagination, plotting out a murder tale in which he is both a big-band singer and a private eye. But Potter and director Jon Amiel also mix in flashbacks of Marlow's youth and his unhappy marriage to explain how the real Marlow reached this sorry pass. Flawlessly, intricately, kaleidoscopically assembled, the six one-hour episodes of this British miniseries fly by like some fantastic fever dream. --Marshall Fine
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- Original BBC Series: The Singing DetectiveThis is magical work. It reeks of originality & excellence. British humor has its own reason for ... Read More
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- The offkey singing detectiveTheir is nothing I enjoy more then British movies and TV series. I guess
I am a true anglophle ... Read More
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- Nothing To Sing AboutI'm a fan of Dennis Potter and when I first saw The Singing Detective I thought it was nothing short of ... Read More
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- Excellent TVThis is the series that almost made me buy a TV. While I still don't have a TV, I'm delighted to be able ... Read More
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- The Best Thing You'll ever watchSome have suggested that "The Singing Detective" is the greatest production ever done for television; I could ... Read More
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