The Long Day Closes

The Long Day Closes

🎞️ Movie 85 min GB
โ˜… 7.3 /10 1992

A magical story about a boy’s love affair with the music and movies of the 50s.

The Long Day Closes is the story of eleven-year-old 'Bud.' A sad and lonely boy, Bud struggles through his days. With cinema as his main source of solace, he haunts the local movie-house. All the while, his family looms large in our peripheral vision as do the menacing bullies of his school, but Bud is the center of attention both from the camera's angle and from his doting family. With a gray background, the film fuses clips and audio from classic movies into Bud's dreary childhood and brings it to life with an elegance Bach would bring to your home movies. The overall effect is a montage of memory which seems to ignite flashes of recognition in the viewer.

Cast

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Leigh McCormack
Bud
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Marjorie Yates
Mother
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Anthony Watson
Kevin
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Nicholas Lamont
John
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Ayse Owens
Helen
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Tina Malone
Edna
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Jimmy Wilde
Curly
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Robin Polley
Mr. Nicholls
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Peter Ivatts
Mr. Bushell
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Joy Blakeman
Frances
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Bob Last
Composer
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Robert Lockhart
Composer
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Michael Coulter
Cinematographer

๐ŸŽฌ Videos

Official Trailer
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Trailer
Official Trailer
Dissolves and Memory in THE LONG DAY CLOSES
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Featurette
Dissolves and Memory in THE LONG DAY CLOSES
The Rug in The Long Day Closes
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Clip
The Rug in The Long Day Closes