| Uniform Title |
Shirley Valentine (Motion picture : 1989) |
| Title |
Shirley Valentine. |
| Published |
Australia : Paramount Pictures : Distributed by Shock Entertainment ©2020. |
| ©1989. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (105 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Shock Entertainment : KAL5165. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989. |
| Based on Shirley Valentine (play) by Willy Russell. |
| Credits |
Produced and directed by Lewis Gilbert ; screenplay by Willy Russell. |
| Performers |
Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie, Alison Steadman, Joanna Lumley, Sylvia Syms, Bernard Hill. |
| Summary |
An English housewife, bored with her life, goes on a vacation with a friend to Greece and finds that there's more to life than just dishes and laundry when she has a fling with a handsome man. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; aspect ratio 16:9. |
| Language note |
English. No subtitles. |
| Awards note |
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, 1990 (Pauline Collins, winner). |
| British Comedy Award for Top Comedy Film (winner), 1990. |
| Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress, 1990 (Pauline Collins, winner). |
| Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, 1990 (winner). |
| Subjects |
Russell, Willy -- Film adaptations |
| Housewives -- England -- Drama |
| Vacations -- Greece -- Drama |
| Man-woman relationships -- Greece -- Drama |
| Adultery -- Greece -- Drama |
| Friendship -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Great Britain |
| Motion pictures, British |
| Greece -- Drama |
| Genre |
Romantic comedy films |
| Romance films |
| Comedy films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Gilbert, Lewis, 1920- director, producer. |
| Russell, Willy screenwriter. |
| Conti, Tom actor. |
| Collins, Pauline, 1940- actor. |
| McKenzie, Julia actor. |
| Steadman, Alison, 1946- actor. |
| Lumley, Joanna actor. |
| Syms, Sylvia, 1934- actor. |
| Hill, Bernard, 1944- actor. |
| Russell, Willy. Shirley Valentine Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Added Corporate Names |
Paramount Pictures Corporation |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- Collins, Pauline, 1940- .
- Conti, Tom .
- Gilbert, Lewis, 1920- .
- Hill, Bernard, 1944- .
- Lumley, Joanna .
- McKenzie, Julia .
- Paramount Pictures Corporation .
- Russell, Willy .
- Russell, Willy. Shirley Valentine .
- Steadman, Alison, 1946- .
- Syms, Sylvia, 1934- .
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