Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)
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Language English | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1 July 1971 (1971-07-01) Cast (Dr. Daniel Hirsh), (Alex Greville), (Bob Elkin), (Mrs. Greville), (George Harding), (Mr. Greville) Similar movies Knock Knock , The Wolf of Wall Street , Desire , If These Walls Could Talk 2 , All Ladies Do It , Hemingway & Gellhorn Tagline It's about three decent people. They will break your heart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sunday Bloody Sunday is a 1971 British drama film written by Penelope Gilliatt, directed by John Schlesinger and starring Murray Head, Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch and Peggy Ashcroft. It tells the story of a free-spirited young bisexual artist (played by Head) and his simultaneous relationships with a female recruitment consultant (Jackson) and a male Jewish doctor (Finch).
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- Sunday bloody sunday official trailer 1 maurice denham movie 1971 hd
- Sunday bloody sunday the kiss
- Synopsis
- Music
- Reception
- Academy Awards
- Golden Globe Awards
- BAFTA Awards
- Other awards and nominations
- References
The film is significant for its time in that Finch's homosexual character is depicted as successful and relatively well-adjusted, and not particularly upset by his sexuality. In this sense, Sunday Bloody Sunday was a considerable departure from Schlesinger's previous film Midnight Cowboy, which had portrayed its gay characters as alienated and self-loathing, as well as other gay-themed films of the era, including Boys in the Band, and Some of My Best Friends Are....
The film was released a year before the 1972 massacre of unarmed Irish civilians by the British Army in Derry, Northern Ireland, an event dubbed "Bloody Sunday."
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Synopsis
Set in London, the movie tells the story of a middle-aged Jewish doctor, Daniel Hirsh (Peter Finch), and a young woman in her mid-30s, Alex Greville (Glenda Jackson), who are both involved in a love triangle with sculptor Bob Elkin (Murray Head), a younger man in his mid-20s. Not only are Hirsh and Greville both aware that Elkin is seeing the other but they know one another through common friends. Despite this, they are willing to put up with the situation through fear of losing Elkin, who switches freely between them.
For Greville, the relationship is bound up with a growing disillusionment about her professional life, failed marriage and uneasy childhood. For Hirsh, it represents an escape from the repressed nature of his Jewish upbringing. Both realize the lack of permanence about their situation and it is only when Elkin decides to leave the country to settle in New York City after receiving an offer to open his own art gallery to display and sell his artwork, that they both come face to face (for the first time in the narrative at the end). Despite their opposed situations, both Hirsh and Greville come to realize that it is time to move on and Elkin leaves for the USA.
Music
The film makes extensive use of source music including a recurring motif of the trio Soave sia il vento from Mozart's opera Così fan tutte.
Reception
The film currently holds a 92% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
This film appeared on both Roger Ebert's and Gene Siskel's Top 10 list of 1971. Listed as No. 5 and No. 6 respectively. Roger Ebert commented, "The official East Coast line on John Schlesinger's Sunday Bloody Sunday was that it is civilized. That judgment was enlisted to carry the critical defense of the movie; and, indeed, how can the decent critic be against a civilized movie about civilized people? My notion, all the same, is that Sunday Bloody Sunday is about people who suffer from psychic amputation, not civility, and that this film is not an affirmation but a tragedy...I think 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' is a masterpiece, but I don't think it's about what everybody else seems to think it's about. This is not a movie about the loss of love, but about its absence."
Academy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
BAFTA Awards
Other awards and nominations
References
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