Eskimo Day
1996 film directed by Piers Haggard
Eskimo Day is a 1996 BBC comedy drama, written by Jack Rosenthal and directed by Piers Haggard, about the trials and tribulations of three young would-be students as they arrive with their families at Queens' College, Cambridge, on interview day.[1][2][3] There was a sequel, Cold Enough for Snow, in 1997.
This film was Alec Guinness' final acting performance before his death in 2000.[4]
Cast
- Maureen Lipman as Shani Whittle
- David Ross as Bevis Whittle
- Benedict Sandiford as Neil Whittle
- Tom Wilkinson as Hugh Lloyd
- Laura Howard as Pippa 'Muffin' Lloyd
- Anna Carteret as Harriet Lloyd
- Alec Guinness as James
- James Fleet as Simon
- Pippa Hinchley as Bobbie the waitress
- Lila Kaye as Mother Polly
Crew
- Director: Piers Haggard
- Producer: Ann Scott
- Screenplay: Jack Rosenthal
- Photography: Michael Coulter
- Editor: Michael Parker
Reception
Writing for BFI, Fintan McDonagh said: "Writer Jack Rosenthal, with characteristic flair, puts into the mouth of his actress wife the feelings of parental redundancy that he suffered after just such a trip to Cambridge with their son Adam. Not for the first time, Rosenthal was able to transform an episode from his own life into a gem of comic observation and genuine pathos."[4]
References
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Eskimo Day (1996)". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ "Eskimo Day". IMDb.com. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "BBC Four - Eskimo Day". Bbc.co.uk. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ a b McDonagh, Fintan (2003–2014). "Eskimo Day (1996)". creenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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Works by Jack Rosenthal
writing
- Coronation Street (1961–69)
- Pardon the Expression (1965–66)
- There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah (1968)
- The Dustbinmen (1969–70)
- The Lovers (1970–71)
- Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. (1972)
- The Evacuees (1975)
- Sadie, It's Cold Outside (1975)
- Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill (1976)
- Bar Mitzvah Boy (1976)
- Spend, Spend, Spend (1977)
- London's Burning (1986)
- Day To Remember (1986)
- And a Nightingale Sang (1989)
- About Face (1989–91)
- Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993)
- Moving Story (1994–95)
- Eskimo Day (1996)
- The Lucky Star (1980)
- P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982)
- Yentl (1983)
- The Chain (1984)
- Captain Jack (1999)
- Bar Mitzvah Boy (musical) (1978)
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