Close My Eyes (Original title)
Dates: 1990 (Copyright), 06 September 1991 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Stephen Poliakoff
Synopsis: After being brought up separately following their parents divorce, Richard Gillespie and his sister Natalie meet again in London in 1985. Natalie has recently finished a relationship and is unhappy in her unfulfilling job as a secretary, while Richard enjoys a hedonistic lifestyle working as an urban planner in Scotland. After Richard spends the night in Natalie’s flat, they both feel a new intimacy for one another. Two years later, Natalie marries a wealthy entrepreneur, Sinclair, and moves into a large house in the Home Counties, while Richard gives up his well-paid job to work for an agency, monitoring the new developments around London's Docklands. After meeting again, the physical attraction between the two siblings grows and they embark on an incestuous relationship over the course of the summer.
Genre: Melodrama
Subjects: Incest, Brothers, Sisters, Love
Releases
Date: 06 September 1991Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 108 mins 26 secs - Length: 9758 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Artificial Eye Film Company
Dates: 1990 (Copyright), 06 September 1991 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Stephen Poliakoff
Synopsis: After being brought up separately following their parents divorce, Richard Gillespie and his sister Natalie meet again in London in 1985. Natalie has recently finished a relationship and is unhappy in her unfulfilling job as a secretary, while Richard enjoys a hedonistic lifestyle working as an urban planner in Scotland. After Richard spends the night in Natalie’s flat, they both feel a new intimacy for one another. Two years later, Natalie marries a wealthy entrepreneur, Sinclair, and moves into a large house in the Home Counties, while Richard gives up his well-paid job to work for an agency, monitoring the new developments around London's Docklands. After meeting again, the physical attraction between the two siblings grows and they embark on an incestuous relationship over the course of the summer.
Genre: Melodrama
Subjects: Incest, Brothers, Sisters, Love
Releases
Date: 06 September 1991Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 108 mins 26 secs - Length: 9758 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Artificial Eye Film Company
Credits
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©: Film Four International, A Beambright production: Beambright, [Produced] for: Film Four International, Presents: Film Four International, Produced by: Thérèse Pickard, Production Supervisor: Alison Barnett, Production Co-ordinator: Diane Chittell, Production Accountant: Michael Brent, Assistant Production Accountant: Paul Van Der Weele, Location Manager: Angus More Gordon, Assistant Location Manager: Stan Fus, Production Runner: Rowan Clarke, Jobfit Trainee - Production: Richard Milward, 1st Assistant Director: Ray Corbett, 2nd Assistant Director: Andrew Wood, 3rd Assistant Director: Richard Whelan, Script Supervisor: Sarah Hayward, Casting by: Joyce Gallie, Casting Assistant: Sally Osoba, Written by: Stephen Poliakoff, Director of Photography: Witold Stok, Camera Operator: Peter Cavaciuti, Focus Puller: Nick Lowin, Clapper/Loader: Swavek Zukowski, Jobfit Trainee - Camera: Keti Ngcobo, Gaffer: Larry Prinz, Best Boy: Dave McWhinnie, Electrician: Roger Lowe, Genny Operator: Steve Potts, Grip: Martin McCullagh, Stills Photographer: Simon Mein, Editor: Michael Parkinson, 1st Assistant Editor: Gordon Brown, 2nd Assistant Editor: Paul Bingley, Post-production: New Central Film Services, Production Designer: Luciana Arrighi, Art Director: John Ralph, Set Decorator: Robyn Hamilton-Doney, Property Master: Maxie McDonald, Dressing Propman: Andy Palmer, Standby Propman: Gordon Billings, Ron Higgins, Jobfit Trainee - Art: Carol Kupisz, Costume Designer: Amy Roberts, Wardrobe Mistress: Cynthea Dowling, Chief Make-up Artist: Sula Loizou, Make-up: Anna Cobley, Title Design: Chris Allies, Title Opticals: Peerless Camera Company, Processing by: Metrocolor (London) Ltd, Music by: Michael Gibbs, Chamber Music Played by: The Raphael Ensemble, Music Produced by: Andy Park, Music Recorded at: Angel Recording Studios London, Sound Recordist: Peter Edwards, Boom Operator: Malcolm Rose, Sound Re-recording at: De Lane Lea Sound Centre London, Sound Mixer: Hugh Strain, Dubbing Editor: Peter Joly, Assistant Dubbing Editor: Imogen Pollard, Stunt Arranger: Wayne Michaels, Stunt Artist: Tracey Eddon, Steve Dent, Dolby Consultant: Ray Gillon, Arriflex 535 Camera System Supplied by: Media Film Services, Electrical Equipment: Film Light Services
Cast
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Alan Rickman (Sinclair Bryant), Clive Owen (Richard Gillespie), Saskia Reeves (Natalie Gillespie), Karl Johnson (Colin), Lesley Sharp (Jessica), Kate Gartside (Paula), Karen Knight (Philippa), Niall Buggy (Geal), Campbell Morrison (Scotsman), Annie Hayes (receptionist), Maxwell Hutcheon (interviewee), Geraldine Somerville (Natalie's boss), Helen Fitzgerald (Scottish girl), Christopher Barr (Noley), Gordon Salkilld (hotel porter), Choy Ling Man (maid), John Albasiny (young man), Marie Passarelli (Selina), Jan Winters (Doreen)