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Amazon.com: E1 ENTERTAINMENT Married Man, A : Sophie Ashton, Jonathan Burn, Geoffrey Chater, Tracey Childs, Yvonne Coulette, Kenneth Farrington, John Forgeham, Clive Francis, Christopher Fulford, Lise Hilboldt, Diana King, John Le Mesurier, Ciaran Madden, Clifford Rose, Julian Sands, Keith Taylor, John Wentworth, Anthony Hopkins, John Ringham, Ron Russell, Frank Tregear, Frank Taylor, Brian Osborne, David Belcher, Jenny Robbins, Patrick Marley, Vincent Brimble, Iain Anders, Alexander Scrivenor, Rosemary Williams, Bridget McConnel, Hal Crittenden, Michael Copperwhite, Sarah Sherborn, Christina Greatrex, Robert Ashley, John Howard Davies, Charles Jarrott: Electronics
Dolby, Closed-captioned, Content/Copy-Protected CD, DVD, Color
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Christopher Fulford, Jonathan Burn, John Wentworth, Geoffrey Chater, Keith Taylor, Christina Greatrex, David Belcher, Alexander Scrivenor, Clive Francis, Hal Crittenden, Vincent Brimble, Robert Ashley, John Forgeham, Lise Hilboldt, John Le Mesurier, Ciaran Madden, Tracey Childs, Kenneth Farrington, Iain Anders, John Howard Davies, Julian Sands, Frank Taylor, Ron Russell, Clifford Rose, Brian Osborne, Sophie Ashton, Jenny Robbins, Sarah Sherborn, Yvonne Coulette, Anthony Hopkins, Frank Tregear, Charles Jarrott, Rosemary Williams, Diana King, Patrick Marley, Bridget McConnel, Michael Copperwhite, John RinghamSee more
Language
English
Runtime
4 hours and 15 minutes
About this item
This British television series tells of a lawyer who turns from the love and compassion of his family and becomes involved in a sordid affair, and ultimately murder. System Requirements: Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julian Sands, Lise Hilboldt Running Time: 255 Min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION Rating: NR Age: 741952662099 UPC: 741952662099 Manufacturer
Hopkins award-winning genius for creating characters delivers again in his taut, intelligent portrayal of John Strickland a man caught in a web of lies, seduction, moral deception and ultimately shattering violence.
Schemes feed on discontent. Murder feeds on deception.
John Strickland feels trapped in both a marriage and career that no longer feed or fulfill him. He finds himself falling between the bed-sheets of a rich, beautiful and politically connected young woman a move that sets into motion forces that will shatter his entire world.
A Married Man is an honest, intelligent, psychologically rich portrait of a man seduced by pleasure and power. With unpredictable twists and turns, it is a story of love, passion, betrayal and corruption and all too human need a gripping look at a troubled marriage, and an even more troubling murder.
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If you favor the unexpected in your movie and TV viewing, this one may be a major thrill for you. The script is astonishingly literate, articulate and intelligent. It never feels as though it were "dumbed down" for some mass audience or other. The performances are consistently brilliant. It may get off to a slow start for those who favor more hyper-kinetic fare; however, if you enjoy thoughtful character-driven drama, with a strong element of mystery eventually entering the story, you should find this one rare and highly rewarding. Anthony Hopkins delivers a spot-on performance with an extraordinary emotional range. I'll say nothing about the contents of the plot. The less you know, the more fascinated you will be but what transpires.
John Strictland (Anthony Hopkins) has just turned forty and is consumed with dissatisfaction. He has a family and a successful career, but he's bored with it all and thinks he's doomed to a life of misery. He meets and falls in love with a young heiress and moves toward divorcing his wife for her, but then fate steps in and changes everything.
This 1983 BBC miniseries is rather predictable and low on drama but Anthony Hopkins is so convincing, so mesmerizing as the tortured husband that one watches just to see and hear him. His flawless acting stands out all the more because his costars are terrible. Ciaran Madden, as his wife, is supposed to be dull but she goes beyond that to forgettable, and Lise Hilboldt, as his lover, is amateurish and recites her lines without conviction; there is no romantic chemistry between them. The story plods along at a snail's pace, full of unnecessary characters and subplots and would be quite dull if not for Hopkins' masterful portrayal. His John Strictland is thoughtful and complicated, reading and reflecting upon Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Illyich" and seeing many sad similarities between that title character and himself.
Fans of Anthony Hopkins will appreciate his work here but the story itself is uninspired.
I chose this movie because I like Anthony Hopkins, this is one of his earlier movies and he's very good, not yet up to the Hannibal role or even as good as he was in Howards End, you can tell he was going to be a great actor given the right material, a good story is this movie worth looking into
