"Karaoke" (1996) (mini)TV mini-series

Regisseur:

Renny Rye

Drehbuchautor:

Dennis Potter (writer)

Premierendatum:

2. Juni 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Daniel Feeld is a screenwriter with pains in his gut and a new screenplay called "Karaoke", about a...

Plot Keywords:

Karaoke

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Breathtaking

Besetzung

Albert Finney	...	Daniel Feeld
Richard E. Grant	...	Nick Balmer
Julie Christie	...	Lady Ruth Balmer
Alison Steadman	...	Mrs.Haynes
Hywel Bennett	...	Arthur 'Pig' Mallion
Anna Chancellor	...	Anna Griffiths
Roy Hudd	...	Ben Baglin
Saffron Burrows	...	Sandra Sollars
Ian McDiarmid	...	Oliver Morse
Keeley Hawes	...	Linda Langer
Liz Smith	...	Mrs.Baglin
Ralph Brown	...	Peter Beasley
Simon Donald	...	Ian
Neil Stuke	...	Peter (Movie)
Steven Mackintosh	...	Waiter (Movie)

Länge:

50 Min (4 episodes)

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Drehorte:

London, England, UK

Firma:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Dies und das:

In Episode 1, Daniel makes a call from a phone booth where someone has written "Reality Sucks" on the glass, and someone else has crossed out "Sucks" and written "or Nothing" below it. In the followup miniseries ("Cold Lazarus"), "Reality or Nothing" is the name of a group of anti-media terrorists.

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Breathtaking

Quite simply, this is a stunning example of how good writing for television can be. Or writing, period, for that matter. It doesn't hurt that the cast, led by the indomitable Albert Finney, give uniformly great performances, but as with all of Dennis Potter's work, it's the virtuosity of the writing that reels you in, making you laugh hysterically in between (or sometimes during) scenes of unbelieveable sadness or poignancy. He was a true gem. I taped this miniseries when it was on Bravo five or six years ago and just watched it again for only the second time, and once again, it took my breath away. Viva Potter!