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Another Country

By L

See young Rupert Everett and young Colin Firth in one of the finest movies ever made!

The story is about Guy Benett (a character loosely based on Guy Burgess, a key figure of the Cambridge Spy ring) , an openly gay boy who attends Eton and is not willing to conform. He abandons his class, betrays his country and  becomes a spy for the Soviet Union. 
 
The story starts with the suicide of Martineau, an Eton student who got caught with another boy and facing expulsion  and shame eventually commits suicide.The prefects fear a scandal and do their best to cover it. Their hypocricy and class-conciousness becomes more and more clear and the power struggle between them never ceases. With a world-war going on and a scandal to cover they all have very little liking for openly gay Guy Benett and his communist friend Thommy Judd. 
The film mainly shows the public school system of the 30ies and how Guy Benett who desperately wants to be a god (which is superior in rank to a prefect) fits in – or rather does not. 
His best friend Thommy Judd is a communist with a sense of clever repartee; his lover James Harcourt is a boy from another house. Consequently Guy is always in trouble. See these wonderful buildings and gardens, see uniforms and decadent prefects and, most importantly, see Rupert Everett’s young unspoilt face and his boyish blond lover  (Cary Elwes at his sweetest), enjoy Colin Firth as Thommy Judd. Soundtrack is good, too. 
It is a very sweet love story, and also a good picture of repression and decadent classes, about internal power struggles and friendship… well, just go and see it. 
 
See Rupert Everett and Cary Elwes dating on a boat…  
 
 
unfortunately I only own the film on video-tape (but don’t own a TV)- if someone wants to borrow it, just ask. 
 

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6 Antworten zu „Another Country“

  1. kalafudra sagt:
    Januar 21, 2008 um 2:06 pm | Antworten

    I’d love to borrow it… Do you have it in English? If not, I may find some other way to get it… :)

  2. L sagt:
    Januar 22, 2008 um 3:23 pm | Antworten

    I have it in German and French (Arte-dubbed).. the french version is easy to understand and closer to the original as far as I can judge. … if you order something else via amazon, you could get me the English film and watch it before handing it to me. I want to own it in English anyway. I’d refound you prize and traveling-costs, I just don’t want to get an amazon account – it would destroy my balanced budget.

  3. le sagt:
    Januar 23, 2008 um 11:17 am | Antworten

    I can order it for you, no problem.
    Balanced Budget – ha! The last time I had one of those… wait… I don’t think I ever had one.

  4. kalafudra sagt:
    Januar 23, 2008 um 3:43 pm | Antworten

    Amazon offers two possibilities:
    1. German version, with English audio but german subs can’t be turned off for 10 Eur.
    2. English version, coming out in March for 25 Eur.
    Just let me know what you want.

  5. L sagt:
    Januar 23, 2008 um 7:44 pm | Antworten

    Balanced budget is a matter of necessity with me otherwise I would not have it, either ;)
    English version, please :) I’m in no hurry.
    … if you can’t wait (Rupert is really gorgeous), you can have my french/german video. Especially the french version is really cool and even I who has never had any french at school manage to understand it.

  6. kalafudra sagt:
    Januar 23, 2008 um 10:08 pm | Antworten

    Ok, I’ll order the English Version.
    Love to see the tape before though… Although probably I should spend my time with something else… probably.

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