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Beautiful Thing (1996)
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In a suburb of London, young Jamie is escaping sport hours, to avoid being the victim of his comrades. Young Ste, his neighbor, is beaten by his father, and comes to sleep overnight. They discover new feelings, sleeping in the same bed. Director:Hettie Macdonald |
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Mr. Bennett
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Ryan McBride
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Jayson
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Lenny
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Gina
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Rose
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Marlene
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Ronnie Pearce
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Trevor Pearce
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A tender love story set during a hot summer on a South-East London housing estate. Jamie, a relatively unpopular lad who bunks off school to avoid football, lives next door to Ste, a more popular athletic lad but who is frequently beaten up by his father and older brother. Such an episode of violence brings Jamie and Ste together: Sandra (Jamie's mum) offers refugee to Ste, who has to 'top-and-tail' with Jamie. Hence, the story tells of their growing attraction for one another, from initial lingering glances to their irrefutable love, which so magnificently illustrated at the end of the film. In deals with the tribulations of coming to terms with their sexuality and of others finding out, in light of Sandra's unwavering loyalty and defence of Jamie and the fear of repercussion should Ste's family find out. The plot is set against sub-texts of Sandra's desire to manage her own pub... Written by Mark Edwards <me93fm@soton.ac.uk>
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An urban fairytale.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for sexuality, pervasive strong language and some drug content See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Csodálatos dolog See more »Box Office
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$1,449,934 (USA) (12 January 1997)Company Credits
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Sandra: Slasher? What do you slash, crepe paper?
Leah: He's incontinent.
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Music and Lyrics by Arnold Capitanelli and Robert O'Connor
Sung by 'Mama' Cass Elliot See more »
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When Sandra recalls that Cass Elliot died by choking on a sandwich she is repeating an urban legend. "Mama" Cass actually died of heart failure. Reports immediately after her death (before the autopsy) apparently quoted her doctor as saying she probably died by choking on a sandwich. Despite the results of the autopsy, the sandwich story has stuck. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: The rainbow early in the movie is inaccurately depicted: the red band should be outside the curve, and the blue/violet band on the inside. A rainbow is composed of the entire spectrum of colors of visible light, from the longest wavelength, red, to the shortest wavelength, violet. The order of colors in a rainbow is easiest to remember by the following mnemonic (a formula that helps one remember something): Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain. R=red, O=orange, Y=yellow, G=green, B=blue, I=indigo, and V=violet. Red is naturally at the top edge (longest, or hottest in the spectrum) of the rainbow and violet is at the bottom edge (shortest, or coolest in the spectrum), with the other colors, in order, in between. See more »Quotes
Leah: Come on Slasher, let's go.Sandra: Slasher? What do you slash, crepe paper?
Leah: He's incontinent.
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"Move In A Little Closer Baby"Music and Lyrics by Arnold Capitanelli and Robert O'Connor
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