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Bookmark this pageInternational Velvet (1978)
Director: Bryan Forbes
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From Time Out Film Guide
A pretty equestrian fairytale, in which an orphaned American teenager (O'Neal) sets her sights on a Gold Medal for Great Britain in the 3-day event at some future South African Olympic Games. This gelatinous story, devised by producer/director Forbes, is so unashamedly sentimental, so resolutely devoid of authentic emotion or motivation, that one can only marvel at its lavish audacity. Do families still go to such tosh? Forbes presumably banked the film's appeal on middle-aged parents recalling Elizabeth Taylor winning the Grand National in National Velvet and hauling their children off to see this, its woeful - and very belated - sequel.Author: JPy
User reviews of this film
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- Barry Lapping said...
- Posted on Mar 21 2008 20:00 Lovely cast, good performances, well photographed. I love this film. The only blot is the American actress. But for the sentiment it portrays and it's values it upholds, we must not knock it. I think Nannette Newman is a beautiful woman and an understated actress. She personifies England and all it SHOULD BE!!!
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Cast & crew
Director: Bryan Forbes
Producer: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins, Nanette Newman, Peter Barkworth, Dinsdale Landen full cast
Genre(s): Children's
Duration: 132 mins
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