"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:

for all it's faults, a worthy and lavish swansong for a sadly missed and marvellous talent.

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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for all it's faults, a worthy and lavish swansong for a sadly missed and marvellous talent.

scriptwriter great dennis potter sadly passed away before this flawed but admirable big budget brit mini series was first aired on UK telly in 1996 (both this and it's sequel 'cold lazarus' were screened jointly on b.b.c. and channel 4 at his request). albert finney gives a customary superb central performance as a writer sufferring from terminal cancer who begins expierancing de ja 'vui when people around him start emulating lines and situations from his work. though not in the same calibre as 'pennies from heaven' or 'the singing detective'; it still remains an entertaining piece even though it could have benifetted by being tightened with a shorter length in certain scenes. it's little wonder that some scenes do meander slightly as potter was on a tight deadline due to his poor health so obviously was unable to supply rewrites. it's still well worth watching especially for it's high budget and impressive production values. with a top notch supporting cast featuring alison steadman, roy hudd, liz smith, ian mcdiarmid (looking amazingly like potter himself before he went 'star wars') and richard e. grant; watch out for two early walk ons from ewan macgregor and natasha mcelhone. only hywel bennett disappoints with an over the top ham turn as a dubious pub landlord. to date; this enjoyable series like potter's previous, critically mauled 'blackeyes'; is sadly unavailable on video/dvd.