In the Bleak Midwinter

Name: In the Bleak Midwinter
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Released: 1995
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Michael Maloney, Richard Briers, Hetta Charnley, Joan Collins, Nicholas Farrell

1995 · 99 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 2,834 VOTES · DIR. Kenneth Branagh

Overview

Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect - and does not get - the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.

Dialogue Timeline — 2,698 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 OF A DOLLAR.

00:04:22 "PROFIT SHARE. SPIRIT SHARE." UNBELIEVABLE.

00:08:30 OF OUR DISCONTENT MADE GLORIOUS SUMMER

00:12:13 YES. CERTAINLY ATMOSPHERIC

00:16:05 I COULDN'T CARE LESS IF HE SHAGS HAMSTERS.

00:20:12 WELL, WE'RE NEVER SHORT OF A SHOCK

00:24:12 UH, RIGHT. IF YOU COULD ALL BE SENSITIVE TO THAT.

00:28:07 WHEN EVERYBODY'S COME UP WITH CONTRIBUTIONS

00:32:08 LET'S JUST TAKE A LITTLE TIME OUT HERE

00:35:47 YOU WERE SO BRAVE, SO VERY EXCITING.

00:39:18 THE SEXUAL THREAT, YOU KNOW?

00:43:21 YOU FALL DOWN, YOU GET UP

00:47:23 MUST BE A BIT NERVOUS.

00:50:57 TO RUNNING OFF TO THE CIRCUS

00:56:12 I, UM, I-I-I'VE KEPT MY OWN PEACE

01:01:57 ¶ NOW, WHY NOT ANNOUNCE THE CLOSING NIGHT OF IT? ¶

01:05:15 AND YOU'RE OUT THERE.

01:08:33 OH, FLIPPIN' HECK.

01:12:00 I COULD BE FUNNY WITH YOU.

01:16:16 SHE HAS A PRIVATE JET

01:22:03 HE'S ONLY HUMAN!

01:25:18 DOES THIS GUY BOTHER YOU?

01:30:57 YOU BROKE MY HEART AS HORATIO.

01:34:13 WELL, I HOPE HE IS.

Cast & Characters

Michael Maloney Joe Harper (Hamlet) Richard Briers Henry Wakefield (Claudius, the Ghost, and the Player King) Hetta Charnley Molly Joan Collins Margaretta D'Arcy Nicholas Farrell Tom Newman (Laertes, Fortinbras, and messengers) Mark Hadfield Vernon Spatch (Polonius, Marcellus, and First Gravedigger) Gerard Horan Carnforth Greville (Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Horatio, and Barnardo) Celia Imrie Fadge Jennifer Saunders Nancy Crawford Julia Sawalha Nina Raymond (Ophelia)

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,698

Dialogue density27.3 lines / min

First line00:00:00

Final line01:34:13

Production Record

DirectorKenneth Branagh

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,834