Shirley Valentine (1989)

Regisseur:

Lewis Gilbert

Drehbuchautoren:

Willy Russell (play)
Willy Russell (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

30. August 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

No one thought she had the courage. The nerve. Or the lingerie.

Plot:

Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg...

Plot Keywords:

Liverpudlian | Adultery | Bittersweet | Female Nudity | Self Realization

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Wonderful Shirley speaks for us all...

Besetzung

Pauline Collins	...	Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
Tom Conti	...	Costas Caldes
Julia McKenzie	...	Gillian
Alison Steadman	...	Jane
Joanna Lumley	...	Marjorie Majors
Sylvia Syms	...	Headmistress
Bernard Hill	...	Joe Bradshaw
George Costigan	...	Dougie
Anna Keaveney	...	Jeanette
Tracie Bennett	...	Millandra Bradshaw
Ken Sharrock	...	Sydney
Karen Craig	...	Thelma
Gareth Jefferson	...	Brian Bradshaw
Gillian Kearney	...	Young Shirley
Catharine Duncan	...	Young Marjorie Majors

Alternativ:

Shirley Valentine - Auf Wiedersehen, mein lieber Mann (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

108 Min

Produktionsland:

UK | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Littlewoods department store, Oxford Circus, Oxford Street, London, England, UK

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

Pauline Collins originated the role of Shirley Valentine in the original London production of the play.

Pannen:

Filmfehler: When Shirley is with her son in the squat in Kirby he sees a couple of kids robbing a car. When the car drives away you can see that the kid driving is replaced by an adult stunt driver.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Shirley Valentine: Hiya Wall.
[to the camera]
Shirley Valentine: Well what's wrong with that? There's a woman three doors down talks to her microwave. Talking to a microwave! Wall, what's the world coming to ?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bloodlust! (#7.7)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

THE GIRL WHO USED TO BE ME

Wonderful Shirley speaks for us all...

Pauline Collins is my hero. So is Shirley Valentine. They really are. I'm not kidding you. And I am man. This movie speaks to me, even so.

We all have dreams that have not been realized. We all need Shirley's courage to do as much as we can to live these dreams before we go off to the other place.

This movie taught me about life. It's not too late to be happy, to be in love, to smile every day and mean it. No matter what age you are.

Conti is charming and it is a shame we don't see him much anymore. He offers us a type of romantic hero we will never find in a Tom, Hanks or Cruise...too bad.

Joanna Lumley brings a special charm to her meeting with Shirley. Julia Mackenzie is especially good as her annoying friend.

Willy Russell cooked up a wonderful script from the wonderful play. Lewis Gilbert put it all together and worked hard to make us smile.

If you don't fall in love with this movie, you'll need a swift kick. Don't look at me. You'll have to give it to yourself. That's the magic and wonder of Shirley Valentine. She taught me how to kick myself into living!

Thank you, Shirley. Thank you, Pauline, Bill, Willy and Lewis.