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Love and Death on Long Island
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Love and Death on Long Island

1998-03-06 · 93 min · ★ 6.3

Drama · Romance

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 HurtJohn HurtGiles De'Ath
Jason PriestleyJason PriestleyRonnie Bostock
Fiona LoewiFiona LoewiAudrey
Sheila HancockSheila HancockMrs. Barker
Harvey AtkinHarvey AtkinLou
Maury ChaykinMaury ChaykinIrving Buckmuller
Gawn GraingerGawn GraingerHenry
Elizabeth QuinnMrs. Reed
Linda BusbyMrs. Abbott
Bill LeadbitterEldridge
Anne ReidAnne ReidMaureen
Danny WebbDanny WebbVideo Assistant
Andrew BarrowHarry
Dean GatissRob
Robert McKewleyVideo Salesman
Tusse SilbergTusse SilbergAbigail's Mother
Rebecca MichaelRebecca MichaelAbigail
Jean AinslieTicket Seller 1
Nigel MakinTicket Seller 2
Jeffrey HirschfieldJeffrey HirschfieldPoliceman

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