Love and Death on Long Island

Love and Death on Long Island

93 mins | Drama, Romance | July 3, 1998

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.

Love and Death on Long Island

93 mins | Drama, Romance | July 3, 1998

Love and Death on Long Island
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers BBC Films, Arts Council of England, Téléfilm Canada, Skyline Films, BBC, Mikado Film, British Screen Productions, Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation, Imagex, The Sales Company, Alfalfa Entertainment Ltd.
Original title Love and Death on Long Island
Directors Richard Kwietniowski
Writers Richard Kwietniowski, Gilbert Adair

Cast

John Hurt

as Giles De'Ath

Jason Priestley

as Ronnie Bostock

Fiona Loewi

as Audrey

Sheila Hancock

as Mrs. Barker

Harvey Atkin

as Lou

Maury Chaykin

as Irving Buckmuller

Gawn Grainger

as Henry

Elizabeth Quinn

as Mrs. Reed

Linda Busby

as Mrs. Abbott

Bill Leadbitter

as Eldridge

Anne Reid

as Maureen

Danny Webb

as Video Assistant

Andrew Barrow

as Harry

Dean Gatiss

as Rob

Robert McKewley

as Video Salesman

Tusse Silberg

as Abigail's Mother

Rebecca Michael

as Abigail

Jean Ainslie

as Ticket Seller 1

Nigel Makin

as Ticket Seller 2