Love and Death on Long Island
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Love and Death on Long Island (1998)

03/07/1998
Drama, Romance
1h 33m

Overview

Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.

  • Richard KwietniowskiDirector, Writer
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • obsession
  • long island, new york
  • love
  • writer
  • infatuation
  • obsessive love
  • gay theme

Top Billed Cast

John Hurt

John Hurt

Giles De'Ath

Jason Priestley

Jason Priestley

Ronnie Bostock

Fiona Loewi

Fiona Loewi

Audrey

Sheila Hancock

Sheila Hancock

Mrs. Barker

Harvey Atkin

Harvey Atkin

Lou

Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin

Irving Buckmuller

Gawn Grainger

Gawn Grainger

Henry

Elizabeth Quinn

Mrs. Reed

Linda Busby

Mrs. Abbott

Bill Leadbitter

Eldridge

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