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Waterland is a 1992 British-American mystery drama film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and starring Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack and Ethan Hawke. It is based on Graham Swift 's 1983 novel of the same name.
Waterland: Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. With Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack, Grant Warnock, Lena Headey. In 1974 Pittsburgh, a high-school history teacher seeking closure tells his class about his experiences as teenager in England during World War II.
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- Drama, Mystery
- Stephen Gyllenhaal
- 1992-10-30
The grandmother died in the great flu epidemic. Tom’s mother, the only child, was raised in the house, helping her father concoct his brews, until all came raining down during the celebration of the Armistice, when old man Crick’s special ale was so strong the local men got drunk on a bottle apiece, and burnt the brewery down.
Feb 22, 2021 · The film projects a world of extreme degradation and the sexual collapse of the protagonist and his wife Mary Crick (played by Sinéad Cusack), which can be clearly interpreted as an apocalyptic critique of the prevailing society.
Waterland is a 1992 British-American mystery drama film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and starring Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack and Ethan Hawke. It is based on Graham Swift's 1983 novel of the same name.
Nov 6, 1992 · TIMES STAFF WRITER. “Waterland” (citywide) is a rarity--a movie about mood and memory that doesn’t send you into a stupor. The pull of the past is an almost palpable presence in this film; it...
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Sep 10, 2012 · Gyllenhaal rises to the challenge of Swift's prose, capturing a flat land bogged down in its past, and creating an extravagant historical picture that avoids the traps of the Hovis-ad picturesque.
