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Singing Detective, The
Singing Detective, The
Stars: Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Janet Suzman, Alison SteadmanDirector: Jon Amiel
Summary: A writer is plagued by a skin disease which forces him to be hospitalised. Fantasies allow him to assume the role of a 1940's detective as he looks back on his life from his hospital bed. Written by Dennis Potter.
In this film noir spoof from Dennis Potter, mystery author Philip Marlow checks into the hospital with a bad skin condition, and his hallucinations project his psyche into his book's fictitious character, the "Singing Detective," and into his own boyhood memories. Featuring an award-winning performance from Michael Gambon as the bed-ridden crime-writer and Joanne Whalley as his beautiful and sensitive nurse, this is a masterpiece of TV drama, with impeccable attention to period detail and wonderful musical set-pieces.
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The late Dennis Potter was a master at mining the popular songs of the 1930s and '40s for dramatic effect, but he never did it better than in The Singing Detective. The inestimable Michael Gambon plays a mystery writer named Philip E Marlow, who is suffering a torturous bout of psoriatic arthritis in hospital, where he is a victim of both his disease and the National Health Service. Unable to move without pain, he escapes into his imagination, plotting out a murder tale in which he is both a big-band singer and a private eye. But Potter and director Jon Amiel also mix in flashbacks of Marlow's youth and his unhappy marriage to explain how the real Marlow reached this sorry pass. Flawlessly, intricately, kaleidoscopically assembled, the six one-hour episodes fly by like some fantastic fever dream. -Marshall Fine
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
| Main Language: | English |
| Region: | Region 2 |
| Special Features: | Commentary - 1. Jon Amiel - Director, Featurette - 1. TV excerpts commenting on the series, Episode of CLOSE UP on Dennis Potter, Filmographies, Photo Gallery |
| Year: | 1986 |
| Release Date: | March 8, 2004 |
| Runtime: | 392 minutes |
| Certification: | |
| Catalogue Number: | B B C D V D 1222 |
| Label: | The Dennis Potter Collection |
| Keywords: | General, Dennis, Singing, Potter, Tv, Drama, Detective |
| Genre: | Drama |
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