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Peter Firth is the eponymous hero of this double-BANFF winner, an entertaining tale of time travel, romance, comedy and suspense, flipping between 2130 and 1980, with an ingenious twist in the tail.
Another Flip For Dominic: A sequel to the outstandingly successful Flipside of Dominick Hide. Peter Firth is a time-traveller from the year 2132 visiting London, 1982, and coming face to face with his past
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Featurette, Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: The Flipside of Dominick Hide:
Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980. Time travellers are supposed to be observers, and are strictly forbidden to land their flying saucers. One time traveller who broke this rule accidentally killed a dog, changing history and causing many future people to disappear. Inspired by his Great Aunt Mavis, Dominick decides to find his great great grandfather. He begins to land in 1980, where his strange clothes and speech make him seem an eccentric oddball. His quest brings him into contact with beautiful boutique owner Jane, and they fall in love. As Dominick's visits become more frequent and more prolonged, he increasingly risks his indiscretion being discovered by his boss, Caleb Line, and every moment he spends in the past increases the danger that he will catastrophically change the future.
Another Flip for Dominick:
Sequel to 'Play for Today: The Flipside of Dominick Hide (#11.8)' (1980). Now a respected teacher of temporal observers, Dominick has not visited the past for several years. He is content with his lot, resigned to the idea that he will never again see Jane, the lover he left in 1980, or their son. Then his boss gives him a new mission: to find out what has become of one of Dominick's students, Pyrus Bonnington, who has gone missing in 1982. Pyrus, who idolises Dominick, is attempting to emulate his exploits in the past. Dominick's search reunites him with Jane who now lives with a musician (conveniently on a six-month stint in Brazil) and allows him to meet his son for the first time. Pyrus is attempting to rescue a foreign princess being held to ransom by terrorists, which might have a disastrous affect on...Flipside of Dominick Hide / Another Flip for Dominick
Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980. Time travellers are supposed to be observers, and are strictly forbidden to land their flying saucers. One time traveller who broke this rule accidentally killed a dog, changing history and causing many future people to disappear. Inspired by his Great Aunt Mavis, Dominick decides to find his great great grandfather. He begins to land in 1980, where his strange clothes and speech make him seem an eccentric oddball. His quest brings him into contact with beautiful boutique owner Jane, and they fall in love. As Dominick's visits become more frequent and more prolonged, he increasingly risks his indiscretion being discovered by his boss, Caleb Line, and every moment he spends in the past increases the danger that he will catastrophically change the future.
Another Flip for Dominick:
Sequel to 'Play for Today: The Flipside of Dominick Hide (#11.8)' (1980). Now a respected teacher of temporal observers, Dominick has not visited the past for several years. He is content with his lot, resigned to the idea that he will never again see Jane, the lover he left in 1980, or their son. Then his boss gives him a new mission: to find out what has become of one of Dominick's students, Pyrus Bonnington, who has gone missing in 1982. Pyrus, who idolises Dominick, is attempting to emulate his exploits in the past. Dominick's search reunites him with Jane who now lives with a musician (conveniently on a six-month stint in Brazil) and allows him to meet his son for the first time. Pyrus is attempting to rescue a foreign princess being held to ransom by terrorists, which might have a disastrous affect on...Flipside of Dominick Hide / Another Flip for Dominick
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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what happens when a man from the future comes back to the present, or at least the early 1980s, to look for his ancestors? the idea is brilliantly conceived and the execution really doesn't seem dated. i first saw it at school, aroudn the time it was made, and remember loving it. watching it again was not a disappointment - and i would even recommend the sequel, included on the DVD, though it's not quite as satisfying as the first part.
40 of 41 people found the following review helpful
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** One mild spoiler**
If you haven't seen this classic before, you're in for a real treat. After 30 minutes, you'll be thinking "hey! This is /really/ clever!" An hour later you'll be saying "wow! That was beautiful!"
Those of you who can dimly remember seeing this gem a quarter of a century ago will be delighted to rediscover it, like a chance meeting with a long lost friend, and acknowledge that it certainly has stood the test of time (no pun /really/ intended).
The time travel motif is one of sci-fi's most potent weapons, and rarely has it been expressed with such poignancy and sheer humanity as here.
Peter Firth and Caroline Langrishe are nothing short of magnificent here, making the unbelievable believable and generating tons of sexual chemistry as a delightful byproduct. It is also a pleasure to see veteran actors Patrick Magee and Sylvia Coleridge contributing so much to the whole experience.
Don't get hung up on the minimal special effects (spot the ZX81 keyboard in Dominick's saucer!) or mono sound. Just revel in a terrific tale which will truly make you think and make you feel great to be alive! Lovely attentions to detail - the holographic musicians performing "classical" music (c 1960's) were a gem and Dominick's confusion when confronted with a real musician in a café was a charming moment.
The second and concluding episode - Another Flip for Dominick, whilst not quite matching the perfection of the original, explores time travel paradoxes yet further and has a genuinely moving conclusion. Dominick "rewinding" in order to avoid a row with his lover and the poor au pair bearing the brunt of it each time, was utterly brilliant!
Beautiful stuff indeed and a fitting epitaph indeed to the late great visionary Alan Gibson.
DVD picture quality is very good, the accompanying booklet is informative and the interview/documentary included on disk 2 is brief but fascinating.
Buy it, watch it, love it, then lend it to your friends, so they can love it too and admire your impeccable taste!
How I wish I could flip back a few years and still have /my/ 2CV for drives down to Herne Bay!
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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The Flipside of Dominick Hide was made for BBC television in 1980. It caused a minor sensation when first shown, and was so successful that a sequel was commissioned. It very loosely falls into the genre of Science Fiction as it concerns the adventures and experiences of our hero Dominick (Colin Firth) as he travels in time back to London in the 1980's. However, the time travel thing is a useful device to generate a number of funny, sometimes hilarious, misunderstandings. It is also a romance, Dominick managing to become his own great-great- grandfather along the way (I think that's right). You will see.
It is full of gentle charm. Interesting characters. And the flying saucer...! It was wonderful to see this play again after all these years (for some obscure reason it hasn't been repeated); it really is a one-off. The follow-up 'Another Flip for Dominick', whilst inevitably not quite as striking as the original, is nevertheless very amusing too and nicely brings the tale to a happy end.
To have both these excellent plays on one DVD at this price is amazing; there is also an excellent booklet included. Picture and sound quality are fine for their age.
Very highly recommended.
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