Film

Love and Death on Long Island

1998 · 1h 33m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

87%

Metacritic

80

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.

John Hurt

Giles De'Ath

Jason Priestley

Ronnie Bostock

Fiona Loewi

Audrey

Sheila Hancock

Mrs. Barker

Harvey Atkin

Lou

Maury Chaykin

Irving Buckmuller

Gawn Grainger

Henry

Elizabeth Quinn

Mrs. Reed

Linda Busby

Mrs. Abbott

Bill Leadbitter

Eldridge

Anne Reid

Maureen

Danny Webb

Video Assistant

Andrew Barrow

Harry

Dean Gatiss

Rob

Robert McKewley

Video Salesman

Tusse Silberg

Abigail's Mother

• Richard KwietniowskiWriter · Director
• Gilbert AdairNovel
• Christopher ZimmerProducer
• Steve Clark-HallProducer
• Oliver CurtisDirector of Photography
• Richard Grassby-LewisOriginal Music Composer
• Bob LockeOriginal Music Composer
• Tim NorfolkOriginal Music Composer
• Susan ShiptonEditor
• Jon ComerfordCasting

Release date

July 3, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG-13

Genres

Drama, Romance

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