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.

00:04:30 THEY NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE COMMITMENT!

00:08:48 ARE YOUR EYES QUITE ALL RIGHT?

00:12:32 (LAUGHS) OH! I THOUGHT YOU'D GOT IT WRONG!

00:16:36 (CHUCKLES)

00:20:51 I MEAN, THERE'S NO VILLAGE HALL, THERE'S NO ART CENTER.

00:25:14 ¶ WHY MUST THE SHOW GO ON? ¶

00:29:03 PERHAPS YOU'D MAYBE PLAN SOMETHING

00:33:26 RELAX.

00:37:09 YOU'LL THINK OF SOMETHING.

00:40:47 OFF THE GODAWFUL BUSINESS OF ACTING.

00:45:14 Joe: WELL, THAT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY FIRST WEEK.

00:49:02 OF BOX OFFICE ADVANCE CASH SUPPLY

00:52:53 EXPERIENCED A PROFOUND LOVE FOR.

00:58:53 I'M SORRY, FADGE, BUT, UM, THAT'S TRUE.

01:03:57 WE PAID IT IN THIS MORNING, JOE.

01:07:19 I THINK YOU SHOULD WORK ON

01:10:49 YEAH. DO YOU THINK IT'S THE EQUIVALENT

01:14:40 AND EVERYONE WHO'S HELPED ME OUT

01:19:26 OVER CHRISTMAS DINNER TOMORROW.

01:24:33 DOWN AT THE BOOZER WITH CARNFORTH

01:28:36 WHAT IS A MAN IF HIS CHIEF GOOD AND MARKET

01:33:48 I MEAN, TALLER IS BETTER.

02:01:06 AND 8 TRILLION CUPS OF TEA.

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 line02:01:06

Production Record

DirectorKenneth Branagh

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,834