Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
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This British film examines the choices individuals must make when confronted with a romantic relationship which is rewarding but does not offer them everything they want. In this sympathetic and psychologically precise drama, Alexandra Greville (Glenda Jackson), "Alex" to her friends, has a younger man as her sometime lover, the young sculptor Bob Elkin (Murray Head). Elkin is completely open about the fact that he is also the lover of her acquaintance, Dr. Daniel Hirsch (Peter Finch). These relationships continue in some kind of equilibrium until Alex and Bob agree to house-sit the children of a couple known to the three of them. In their roles, neither Head nor Finch "swished," or otherwise catered to homosexual stereotypes, and theirs was considered to be a groundbreaking, sympathetic portrayal of this kind of relationship, not condescending in any way. One highlight of the film is a scene in which Dr. Hirsch attends the Bar Mitzvah of his nephew. This critically well-received movie was unexpectedly successful at the box office. The film's director and screenwriter, as well as Jackson and Finch, were nominated for Academy Awards. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 110 mins
Complete Cast:
- Glenda Jackson - Alex Greville
- Murray Head - Bob Elkin
- Maurice Denham - Mr. Greville
- Thomas Baptiste - Prof. Johns
- Patrick Thornberry - Baby John Stuart Hodson
- Caroline Blakiston - Rowing Woman
- Marie Burke - Aunt Astrid
- Harold Goldblatt - Daniel's Father
- Hannah Norbert - Daniel's Mother
- Richard Pearson - Middle-Age Patient
- June Brown - Woman Patient
- Tony Britton - George Harding
- Cindy Burrows - Alex as a Child
- Jon Finch - Scotsman
- Peter Finch - Dr. Daniel Hirsh
- Peggy Ashcroft - Mrs. Greville
- Vivian Pickles - Alva Hodson
- Robert Rietty - Daniel's Brother
- Douglas Lambert - Man At Party
- Ann Firbank - Party Guest
- Frank Windsor - Bill Hodson
- Russell Lewis - Timothy Hodson
- Bessie Love - Answering Service Lady
- Richard Loncraine - Tony, Bob's Partner
- Emma Schlesinger - Tess Hodson
- Daniel Day-Lewis - [uncredited]
- Kimi Tallmadge - Lucy Hodson
- Peter Halliday - Her Husband
- Director(s):
- John Schlesinger
- Writer(s):
- Penelope Gilliatt
- Producer(s):
- Joseph Janni
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- 1971 - Sunday Bloody Sunday - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Editing
- 1971 - Sunday Bloody Sunday - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Director
- 1971 - Sunday Bloody Sunday - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Picture
- 1971 - Sunday Bloody Sunday - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Actress
- 1971 - Sunday Bloody Sunday - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Actor
- 1971 - Sunday Bloody Sunday - Golden Globe - Best Foreign Film - English Language
- 1971 - Sunday Bloody Sunday - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Foreign Film - English Language
- 1971 - Sunday Bloody Sunday - National Society of Film Critics - Best Actor
