UK / USA,
1994, 115 min
Directed by:
Brian GilbertCinematography:
Martin FuhrerComposer:
Debbie WisemanCast:
Willem Dafoe, Miranda Richardson, Rosemary Harris, Tim Dutton, Clare Holman, Anna Chancellor, Geoffrey Bayldon, Joseph O'Conor, Nickolas Grace (more)Plots(1)
Willem Dafoe stars as American writer T.S. Eliot in this biographical romantic drama. The story dramatises Eliot's passionate and tempestuous relationship with his first wife Vivienne Haigh-Wood (Miranda Richardson). After a brief courtship, the pair marry in 1915 but their initial happiness is short-lived and Viv eventually takes to harassing her husband. As a result of her various health issues and apparent mental instability, Tom commits Viv to a mental institution where she stays for ten years without ever seeing her famous husband again. (Altitude Film Distribution)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1995 - Miranda Richardson (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
- 1995 - Rosemary Harris (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1994 - Miranda Richardson (Best Leading Actress)
- 1994 - Outstanding British Film
Golden Globes
- 1995 - Miranda Richardson (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama)