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63% Critic Match
Love and Death on Long Island
6.3 / 10• 1998• 1h 33m•PG-13• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.
Cast & Crew
John Hurt
Giles De'Ath
Lead
Jason Priestley
Ronnie Bostock
Fiona Loewi
Audrey
Sheila Hancock
Mrs. Barker
Harvey Atkin
Lou
Maury Chaykin
Irving Buckmuller
Gawn Grainger
Henry
EQ
Elizabeth Quinn
Mrs. Reed
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Kwietniowski's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Love and Death on Long Island is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
