Our Mutual Friend

• Director: Julian Farino
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Period Film
• Main Cast: Paul McGann, Keeley Hawes, Anna Friel, Steven Mackintosh
• Release Year: 1998
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 360 minutes

Plot

One of several British miniseries adaptations of Charles Dickens' novel Our Mutual Friend, this four-part version debuted over the BBC in 1998. The production's generous running time (total: six hours), enabled scenarist Sandy Welch to include virtually every important detail in this complex Victorian-era saga of how a mysterious waterfront death inextricably linked the lives of two young women, Lizzie Hexam (Keeley Hawes) and Bella Wilfer (Anna Friel). The richness of the Dickensian prose was complemented by the visuals, which incorporated everything from documentary-style handheld camerawork to Eisenstein-ish montages, and by the eerily polytonal musical score by Adrian Johnston. Our Mutual Friend was brought to America courtesy of PBS beginning January 3, 1999. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Paul McGann - Eugene Wrayburn
• Keeley Hawes - Lizzie Hexam
• Anna Friel - Bella Wilfer
• Steven Mackintosh - John Harmon

David Bradley - Rogue Riderhood

Credit

Julian Farino - Director, Adrian Johnston - Composer (Music Score), Sandy Welch - Screenwriter, Charles Dickens - Book Author

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