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Director  Richard Loncraine
Duration  
Music director  Colin Towns
Language  English
7.2/10 IMDb

Genre  Comedy, Crime, Drama
Running time  1h 42m
Screenplay  Jack Rosenthal
Country  United Kingdom
Wide Eyed and Legless movie poster

Writer  Jack Rosenthal, Deric Longden
Release date  1993
Initial release  September 5, 1993 (United Kingdom)
Cast  Julie Walters (Diana Longden), Jim Broadbent (Deric Longden), Thora Hird (Annie Longden), Andrew Lancel (Nick Longden), Moya Brady (Sheila)
Similar movies  Related Richard Loncraine movies

Wide-Eyed and Legless (also known as The Wedding Gift) is a 1993 made-for-TV British drama film directed by Richard Loncraine. It is known in the US as The Wedding Gift.

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It is based on the 1989 book Diana's Story by Deric Longden, who co-wrote the script with Jack Rosenthal. It tells the story of his marriage to his wife, Diana, who contracts a chronic, degenerative illness that medical officials were unable to understand at the time (now believed to be Myalgic Encephalomyelitis). As Diana's health faltered, she secretly set him up with another woman to help ease his pain over her eventual death. A sequel, Lost for Words dealing with Longden's mother's decline into dementia after his second marriage, followed in 1999.

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