Themes: Existential Crisis, Unlikely Friendships, Prison Life
Main Cast: Jim Broadbent, Samantha Morton, Lindsay Duncan, Andy Serkis, Robert Pugh
Release Year: 2007
Country: UK
Run Time: 88 minutes
Plot
Academy-award-winning actor Jim Broadbent portrays controversial British campaigner Lord Longford in this biopic that details the former government minister and then-House of Lords leader's notorious encounter with infamous Moors Murderer Myra Hindley (Samantha Morton). A lifelong Christian who approaches every person he meets with the goodness and innocence of a child, Frank Packenham (aka Lord Longford) receives a letter from convicted child killer Myra Hindley requesting that he drop by her prison cell for a visit. Despite the vehement disapproval of his wife, Longford casually accepts the invitation and forms an unexpected bond with the woman due in large to their mutual Catholic upbringing. When his established notions about Hindley are challenged during a subsequent visit with her demonically manipulative partner-in-crime Ian Brady (Andy Serkis), the humble social campaigner finds his faith put to the ultimate test as public outcry mounts as a direct result of his meeting with the despised couple. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Kika Markham - Governor Wing; Anton Rodgers - William Whitelaw; Lee Boardman - Radio Show Host; Caroline Clegg; Gordon Langford Rowe
Credit
Nick Wilkinson - Art Director, Nina Gold - Casting, Michelle Smith - Casting, Chris Fry - First Assistant Director, Tom Hooper - Director, Melanie Oliver - Editor, Peter Morgan - Executive Producer, Andy Harries - Executive Producer, Karen Hartley Thomas - Hair Styles, Rob Lane - Composer (Music Score), Karen Hartley Thomas - Makeup, Michael Pickwoad - Production Designer, Danny Cohen - Cinematographer, Helen Flint - Producer, Paul Hamblin - Sound/Sound Designer, Dennis Cartwright - Sound/Sound Designer, Martin Jensen - Sound/Sound Designer, Peter Morgan - Screenwriter, Victoria Bancroft - Prosthetic Makeup Effects, James Keast - Costumes Supervisor
