French Lieutenant's Woman. A Hollywood Jesus Movie Review.

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Two stories in one movie is quite a challenge but are very well done and leads the viewer on a spiritual journey.

THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S
WOMAN
(1982)
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Meryl Streep: Sarah and Anna
Jeremy Irons: Charles and Mike
Hilton McRae: Sam
Emily Morgan: Mary
Charlotte Mitchell: Mrs. Tranter
Lynsey Baxter: Ernestina
Jean Faulds: Cook
Peter Vaughan:Mr. Freeman
Colin Jeavons: Vicar

Director: Karel Reisz
Writing credits: John Fowles (novel), Harold Pinter

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Writer Harold Pinter (Betrayal) and director Karel Reisz (Isadora) take an experimental spin with John Fowles's magnificent novel set in Victorian England. Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep play the forbidden lovers in Fowles's story, but in a parallel story line they also play contemporary actors performing those characters in a movie production and having an affair of their own during off-hours. Irons and Streep are instantly striking as a natural couple on screen, and their presence makes watching this film easy.

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1981 OR 1982?
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001
From: Mike

I thought the film won an academy award in 1981, though you list it as 1982
Mike H

Response: I could not find where I any mention of 1981 or 1982. What am I not seeing? -David

GOOD REVIEW
March 27, 1999.
You have a very good review; however, Charles' last name is Smithson, not Woodruff. Woodruff is Sarah's last name