September (1996 film)
| September Rosamunde Pilcher's September | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Colin Bucksey[1] |
| Written by | Lee Langley Rosamunde Pilcher |
| Produced by | Claus Beling Stephan Wiesehöfer Nigel Watts |
| Starring | Jenny Agutter Michael York Jacqueline Bisset |
| Cinematography | Peter Sinclair |
| Edited by | Roy Watts |
| Music by | Richard Hartley |
Release date |
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Running time | 171 minutes |
| Countries | Germany United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million |
September is a German-British made-for-television drama film of 1996 directed by Colin Bucksey, based on a novel of the same name by Rosamunde Pilcher.
Plot
The action takes place at Strathcroy in the Scottish Highlands, where Verena Steynton is holding a party for her daughter, with many upper-class guests. These include Pandora, who vanished twenty years before, her brother Lord Archie Balmerino, and Edmund Aird, a rich business man, and his American wife. And then a dead body is found in the loch.
Cast
- Jenny Agutter as Isobel Balmerino [2]
- Michael York as Edmund Aird[2]
- Jacqueline Bisset as Pandora Balmerino[2]
- Judy Parfitt as Verena Steynton[2]
- Edward Fox as Lord Archie Balmerino[2]
- Mariel Hemingway as Virginia
- Virginia McKenna as Violet Aird[2]
- Emily Hamilton as Alexa Aird
- Paul Guilfoyle as Conrad Tucker
- Angela Pleasence as Lottie Carstairs
- Anna Cropper as Edie
- Jesse Birdsall as Neil
- Mark Lambert as George
- Derry Power as Barman
Production
The film was produced by a partnership of the German television company ZDF, which had bought the film rights to all of Pilcher’s work, and BSkyB. It was filmed in Scotland in the summer of 1995.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Colin Bucksey", in Jerry Roberts, ed. Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors (2009), p. 65
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "September. Drama, GB 96", Zitty, Volume 33, Issues 9-12 (Zitty Verlag GmbH, 2009), p. 168
- ↑ Deborah Cartmell, Imelda Whelehan, The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen (Cambridge University Press, 2007), p. 134