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DVD, color, 105 min., 1994. A Warner Archive release. Second Best is a small English film with a first-rate, mainly British cast, based on a novel by David Cook, and directed by the cinematographer ( Kes, 1970, The Killing Fields, 1984) and director ( A World Apart, 1988) Chris Menges. William Hurt is a Hollywood star with a wide range as an ...
Graham, a lonely Welsh postal worker, adopts James, a troubled ten-year-old boy. Graham always wanted a son, but James loves his biological father too much to give Graham a chance.
Second Best is a 1994 British film produced by Sarah Radclyffe and directed by Chris Menges. It closely follows the 1991 novel of the same name by David Cook, who also wrote the screenplay. Graham Holt is a single man, who wants to adopt a son. James Lennards is a disturbed child brought up in foster care. Graham Holt's emotional development has been smothered by his uncaring parents. James ...
Second Best Bed. Second Best Bed is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Jane Baxter and Veronica Rose. [1] The screenplay is by Ben Travers, based on an earlier story of his. Walls and Travers had worked together on the Aldwych farces. The screenplay concerns a newly married couple who soon run into domestic ...
William Hurt Nathan Yapp Jane Horrocks Prunella Scales Keith Allen Alan Cumming John Hurt Nerys Hughes Alfred Lynch Chris Cleary Miles Adam Wills Doris Irving James Warrior Jake Owen Rachel Freeman. 105 mins More at IMDb TMDb. Sign in to log, rate or review. Share.
SHORT FILM. Directed, co-written and produced by Alyssa McClelland. Starring Karina Banno, Raechelle Banno, Lucy Bell, Mirko Grillini, Thomas Campbell, Michael Whalley and Jeanette Cronin. Second Best is a film about identical twin sisters and their struggle to triumph over a domineering Russian mother. Nouchka's rhythmic gymnastics career ...
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SECOND BEST is a modest, emotionally persuasive drama about a bachelor trying to adopt a 10-year-old boy. Carried by William Hurt's outstanding performance, the film is sentimental but never mawkish.
