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The Politician's Wife

starring: Juliet Stevenson, Trevor Eve, Ian Bannen, Frederick Treves, Marc Sinden
directed by: Graham Theakston

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781569387115
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Miniseries, NTSC
ISBN: 1569387117
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Acorn Media
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 06, 2004
Running Time: 187 minutes
Sales Rank: 39136
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: January 07, 1996



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Description:
When the tabloids scream the news that Minister of the Family Duncan Matlock has been caught in an affair with an 'escort' girl, no one is more stunned than Flora, his wife. As her husband and the Tory establishment behind him expect, Flora maintains her loyal façade. But behind her public smiles, she seethes with mounting fury. Employing strange sexual games and covert political tactics, she plots to exact the ultimate revenge against her husband and the system that created him.

This powerful, award-winning PBS drama stars Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply; Bend It Like Beckham), Trevor Eve (In the Name of the Father), and Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting, Grosse Pointe Blank).

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE background essay by writer Paula Milne and cast filmographies.
'Splendidly wicked' —The New York Times
'Smashing!' —TV Guide
'A true PBS ‘Masterpiece’. . . a brilliant, incisive political potboiler'—Los Angeles Times

Amazon.com:
Flora (Juliet Stevenson in a tour de force performance) is the politician's wife. The politician, in this smart, unconventional thriller, is Tory MP Duncan Matlock (Troy's Trevor Eve). The setting is 1990s Britain. When they met, Duncan was a nobody, while Flora was from money. She married for love... and thought he did, too. Over the years, he became a powerful leader and she was always by his side. Then she--along with the rest of the nation--finds out he's been cheating. The woman (Minnie Driver) is an escort girl. Flora is devastated, but decides to put up a brave front. Secretly, however, she embarks on an ingenious plan to regain everything she's lost: pride, dignity, identity. There are no guns or knives in this award-winning miniseries (just a little nudity and profanity). Featuring a first-rate cast, including the late Ian Bannen (Waking Ned Devine) as the lynchpin in Flora's plan. --Kathleen C. Fennessy



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Intelligent drama
This is a very well-written and well-directed dramawhich kept me riveted the whole time. Juliet Stevenson ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Very timely story!
We watched the entire three part (though only 187 minutes, I think) movie last night and woke up to the newest ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Political bedfellows
An outstanding and overlooked drama from 1995 that was originally presented as a three-part miniseries in the UK. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A tale of revenge
`The Politician's Wife' is a fascinating drama, a revenge story of the first order, and a good rendition of post-Thatcher ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - TREVOR AS A BADDIE
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A VERY GOOD MOVIE - MY MAIN REASON FOR BUYING THIS DVD IS THAT I AM A GREAT FAN OF TREVOR EVE, BUT I WAS ... Read More

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