Rent Eclipse (1977)
2.5 of 5 from 4 ratings
1h 25min
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- Synopsis:
- A remote cliffside house on the Scottish coast provides the weather-beaten setting for Simon Perry's eerie, atmospheric psychological thriller, adapted from Nicholas Wollaston's haunting novel and inexplicably blown adrift since its release in 1977. Tom Conti (Oppenheimer, Slade in Flame) stars as a bereaved brother troubled by memories of his twin, whom he saw die at sea. After returning to his childhood home for a Christmas celebration with his brother's alcoholic widow (Gay Hamilton) and her son (Gavin Wallace), things begin to go awry as dark secrets and sibling rivalries surface once more.
- Actors:
- Tom Conti, Gay Hamilton, Gavin Wallace, Paul Kermack, David Steuart, Jennie Paul, Patrick Cadell
- Directors:
- Simon Perry
- Producers:
- David Munro
- Writers:
- Simon Perry, Nicholas Wollaston
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/04/2025
- Run Time:
- 85 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Audio Description
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by Vic Pratt, co-founder of BFI Flipside
- Sun and Moon - Tom Conti Discusses 'Eclipse' (2025, 10 mins): the actor on his experience of making the film
- Relative Strangers: two stylish short films, 'The Chalk Mark' (1989, 24 mins) and 'Marooned' (1994, 20 mins), that echo the disjointed relationships central to 'Eclipse'
- Not Waving, Drowning: Joe and Petunia: Coastguard (1968, 2 mins); Charley Says: Falling in the Water (1973,1 min); Lonely Water (1973, 2 mins): three haunting water-safety Public Information Films eerily adjacent to the psychogeographic headspace of the main feature
- 2025 Trailer
- Image Gallery
