| A Month in the Country | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:A_Month_in_the_Country_poster.jpg) Original theatrical poster, showing Colin Firth and Natasha Richardson. | |
| Directed by | Pat O'Connor |
| Screenplay by | Simon Gray |
| Based on | A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr |
| Produced by | Kenith Trodd |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Kenneth MacMillan |
| Music by | Howard Blake |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Columbia-Cannon-Warner Distributors |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £1.06 million[1] |
| Box office | $443,524 (USA)[2][better source needed] |
A Month in the Country is a 1987 British film directed by Pat O'Connor. The film is an adaptation of the 1980 novel of the same name by J. L. Carr, and stars Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh (in his first credited role), Natasha Richardson and Patrick Malahide. The screenplay was by Simon Gray.
Set in rural Yorkshire during the summer of 1920, the film follows a destitute World War I veteran employed to carry out restoration work on a Medieval mural discovered in a rural church while coming to terms with the after-effects of the war.
The film was shot during the summer of 1986 and featured an original score by Howard Blake. The film has been neglected since its 1987 cinema release and it was only in 2004 that an original 35 mm film print was discovered, due to the intervention of a fan.[3]
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 26.
- ^ Box Office & Business Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 August 2008
- ^ Hilary Whitney "How I found Branagh's lost movie Archived 24 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine" in The Daily Telegraph, 21 February 2005