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Release Date
• USA: Feb 16, 1996
MPAA Rating
Rated R for some language.
Running Time
1 hour, 39 minutes
Country UK
Studio TriStar
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Other Titles
• In the Bleak Midwinter
• A Midwinter's Tale
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Genre: Comedy, Showbiz, Slapstick, Gay/Lesbian, Christmas
Tagline: The drama. The passion. The intrigue... And the rehearsals haven't even started.
Plot: In Kenneth Branagh's loving tribute to actors and the theater, a London actor named Joe (Michael Maloney) finds himself in a rut. His career is going nowhere, his life seems on hold, and he's beginning to lose touch with the reasons he became an actor in the first place. Faced with the prospect of spending a miserable Christmas season alone and unemployed, Joe has a flash of inspiration: He vows to produce, direct, and star in the production of HAMLET he's long dreamed about. Assembling a ragtag cast mostly made up of actors who also couldn't find work, Joe finds himself with only a few days to mount the greatest play in the English language in an empty church. Along the way, Joe and the cast rediscover the joy in performing live theater that is often lost in the cynicism of trying to forge a career. Now they have only one question: Will they be able to find an audience?
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| Cast |
Joan Collins
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, The Big Sleep, Empire of the Ants |
 | Julia Sawalha
Chicken Run, The Wind in the Willows, Hornblower: Loyalty |
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Frankenstein, Felicia's Journey, The Wyvern Mystery | |
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| Music By |
Jimmy Yuill
Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, Love's Labour's Lost |
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