Loose Connections

1984 British film
Loose Connections
Directed byRichard Eyre
Written byMaggie Brooks
Produced bySimon Perry
StarringStephen Rea
Lindsay Duncan
Music byDominic Muldowney
Production
companies
Virgin Films
Greenpoint Films
NFFC
Umbrella
Distributed by20th Century Fox[1]
Release date
1984
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£800,000[citation needed]

Loose Connections is a 1984 British film starring Stephen Rea.

Plot

A feminist travels through Europe with a male chauvinist.

Cast

  • Stephen Rea as Harry
  • Lindsay Duncan as Sally
  • Jan Niklas as Axel
  • Carole Harrison as Kaya
  • Gary Olsen as Kevin
  • Frances Low as Larie
  • Ken Jones

Production

Three quarters of the budget came from the NFFC with the rest coming from Virgin Films.[2]

Release

The film was not released in New York until 1988. The New York Times said "Nothing happens in Loose Connections that isn't announced ahead of time, but the movie is very decently acted by Mr. Rea and especially by Miss Duncan... The film... is bright, articulate, gentle and completely unsurprising."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Loose Connections (1984)". BBFC. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. ^ The Italian connection Malcolm, Derek. The Guardian (1959–2003) [London (UK)] 7 July 1983: 11.
  3. ^ New York Times review

External links

  • Loose Connections at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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Films directed by Richard Eyre
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  • Loose Connections (1985)
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  • Allelujah (2022)
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