Distant Voices, Still Lives 1988  PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite, Angela Walsh, Dean Williams, Lorraine Ashbourne, Michael Starke, Jean Boht, Sally Davies, Debi Jones, Carl Chase, Nathan Walsh, Andrew Schofield, Chris Darwin, Frances Dell, Matthew Long
This two-part film begins with "Distant Voices" and features a wedding and a funeral. Loosely based on director Terence Davies' family, the story looks at his dysfunctional family in which the son Tony (Dean Williams) and his mother (Freda Dowie) must deal with memories of Tony's violent father (Pete Postlethwaite). It begins with the family posing with the picture of their father at his funeral and remembering him. Memories of the past are next brought up at Tony's sister Eileen's (Angela Walsh) wedding when Eileen grieves for her father, but Tony and his mother share different memories. Later, in part two, "Still Lives," at another wedding, the film probes the two years between and reopens emotional scars. Sequel: "The Long Day Closes."
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The House of Mirth 2000  PG, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Jodhi May, Elizabeth McGovern, Pearce Quigley
Based on Edith Wharton's novel, this is Lily Bart's (Gillian Anderson) tragic love story. As a socialite, born into a time when marriage provided the only means for women to retain their places in society, Lily's life choices include the risk of losing real love and happiness and exclusion from high society–the only world she knows.
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The Long Day Closes 1992  PG, 82 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont, Ayse Owens, Tina Malone, Jimmy Wilde, Robin Polley, Peter Ivatts, Joy Blakeman, Denise Thomas, Patricia Morrison, Gavin Mawdslay, Kirk McLaughlin, Marcus Heath
Loosely based on the life of writer/director Terence Davies, this is the story of eleven-year-old Bud (Leigh McCormack) who finds the movies a place to escape from his rough, post-World War II England as well as his dysfunctional relationships with his mother (Marjorie Yates), sister Helen (Ayse Owens), and brothers Kevin and John (Anthony Watson and Nicholas Lamont). School bullies add to Bud's harsh world, but classic movies bring peace to Bud and give him strength to face the days ahead. This is a sequel to "Distant Voices, Still Lives," which is also loosely based on Davies' life.
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Neon Bible 1995 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Diana Scarwid, Denis Leary, Jacob Tierney, Leo Burmester, Frances Conroy, Peter McRobbie, Joan Glover, Bob Hannah
Set in Georgia during World War II, this is the film adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's novel about David (Jacob Tierney) who grows up in a dysfunctional household and rebels against the bigotry he sees in his Southern town.
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| 1. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
2. The House of Mirth (2000)
3. The Long Day Closes (1992)
4. Neon Bible (1995)
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