

Love and Death on Long Island
1998-03-06 · 93 min · ★ 6.3
Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.
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- Directors
- Richard Kwietniowski
- Production companies
- Skyline Films, BBC Film, Mikado Film, Alfalfa Entertainment, Imagex Communications
- Countries
- Canada, United Kingdom, Italy
- Status
- Released
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John HurtGiles De'Ath
Jason PriestleyRonnie Bostock
Fiona LoewiAudrey
Sheila HancockMrs. Barker
Harvey AtkinLou
Maury ChaykinIrving Buckmuller
Gawn GraingerHenry
Anne ReidMaureen
Danny WebbVideo Assistant
Tusse SilbergAbigail's Mother
Rebecca MichaelAbigail
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