
1977
A Movie of Rare Intelligence
On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing scenes for a novel in which characters based on his own family are shaped by his fantasies and memories, alongside his caustic commentary on their behaviour.

Dirk Bogarde
Claude Langham

David Warner
Kevin Woodford

Ellen Burstyn
Sonia Langham

Cyril Luckham
Dr. Mark Eddington

John Gielgud
Clive Langham

Tanya Lopert
Miss Lister

Elaine Stritch
Helen Wiener

Denis Lawson
Dave Woodford

Kathryn Leigh Scott
Miss Boon

Milo Sperber
Jenner

Peter Arne
Nils

Anna Wing
Karen

Samson Fainsilber
Old Man

Joseph Pittoors
Old Man

Human Nature

The Promised Land

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

I Wish I Never Met You

Fine Manners

The Mighty Angel

Capote

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Good Bye, Lenin!

Grill Point

Leaving Las Vegas

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

The Heart Surgeon

Toymaker's Dream

My Own Private Idaho

Presence

Longing

Sissi

Go for Zucker