Don't Go Breaking My Heart is a 1999 British film, starring Anthony Edwards, Jenny Seagrove and Charles Dance. It was directed by Willi Patterson.
Don't Go Breaking My Heart | |
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Directed by | Willi Patterson |
Written by | Geoff Morrow |
Produced by | Bill Kenwright |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Vernon Layton |
Edited by | Peter Beston |
Music by | Rolfe Kent |
Production companies | Aviator Films Bill Kenwright Films |
Distributed by | BWE Distribution Inc. Curb Entertainment Polygram Filmed Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $7,000,000 (estimated)[1] |
Box office | £961,609 (UK) (28 February 1999)[2] |
Plot
editSuzanne, a beautiful widow, has to choose between Frank, a philandering dentist, and Tony, a sensitive, failing sports trainer who helps her son.
Cast
edit- Anthony Edwards as Tony
- Jenny Seagrove as Suzanne
- Charles Dance as Frank
Production Notes
editDr. Fiedler played by Tom Conti is a parody of Dr Fassbender played by Peter Sellers in the movie What's New Pussycat?.[3]
Bill Kenwright had to mortgage his own £1 million London home to pay for its production. Geoff Morrow who wrote the screenplay also wrote the 1977-hit Can't Smile Without You. Despite being second billed, Linford Christie only makes a short cameo appearance in the pre-credit scene of the film.[4]
Reception
editJulianne Pidduck from Sight & Sound praised several aspects of the film, however she concluded: " But despite all efforts, an uninspired script and uneven direction fail to make Suzanne's unhappy lurches from mourning widow to tender lover plausible."[5]
References
edit- ^ "Don't Go Breaking My Heart Budget". IMDB. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Don't Go Breaking My Heart Budget". IMDB. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Connections". IMDB. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Trivia". IMDB. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ Pidduck, Julianne. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
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