Last chance Harvey [videorecording]
2009
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Romantic drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. Harvey Shine (Hoffman) is one of life's losers. A would-be jazz pianist, he earns his living in a dead-end job writing advertising jingles. When he flies to London for his daughter's wedding, he is dismayed to learn that his daughter would prefer her stepfather (James Brolin) to walk her down the aisle. While drowning his sorrows, Harvey meets Kate (Thompson), a 40-something employee of the National Office for Statistics whose life has hithero been limited to work, the occasional humiliating blind date and endless phone calls from her smothering mother (Eileen Atkins). Despite numerous setbacks and misunderstandings, a gradual connection forms between Kate and Harvey that will transform both of their lives.
Main title:
Last chance Harvey [videorecording] / producer, Tim Perell; producer, Nicola Usborne.
Author:
Hopkins, Joel, directorHinchliffe, Dickon, composer (expression)Hoffman, Dustin, 1937-, actorThompson, Emma, actorAtkins, Eileen, 1934-, actor
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : 20th Century Studios, 2009.
Collation:
1 DVD (92 min.) : colour.
Notes:
Made in 2008.DVDN.
Credits:
Credits: director, Joel Hopkins; writer, Joel Hopkins; music, Dickon Hinchliffe.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, Liane Balaban, James Brolin, Richard Schiff, Tim Howard, Wendy Mae Brown, Bronagh Gallagher, Jeremy Sheffield.
Audience:
BBFC code: 12.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1498924
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