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Wish You Were Here [1987]
 
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Wish You Were Here [1987]

DVD ~ Emily Lloyd
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Jesse Birdsall, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin
  • Directors: David Leland
  • Format: Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Cinema Club
  • DVD Release Date: 10 Oct 2001
  • Run Time: 88 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • DVD Features:
    • Main Language: English
    • Available Audio Tracks: Mono
    • Sub Titles: None
    • Disc Format: DVD 5
    • Interactive Menus
    • Scene Index
  • ASIN: B00004S8IC
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 37,423 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Set in Brighton in 1951, Wish You Were Here contrasts an England of post-war conformity with the free-spirited nature of a girl, Lynda, on the verge of womanhood, played by the then 17-year-old Emily Lloyd, giving one of the great screen debuts. Filled with youthful energy, good-natured yet delighting in shocking the prudish world around her, Lynda is innocently flirtatious and eager to discover sex. She can't quite understand why everyone disapproves so much, and the film expertly balances uproarious comedy with drama in what is essentially a complex character study. The second, darker half has shades of Lolita, with the excellent Tom Bell in the older man role, while Lynda herself in some ways anticipates Laura Dern's Rambling Rose (1991). Director David Leland also wrote the Brighton thriller, Mona Lisa (1986), and Personal Services (1987) based on the true story of the madam, Cynthia Payne. It is on Payne's own early memories, as told to Leland, that the fictional Wish You Were Here is partly based, while Leland went on to further explore female sexual awakening in The Land Girls (1997), again exploring female sexual awakening --Gary S. Dalkin

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

Video Aspect Ratio: Feature 4:3
Main Soundtrack: English Mono
Subtitles: None
Disc Format: Single Sided, Single Layer DVD 5

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