- Actors: Douglas Hodge, Jeremy Northam, Rachel Joyce, Patricia Kerrigan, Saira Todd
- Directors: Tim Fywell
- Producers: Phillipa Giles
- Format: PAL, Colour
- Language English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 12
- Studio: 2 Entertain
- Run Time: 171 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0024QTVTO
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 79,291 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Adam (Douglas Hodge), and his best friend Rufus (Jeremy Northam), have not seen each other since the summer that Adam Inherited his Great Uncle's country house. When the bodies of a woman and child are discovered in the pet cemetery near Wyvis Hall, they are forced to meet ten years later in order to keep one step ahead of the police.
Which of the women staying at the hall was she, whose child and what part did the childlike Zosie (Saira Todd) have to play?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Really engrossing, tense and atmospheric adaptation for the small screen. Compelling characters, and great acting from a (then) relatively unknown cast. I remember seeing it when it was first shown on TV, and it stays with me still, after 20 years. It was shown over 3 episodes and at the end of each, the viewer was left desperate for the next, to find out what exactly had happened that long, hot summer and why the main character is so fearful of further probing. Excellent, suspenseful mystery.
Format:DVD
loved the book and surprised just how good the "film" was. Husband thought it better than the book!Only complaint is that the dvd box and dvd menu list the "chapters" which very much gives away the plot!Good casting and the setting very much as I'd imagined it. Best dramatisation of a book I've seen in a long time. Surprised the BBC have never reshown it!
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Haunted by the Past
2 Nov 2000
"A Fatal Inversion" presents us with a mystery. The bones of a woman and child are discovered in an animal cemetery near the stately Wyvis Hall. It turns out the bones have been there for more than ten years. But who was it that was buried there? And why?
Adam Verne-Smith is a man with a haunted past. He and three others know the truth of what happened in the summer of 1979 at Wyvis Hall, which Adam re-named Ecalpemos ("someplace" spelt backwards). Adam and his arrogant friend Rufus meet again for the first time in twelve years, trying to keep one step ahead of the police to avoid the truth coming out. We go back in time twelve years to Wyvis Hall, and see how events built up to a crisis point.
I actually found this television adaptation was better than Ruth Rendell's novel. It was well-cast. Saira Todd was very good as the mentally-unbalanced Zosie. She looked child-like, as the book described her. Douglas Hodge and Jeremy Northam were also convincing with their roles. The character of Rufus was very intimidating and callous. Adam looked pained and guilt-ridden.
I noticed with the scenes set in the present that there was a lot of blue. Even the light had a bluish tinge. Is there any significance in that?
"A Fatal Inversion" is different from your regular "whodunnit". We know who did the crime but not who the crime was done to. Right until the end we are left guessing. This is drama at its best.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
A MUST SEE FOR MYSTERY LOVERS!
2 Oct 1999
This is one for those who enjoy watching mystery movies with exciting twists & turns in a story. It brings the person watching it to a mind trip of whos & whats. Your next guess will always be as good as the first. Superb acting of all the cast. Highly recommended.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
A MODERN MURDER MYSTERY, KEEPS YOU GUESSING TO THE END!!
28 Aug 1999
FROM THE OPENING SCENES TO THE POSITIVELY HAUNTING FINAL SHOT THIS FILM IS SO FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS IT IS IMPOSSBLE TO FALL ASLEEP!!! A STORY THAT WILL PLAY ON YOUR PSYCHE FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER, BUT YOU WILL DEFINATELY WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN. AN INTELIGENT AND INTRICATE PLOT AND OUTSTANDING ACTING FROM EVERY CAST MEMBER. A FLAULESS ADAPTATION OF AN AMAZING BOOK WITH NOT A WEAK MOMENT IN SIGHT!!!!!
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