Brimstone and Treacle
by Richard Loncraine
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Actor: Benjamin Whitrow, Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Sting, Suzanna HamiltonDirector: Richard Loncraine
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-16
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Brimstone and Treacle
Movie Review: banned by BBC
Summary: 5 Stars
This play was written by the English dramatist and screenwriter Dennis Potter The Singing Detective and was adapted to the screen after it was banned on television. This engrossing disturbing movie may not be your cup of tea as it contains blasphemy, violent images, nudity, and perverse sexuality. It has an amazing cast-Denholm Elliot John Le Carre's A Murder of Quality as Tom, the wonderful Joan Plowright (the final Mrs. Lawrence Oliver)Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont as Norma and rock star Sting as the disturbing stranger Martin.
The claustrophobic house interior set conveys the isolation hanging over the housewife who is a sole caregiver to Patty, her brain-damaged but beautiful only child while her husband travels into the city where he owns a religious imprints publishing house. Martin slyly enters their sheltered existence through an accidential meeting and soon divides the household emotionally-is he an angel the wife has been praying for or is he the devil himself the husband fears? Butter wouldn't melt in Martin's mouth as he seduces the viewer as well. He brings about positive changes but in a really backhanded way and there is hell to pay for the wicked!
Bonus-it has a fabulous IRS Records soundtrack featuring The Go-Gos Beauty & The Beat, The Police The Police (2CD Anthology), etc. Sting in drag is not to be missed and pay close attention to the prayers said in the parlor!! There is also a glimpse of the old London Haymarket that sadly is no more.
Summary of Brimstone and Treacle
Rock superstar Sting "exudes a gleaming, evil eroticism" (Playboy) in this sinister psychological thriller that is so wickedly perverse, its original production was banned from broadcast on the BBC! Co-starring OscarĀ(r) nominees* Denholm Elliott and Joan Plowright, Brimstone & Treacle delivers a "devastating combination [of] black humor and titillations of terror" (The Hollywood Reporter)! A charming but mysterious man named Martin (Sting) convinces a couple that he is an old boyfriend of their daughter's, now bedridden and unable to speak. Though the husband is suspicious of him, the wife is happy to have someone help her care for her invalid daughter. But as Martin's true motives are revealed, so too is a frightening family secret one that could tear this family apart! *Elliot: Supporting Actor, A Room with a View (1986); Plowright: Supporting Actress, Enchanted April (1992)Similar DVD Movies
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