All Passion Spent
by Martyn Friend
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Actor: Faith Brook, Geoffrey Bayldon, Harry Andrews, Patrick Barlow, Phyllis CalvertDirector: Martyn Friend
Brand: Acorn
Cinematographer: Trevor Wimlett
Producer: Colin Rogers
Writer: Peter Buckman
Writer: Vita Sackville-West
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 158 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Movie Reviews of All Passion Spent
Movie Review: A classy lady faces death & life from a classic tale
Summary: 5 Stars
A lady of class shows family and friends what class really means. She is a "Victorian-style" widow who surprises her family with gumption and a mind of her own. At age 85, Lady Slane (Dame Wendy Hiller-`Anne of Avonlea') becomes like a woman of the 21st century and makes her own decisions, a step ahead of her greedy heirs, and to the delight of the viewer. She downsizes, gives away much of what others think important, and moves to Hampstead Heath, a place to rest, a place with peach trees, and refuses visitors under age 40. One exception is a great-granddaughter, Deborah (Jane Snowden-amazing also in `Wish Me Luck') who L. Slane sees as similar to herself as a young girl.
The cast makes this Masterpiece Theatre, BBC, Vita (Victoria Mary) Sackville-West adaptation a success.
Mr. Fitzgeorge (Harry Andrews-`S.O.S. Titanic' 'Agony & the Ecstasy') was a past relationship with the Lady, and reminds her of much, but only after her husband's death. Son Herbert (Graham Crowden-`The Way We Live Now' `Bleak House' `Waiting for God') and his wife Mabel (Antonia Pemberton-`Enemy at the Door' `Behaving Badly') lead the greed of offspring. Son, Kay (John Franklyn-Robbins-`Emma' `I, Claudius') and daughter/spinster Edith (Hilary Mason-`Nicholas Nickleby' `Maid Marion and Her Merry Men') seem the best of the children. Daughter Carrie played by Phyllis Calvert (`Mrs Dalloway' `Kate' `Little Women'). Son William (Geoffrey Bayldon-`Hallelujah!' `To Sir With Love') and wife Lavinia (Faith Brook-`The Irish R.M.' `War and Peace') also scheme to get all and everything they can of value. They all miss the point and fail to see what their mother hold of true value.
No Subtitles
Bonus: 5 text filmographies, a Vita Sackville-West text bio.
Episode one: The funeral and Lady Slone makes decisions and sets her own new rules. The kids fight over the booty.
Two: Hampstead Heath takes shape. Other men in Lady Slane's new life are Gervase Bucktrout, land agent (Maurice Denham-`Julia' `Behaving Badly') and Gosheron, the bowler hat-wearing repairman (David Waller-`Enemy at the Door' `Lady Jane'). Fitzgeorge recalls days in India.
Three: Great-Grandchild wedding planning comes and goes. Another death, renewed wealth, for a while, and then life back to normal with lessons learned by Deborah from Great-Grandma. The Lady proves to be a classic, cool, lovable lady.
You'll miss this Lady after the end of the DVD. Not just for senior citizen watching--but we liked it at our age 60+.
Summary of All Passion Spent
The acclaimed BBC adaptation of Vita Sackville-West?s beloved novel starring Dame Wendy Hille.Dame Wendy Hiller delivers a delicately nuanced performance in Vita Sackville-West?s classic story of emerging feminist identity in post-Victorian England.
"When can one please oneself if not in old age?" asks 85-year-old Lady Slane (Hiller), who frees herself from society?s expectations upon the death of her politically prominent husband. To the shock of her children, who seem more concerned with the disposition of the estate than with their mother?s happiness, the widow retreats to a cottage in the Hampstead countryside to rediscover herself.
Nominated for four BAFTA Awards (including best drama series and best actress), this BBC production brings Sackville-West?s best-known novel to the screen with all its emotional complexity, intellectual vigor, and profound feeling.
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