

Love and Death on Long Island
1998-03-06 · 93 min · ★ 6.3
Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.
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- Directors
- Richard Kwietniowski
- Production companies
- Skyline Films, BBC Film, Mikado Film, Alfalfa Entertainment, Imagex Communications
- Countries
- Canada, United Kingdom, Italy
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
John HurtGiles De'Ath
Jason PriestleyRonnie Bostock
Fiona LoewiAudrey
Sheila HancockMrs. Barker
Harvey AtkinLou
Maury ChaykinIrving Buckmuller
Gawn GraingerHenry
Anne ReidMaureen
Danny WebbVideo Assistant
Tusse SilbergAbigail's Mother
Rebecca MichaelAbigail
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