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      Shooting the Past

      TV-G 1999 3h 0m Drama List
      Reviews 94% 250+ Ratings Audience Score A photo librarian (Lindsay Duncan) and her staff resist the efforts of their building's new owner (Liam Cunningham) to disperse their collection. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Nobody makes TV lie Poliakof, almost perfect. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member "Shooting the Past is extrodinary and unique." An absolutely beautifully put together series, Timothy Spall stirs the pot with Chaos and mystery. The creeping climatic ending is unpredictable, unsuspectingly and utterly heartbreaking. The Photographs alone are worth the investment, their history surrounding them mesmerise your curiosity. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting. The photos in this are extraordinary. The movie itself was a little slow, and rather anticlimatic. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member An absolutely beautifully put together series, Not to everyone's taste as it's a little slow going but i think it needs to be to draw you in the way it does. Definitely a must for those fascinated by old photographs Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Top notch, 5 star, absolutely fantastic!!!!!!!!!!! Such a beautiful film, so so grand. Fanbloodytastic. Goes to show, that films can be just as wonderful, even more wonderful, without violence and running about. Stunning film. LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!! Timothy Spall fabulous, as well as all the others.... :D Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting, different and enchanting film, one of my all-time favourites. Beautiful, haunting music and a story like no other I've seen. Timothy Spall is a genious in my book. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Nancy Banks-Smith Guardian The whole thing moved in leaps like a dream. Full of extraordinary images, sustained silences and tightening terror. Feb 25, 2020 Full Review John Leonard New York Magazine/Vulture Stick with the slow-starting Shooting the Past...Not as profound as it thinks it is, but ingratiating and even suspenseful. Feb 5, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A photo librarian (Lindsay Duncan) and her staff resist the efforts of their building's new owner (Liam Cunningham) to disperse their collection.
      Director
      Stephen Poliakoff
      Producer
      Simon Curtis, Peter Fincham
      Screenwriter
      Stephen Poliakoff
      Rating
      TV-G
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Sep 5, 2006
      Runtime
      3h 0m