Rent Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (2005)
3.9 of 5 from 61 ratings
2h 29min
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- Synopsis:
Patrick Hamilton's trilogy of working class London life in the 1930s is captured movingly in this beautifully observed and faithful adaptation. In a world of smoky pubs and foggy lamplights, down-at-heel workers and forlorn lovers, the story focuses on The Midnight Bell, a bar off the Euston Road, and observes the impossibility of love between three protagonists. Bob, the pub's barman, is infatuated with penniless prostitute Jenny, believing that he can rescue her through his rapidly diminishing savings. Barmaid Ella, while attracting the attentions of an older, wealthier man, casts lovelorn glances at her colleague. Meanwhile, Jenny, forced onto the streets through poverty, has little time for such niceties, as she casts her flirtatious eyes about in search of custom. The drama observes the struggles of ordinary lives lived close to the poverty line, and the torments and drives of unrequited love, ambition and disappointment. - Actors:
- Bryan Dick, Sally Hawkins, Zoë Tapper, Jacqueline Tong, Tony Haygarth, Philip Davis, Neil Stuke, Susan Wooldridge, Ruth Sheen, Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, Roger Frost, Kellie Shirley, Anthony O'Donnell, Richard O'Callaghan, Kathy Burke, Marcia Warren, Doreen Mantle, Michael Medwin, Sid Mitchell, Ryan Cartwright
- Directors:
- Simon Curtis
- Studio:
- 2 Entertain
- Genres:
- Drama
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- Release Date:
- 04/11/2007
- Run Time:
- 149 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Photo gallery
