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Sunday, Bloody Sunday

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Original title

Sunday, Bloody Sunday

Year

1971

Running time

110 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

John Schlesinger

Screenwriter

Penelope Gilliatt

Cast

Music

Ron Geesin

Cinematography

Billy Williams

Producer

United Artists

Genre

Drama. Romance | Gay & Lesbian. Jealousy. Romantic Drama

Synopsis

A Jewish doctor, Daniel Hirsh (Peter Finch) and a middle-aged woman, Alex Greville (Glenda Jackson) are both having affairs with the same male artist, Bob Elkin (Murray Head). Not only are Hirsh and Greville aware that Elkin is seeing the other but they actually know each other as well. Despite this, they are willing to put up with the situation through fear of losing Elkin who switches freely between them. Schlesinger's film highlights some worrying facts about how much people's attitudes to relationships and each other have changed over just two generations.

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Awards: 1971: 4 Nominations Oscar: Director, Actor (Finch), Actress (Glenda Jackson), Adapted Screenplay

1971: Golden Globe: Best Foreign Language Picture (Samuel Goldwyn Award). 2 Nom.

1971: BAFTA Awards: 5 awards including Best Film and Director. 8 Nominations

1971: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Screenplay. 2 Nominations

1971: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

1971: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Original Drama Screenplay

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Critics' reviews

"'Sunday Bloody Sunday' is the song of those left behind, not the one doing the leaving."

Kimberley Jones: Austin Chronicle
"Too often, its adultness makes it seem as remote as the bed-hopping artiste at the center of this mess."

Scott Tobias: AV Club
"A low-keyed, delicately-poised recital of triangular love in which Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch share the affections of AC-DC Murray Head."

Variety Staff: Variety
"For me, 'Sunday, Bloody Sunday' is far and away the best film John Schlesinger has ever made: the surest, the truest, the most uncluttered."

Telegraph
"A most impressive achievement, superbly edited by its maker into a whole that is almost as satisfactory as its parts."

Derek Malcolm: The Guardian
"[G]round-breaking exploration of heterosexual and homosexual relationships."

Alan Jones: Radio Times
"Performances of great sensitivity from the Oscar-nominated Jackson and Finch, who keep their passions buried beneath a hair-shirt of civility."

David Parkinson: Empire

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