the romantic englishwoman
What is real and what is fiction? View production, box office, & company info. Use the HTML below. Certificate: AL She didn't quite find herself there, but had a brief encounter in an elevator with a German who says he is a poet. There she meets Thomas, who claims to be a poet but whom viewers know to be a petty thief, conman, drug courier and gigolo. Tom Stoppard and Thomas Wiseman's intricate script for The Romantic Englishwoman credibly explores the notion that a writer can manipulate the people in his life as deftly as he can manipulate the characters in his imagination. Mr. Wolf's BIG List of Forgotten, Overlooked and Underappreciated Films. Was this review helpful to you? The film was shown at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.[1]. Dale O'Connor
. This article related to a British film of the 1970s is a stub. In "The Romantic Englishwoman," Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson) is vacationing in Baden-Baden. Romantic Englishwoman, The (1975) - By The Way I'm A Poet At home in England, cynical writer Lewis (Michael Caine), with his wife Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson, title character), raising the possibility of using her recent trip to a German spa as material for his novel, in Joseph Losey’s The Romantic Englishwoman, 1975, co-written by Tom Stoppard. As Lewis' jealousy grows, it leaves less and less space for anyone else, and it pushes Elizabeth further away. Now the German is in England, gets himself invited to tea where he claims he admires Fielding's books. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. The Romantic Englishwoman 13 September 2012 | by lasttimeisaw – See all my reviews My very first contact with Joseph Losey's canon is this film adapted from Thomas Wiseman's eponymous novel, the reason why I selected this one purely because of its cast, namely for Glenda Jackson, the two-times Oscar winner, whose work has eluded me until now, but the film itself turns out to be a very … A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta. The romantic Englishman On the political writings of George Orwell. The title character Elizabeth, played by Glenda Jackson, is the wife of Lewis (Michael Caine), a novelist. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Festival de Cannes: The Romantic Englishwoman", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Romantic_Englishwoman&oldid=1007798898, Articles needing additional references from February 2021, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 20 February 2021, at 00:14. The 1975 film The Romantic Englishwoman was filmed on location in Baden-Baden, featuring the Brenner's Park Hotel particularly prominently. A sly, sophisticated love story, THE ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN is a "masterfully acted comedy" (San Francisco Examiner) that is a showcase for its two Oscar®-winning stars: Michael Caine (HANNAH AND HER SISTERS) and Glenda Jackson (WOMEN IN LOVE).Caine plays successful novelist Lewis Fielding, whose imagination spins ever-more elaborate scenarios of infidelity … All she wanted was everything”) goes off to Baden-Baden just to be on her own for once, while her writer husband stays home to work on a film about “the new woman” and “self-discovery.” Also starring Academy Award Nominee Kate Nelligan (The Prince of Tides, Premonition) and Michael Lonsdale (Of Gods and Men, Ronin), The Romantic Englishwoman credibly explores the notion that a writer can manipulate the people in his life as deftly as he can manipulate the characters in his imagination. However, writes Enda O’Doherty, it might be useful to separate out the terms “political” and “writing”. Rent The Romantic Englishwoman (1975) starring Glenda Jackson and Michael Caine on DVD and Blu-ray. [Originally published in Movietone News 47, January 1976] The Romantic Englishwoman affords an unexceptionably witty and civilized film experience from the first shivery glimpse of Glenda Jackson’s double reflection over the passing wintry German landscape to the last of the end credits: “A British–French Co-production”. Cummings Pt.3: Gender-Bending from Joan of Arc to Comic Farce, Liberal Supporter of Political Refugees, Raising Caine on TCM: From Smooth Gay Villain to Tough Guy in 'Best British Film Ever', Jackson Returns!