Country: UK, Australia
Year: 1986
Duration: 70'
Philip Marlow is a pulp writer forced into
a hospital bed because of a severe form
of arthritic psoriasis. He is debilitated by
excruciatingly painful cures, he is prey to
hallucinations that mix up his memories,
his actual state and the adventures of his
thrillers’ detective. A musical series that
is dark, caustic and ferociously surreal,
interpreted by Michael Gambon.
Biography
film director
Jon Amiel
Jon Amiel (Londra/London, GB/UK, 1948)
FILMOGRAFIA
Lieve juffrouw Rosenberg, waarde Mr Koonig (coregia/codirector Juul Claes, TV, 1977), BBC2 Playhouse (ep. Lunch, ep. Preview, TV, 1982), Play for Today (ep. A Sudden Wrench, TV, 1982; ep. Gates of Gold, 1983), The Last Evensong (TV, 1985), Tandoori Nights (TV, 1985), The Silent Twins (TV, doc., 1986), The Singing Detective (ep. Skin, ep. Heat, ep. Lovely Days, ep. Clues, ep. Pitter Patter, ep. Who Done It, TV, 1986), The Storyteller (ep. The Luck Child, TV, cm, 1988), Queen of Hearts (1989), Tune in Tomorrow... (Zia Julia e la telenovela, 1990), Sommersby (id., 1993), Copycat (Copycat - Omicidi in serie, 1995), The Man Who Knew Too Little (L’uomo che sapeva troppo poco, 1997), Entrapment (id., 1999), The Core (id., 2003), Reunion (ep. 1986, TV, 2005) The Tudors (ep. 2.9, ep. 2.10; I Tudors - Scandali a corte, ep. id., TV, 2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Jon Amiel
sceneggiatura/screenplay Dennis Potter
fotografia/cinematography Ken Westbury
montaggio/film editing Sue Wyatt, Bill Wright
scenografia/production design Jim Clay
costumi/costume design John Peacock, Hazel Pething
musica/music Stanley Myers
suono/sound Clive Derbyshire, Colin Ritchie
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Michael Gambon (Philip Marlow), Janet Suzman (Nicola), Patrick Malahide (Mark Binney/Finney/Raymond),
produttori/producers Kenith Trodd, John Harris
produzione/production BBC Television/Australian Broadcasting Corporation
sceneggiatura/screenplay Dennis Potter
fotografia/cinematography Ken Westbury
montaggio/film editing Sue Wyatt, Bill Wright
scenografia/production design Jim Clay
costumi/costume design John Peacock, Hazel Pething
musica/music Stanley Myers
suono/sound Clive Derbyshire, Colin Ritchie
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Michael Gambon (Philip Marlow), Janet Suzman (Nicola), Patrick Malahide (Mark Binney/Finney/Raymond),
produttori/producers Kenith Trodd, John Harris
produzione/production BBC Television/Australian Broadcasting Corporation