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This award winning drama is a heart warming tale of a son s relationship with his eccentric mother whose health is in decline. Stars Pete Postlethwaite, Penny Dowie and the wonderful Thoria Hird Thora Hird won a BAFTA and a Royal Television Society award for best actress for her performance and Pete Postlewaite was nominated for a BAFTA award for best actor. Other awards: NOMINATED BAFTA TV AWARD BEST SINGLE DRAMA INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARD WINNER - BEST DRAMA PEABODY AWARDS WINNER
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A heart-warming but bittersweet story about the relationship between a unique mother and her son. Based on Deric Longden's autobiographical account of his mother's battle with the onset of old age. Pete Postlethwaite stars as Deric alongside Dame Thora Hird as his indomitable mother, Annie. Gregarious, free spirited and unabashedly quirky, Annie could put anyone under the spell of her unique charisma. However, when it becomes apparent that she is too old to live alone anymore, Deric must choose a nursing home for her, a task that proves to be difficult, though Annie handles it in her characteristically bold and no nonsense manner. However, when a series of strokes robs her of her speech, her most treasured faculty, she and Deric must come to terms with her declining health. This award winning drama is a heart warming tale of a son s relationship with his eccentric mother whose health is in decline. Stars Pete Postlethwaite, Penny Dowie and the wonderful Thoria Hird Thora Hird won a BAFTA and a Royal Television Society award for best actress for her performance and Pete Postlewaite was nominated for a BAFTA award for best actor. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, Emmy Awards, ...Lost for Words
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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Sometimes a piece of work comes along that is so brilliantly put together that it remains lodged in your mind. When I first saw Lost for Words many years ago I thought it was touching, funny, artfully directed and amazingly acted. When I saw it again recently, when my own mother was a long way down her slide into dementia, it spoke volumes of the incredible observational writing. This time there were more tears, but it's still one of the best films I have ever seen, with Pete Postlethwaite and Thora Hird at the top of their game. Watch it. It's a British gem.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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With Thora (bless her) in this screenplay, you would have thought that it had been written by the Master, himself, Alan Bennett. It wasnt and yet it has all the hallmarks of Bennett's best writing and I loved it. Deric Longden has come up with a powerful piece; funny, sad, thoughtful and ultimately entertaining. Pete Postlethwaite has probably had more demanding roles, but he is the perfect 'son' and the pathos shines right through as of course does the wit and frustration. Thora is truly superb and this performance should have won awards (maybe it did). What happens? Not a lot, but then you'd expect nothing more in this fine British film about old age and the slide towards dementia.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Lost for Words is an immensely likeable, funny and moving story of the loving relationship between a middle aged man (played by Pete Postlethwaite) and his elderly mother (played by Thora Hird) as she gradually develops dementia and physical incapacity following a stroke. As a former social worker who worked for many years with people who have dementia and their carers and also being the son of someone who developed dementia I can see a lot of my own experiences mirrored in what the character superbly portrayed by Postlethwaite goes through as he watches helplessly as his mother weakens in both body and mind.
Thora Hird, as always, is brilliant as a lovely, warm and generous lady who is robbed of her mental faculties by this cruel and merciless disease. The scenes where she puts her house up for sale and then goes out of her way to tell the people who come to view the property everything that is wrong with it are wonderful.
The film is sensitive and touching and shows that in the midst of human suffering there can be humour as well as sadness and that the bond of love between a mother and her son can overcome everything.
Thora Hird, as always, is brilliant as a lovely, warm and generous lady who is robbed of her mental faculties by this cruel and merciless disease. The scenes where she puts her house up for sale and then goes out of her way to tell the people who come to view the property everything that is wrong with it are wonderful.
The film is sensitive and touching and shows that in the midst of human suffering there can be humour as well as sadness and that the bond of love between a mother and her son can overcome everything.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
BRILLIANT
WHEN DEREK LONGDEN WROTE THE BOOKS, WHICH WERE EXCELLENT, I DON'T THINK HE REALISED HOW FUNNY AND POGNIANT AND HOW WELL THEY WOULD TRANSFER TO FILM. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Mr. P. O'Malley
Emotional Rollercoaster from Amazon
The drama is a masterclass in acting from an award wining cast,you will laugh & cry during this unforgetable production by masters of their craft. Read more
Published 7 days ago by bob
Lost for Words DVD
We haven't watched this as yet, as our son borrowed it for him and his family to watch, and we haven't had it back so far!
Published 1 month ago by Eveta Hubbardibus
Lost for Words
a dvd highly recommended viewing for those with senior parent(s) &/ or professional Carers.
It tells, with empathy & loving care about an aged Mother who is gradually... Read more
It tells, with empathy & loving care about an aged Mother who is gradually... Read more
Published 1 month ago by maverick kapers
A REAL WORK OF ART :-)
This a very moving Film with a perfect mixture of pathos, humour, understanding and dignity. Thora Hird and Peter Postlewaite, both actors unfortunatly no longer with us, showed... Read more
Published 2 months ago by crotchety old cripple
Big hearted, well acted film
This successfully treads a fine line dealing with the last days of a wonderful, slightly
eccentric Mother (Dame Thora Hird)and her loving middle aged son (Pete... Read more
eccentric Mother (Dame Thora Hird)and her loving middle aged son (Pete... Read more
Published 2 months ago by K. Gordon
Great Story
Wonderful item with a truly wonderful and moving story.
It really puts you in the front line about your parents.
It really puts you in the front line about your parents.
Published 4 months ago by oldbexhillian
Lost for Words
Superb acting as always from Dame Thora and Pete. A touching story with humour. We all know someone like these characters. Have a tissue handy. It's worth it! Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ms. P. Turton
Lost for Words
Very true to the book, this is a tale of the anguish of a person whose parent has had their speech badly affected by a stroke. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Shirley Thomson
almost as good as the book
The 1st book I read by Deric Longden was the Cat That came in from the Cold, I quickly followed it by Diana's Story - the Only book that I have ever read cover to cover without... Read more
Published 7 months ago by JD
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