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Brief Encounter

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When doctor Alec Harvey (Richard Burton) helps Anna Jesson (Sophia Loren) get something out of her eye on a train platform, neither suspects they are initiating an affair. Both are married with children and believe their impulse to meet again is completely innocent. But one meeting leads to several, and soon their mutual attraction becomes undeniable. They attempt an unsuccessful tryst in a friend's apartment and, increasingly scared of being discovered, decide to call it off.

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Phil Hall Film Threat A genuinely touching made-for-TV film that has been unfairly maligned by critics. Rated: 4.5/5 Nov 7, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tom M Quite extraordinarily bad. Cheap looking, badly scripted(no hint of Noel Coward's panache), underplayed to the point of quiet surrender to the terrible writing. Almost impossible to believe this was ever made. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/10/24 Full Review nancy m I kept waiting for this film to get better but it never did. There was absolutely NO chemistry between Loren and Burton making the whole “affair” quite unbelievable. The performance by Loren’s onscreen husband was the only redeeming aspect of the film. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review Audience Member Between 3 and 3.5 stars. It is more complex than the first version, also less pure, but the presence of two great actors gives additional depth. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A delightfully naughty tale of a chance meeting between married persons. The pursuit by Richard Burton of Sophia Loren in England has all the soap operatic overtones. One can't see this romantic entaglement actually happening except in a movie like this, or can it? [img]http://movieclassics.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/burtonloren.jpg?w=300[/img] Brief Encounter is a 1974 British-Italian drama film starring Richard Burton and Sophia Loren, adapted from the play Still Life by Noël Coward. "Do you believe in love at first sight? Yes, I'm sure it happens all the time." --- With a Little Help from My Friends, The Beatles [img]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_iJ60sHCvlEIy-7uEaqkqdh861cUQsAt8WdIMyiMfJ0SKVGs-wg[/img] SEE the entire film for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNaOiLoAM6g NOTES: 1 The film had its premiere on U.S. television on 12 November 1974 as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series on NBC. 2 Richard Burton was cast at the last moment, after Robert Shaw dropped out. 3 The movie struck me as similar to Bridges of Madison County, wherein a lonely housewife Meryl Streep finds romance from a single stranger, Clint Eastwood. [img]http://static.cinemagia.ro/img/db/movie/00/70/31/brief-encounter-797318l.jpg[/img] Directed by Alan Bridges Produced by Cecil Clarke Denis Holt Written by John Bowen Noël Coward Starring Richard Burton Sophia Loren Jack Hedley John Le Mesurier Music by Cyril Ornadel Cinematography Arthur Ibbetson Editing by Peter Weatherley Distributed by ITC Films Release dates 12 November 1974 Running time 100 minutes (UK) Country United Kingdom Italy [img]http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq66/vitocipriani/Brief%20Encounter%201974/Title.jpg[/img] Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member hmph. really liked the original version, was not so keen on this..... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member not so well known tv movie with two great leading actors Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When doctor Alec Harvey (Richard Burton) helps Anna Jesson (Sophia Loren) get something out of her eye on a train platform, neither suspects they are initiating an affair. Both are married with children and believe their impulse to meet again is completely innocent. But one meeting leads to several, and soon their mutual attraction becomes undeniable. They attempt an unsuccessful tryst in a friend's apartment and, increasingly scared of being discovered, decide to call it off.
Director
Alan Bridges
Producer
Cecil Clarke, Carlo Ponti
Screenwriter
John Bowen
Production Co
Incorporated Television Company, Transcontinental Film Productions (London), Cecil Clarke Productions, Carlo Ponti Cinematografica
Genre
Romance
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 24, 2018
Runtime
1h 43m
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