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| PRODUCER |
Suzanne Harrison (Company Television) |
| DIRECTOR |
Stephen Whitaker |
| STARRING |
Sarah Lancashire, Georgina Chapman, Keeley Forsyth, Rupert Evans, James Murray, Hugo Speer.
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| FILMED |
April 2002 |
STORYLINE
SYNOPSIS |
Based on the book written by D H Lawrence. The story follows the lives of
one family in a coal mining town. Gertrude is a battered wife living with
a drunken husband and watched over by an unfeeling stepmother. The years of
marriage produce two sons and a daughter, but it the youngest son, Paul, which
Gertrude develops a strong bond with. Paul is an artist, kept from the
coal mines by his protective mother, but that is not all that his mother
protects him from. As Paul grows up and becomes a man struggles
put things before his mother, especially women. His brother, William,
escapes the northern poverty for work in
London and a higher standard of living. But for William, money does not
buy happiness and he dies young and lonely. The film relays the realities
of love and sorrow for all the Morel family as they struggle to cope with
the uncertainty of life.
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| TYPE |
Drama |
| RUN TIME |
2 Parts, 120 Minutes Each (DVD/VHS 190min) |
| CERTIFICATION |
15 (UK) |
| ORIGINAL RELEASE |
Meridian ITV 1, January 12th and 13th 2003 |
| COST |
£5 Million |
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