Midnight Movie (Original title)Midnight Movies (Alternative title)
Date: 26 December 1994 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Renny Rye
Synopsis: Psycho-sexual thriller on obsession, memory and identity. Henry Harris, a mournful solicitor, is in charge of renting out a Surrey mansion to American film producer James Boyce and his pretty young wife. Soon it is discovered that this house was the location for a film starring the producer's wife's mother, a film star whose life and death were shrouded in scandal.
Genre: Thriller
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TV Transmissions
Date: 26 December 1994Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:10-22:50Runtime: 96 mins 30 secs - Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Title: [Variety - 14 Nov 1994: no known title]Author: ELLEY, Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: National Film Theatre Programmes v38th nLFF 3-20 Nov 1994 Page: 14
Title: [National Film Theatre Programmes - v38th nLFF 3-20 Nov 1994: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n905 30 Apr 1993 Page: 17
Title: [Screen International - n905 30 Apr 1993: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n241 17 May 1980 Page: 1
Title: [Screen International - n241 17 May 1980: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Dennis Potter script to be directed by Adrian Lyne
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 96.33 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-12-26BFI identifier: N-475932
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(3)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 96.33 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-12-26BFI identifier: N-475931
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 96.33 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-12-26BFI identifier: N-475932
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 96.29 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-12-26BFI identifier: C-800103
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Date: 26 December 1994 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Renny Rye
Synopsis: Psycho-sexual thriller on obsession, memory and identity. Henry Harris, a mournful solicitor, is in charge of renting out a Surrey mansion to American film producer James Boyce and his pretty young wife. Soon it is discovered that this house was the location for a film starring the producer's wife's mother, a film star whose life and death were shrouded in scandal.
Genre: Thriller
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 26 December 1994Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:10-22:50Runtime: 96 mins 30 secs - Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Credits
(20)
A BBC Films production: BBC Films, In association with: Whistling Gypsy Production, Executive Producer: Ruth Caleb, Executive Producer: Mark Shivas, Produced by: Dennis Potter, Co-produced by: Rosemarie Whitman, Associate Producer: Alison Barnett, Production Executive: Geoffrey Paget, Production Co-ordinator: Vivien Jordan, Whistling Gypsy Production Accountant: Wendy Ellerker, Assistant Director: Dermot Boyd, 1st Assistant Director: Dermot Boyd, Written by: Dennis Potter, Inspired by the novel 'Moths' by: Rosalind Ashe, Director of Photography: Remi Adefarasin, Camera Operator: Nick Beeks-Sanders, Editor: Clare Douglas, Production Designer: Gary Williamson, Composer: Christopher Gunning
Cast
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Jim Carter (Henry Harris), Louise Germaine (Amber Boyce/Mandy Mason), Brian Dennehy (James Boyce), Colin Salmon (Bob Maclean), Steven Mackintosh (Bertie), Anna Cropper (Mrs Morrey), David Curtiz (Vic), Lucinda Ann Galloway (Anne Maclean), Gerard Horan (policeman), Anthony Pedley (inspector), Michael Gardiner (sergeant), Michael Poole (doctor), Robert Putt (cabbie), Georgine Anderson (old lady), John Cater (old man), Melanie Ramsay (Bertie's girlfriend), Stephen Greif (Johnny), Geoffrey Larder (Detective), Mark Frost (Barney), Kelly Moorhouse, Joshua O'Brien, Pietra Pittman, Amelia Whiston-Dew (child)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Variety 14 Nov 1994 Page: 48Title: [Variety - 14 Nov 1994: no known title]Author: ELLEY, Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: National Film Theatre Programmes v38th nLFF 3-20 Nov 1994 Page: 14
Title: [National Film Theatre Programmes - v38th nLFF 3-20 Nov 1994: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n905 30 Apr 1993 Page: 17
Title: [Screen International - n905 30 Apr 1993: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n241 17 May 1980 Page: 1
Title: [Screen International - n241 17 May 1980: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Dennis Potter script to be directed by Adrian Lyne
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 96.33 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-12-26BFI identifier: N-475932
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(3)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 96.33 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-12-26BFI identifier: N-475931
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 96.33 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-12-26BFI identifier: N-475932
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 96.29 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-12-26BFI identifier: C-800103
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape