Women in Love (film)

For the unrelated 1993 Canadian film, see Women in Love (1993 film).

Women in Love
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKen Russell
Screenplay byLarry Kramer
Based onWomen in Love
by D.H. Lawrence
Produced byLarry Kramer
StarringAlan Bates
Oliver Reed
Glenda Jackson
Jennie Linden
Eleanor Bron
CinematographyBilly Williams
Edited byMichael Bradsell
Music byGeorges Delerue
Michael Garrett
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • 13 November 1969 (1969-11-13)
(UK)
  • March 25, 1970 (1970-03-25)
(USA)
Running time
131 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.6 million[1]
Box office$4.5 million (Worldwide)[1]

Women in Love is a 1969 British romantic drama film directed by Ken Russell and starring Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, and Jennie Linden.[2] The film was adapted by Larry Kramer from D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel Women in Love.[3] It was the first film to be released by Brandywine Productions.[4]

The plot follows the relationships between two sisters and two men in a mining town in post-World War I England.[5] The two couples take markedly different directions. The film explores the nature of commitment and love.

The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, with Jackson winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role, and the film receiving other honours.

  1. ^ a b Balio, Tino (1987). United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 246-247. ISBN 9780299114404. LCCN 87-040138.
  2. ^ "Women in Love". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ Canby, Vincent (26 March 1970). "Women in Love (1969)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. ^ Slide, Anthony (18 January 2013). Fifty Classic British Films, 1932-1982: A Pictorial Record. Courier Corporation. p. 133. ISBN 9780486148519.
  5. ^ Lawrence, Will (19 October 2007). "Viggo Mortensen: My painful decision to fight in the nude". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 April 2018.