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The Winslow Boy, 1999

Starring: Nigel Hawthorne, Jeremy Northam, Rebecca Pidgeon

Directed by: David Mamet

Written by: Terence Rattigan

Language: English

Country: UK, USA

Runtime: 104 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.1

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The Winslow Boy can be described as clever, witty, and sincere. The plot revolves around a hotshot lawyer, campaign, and courtroom drama. The main genre is drama. In terms of style, The Winslow Boy is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. The Winslow Boy is set, at least in part, at a royal court. It is located in England. It takes place in the 1910s. The Winslow Boy has received attention for being a masterpiece, an award winner, and critically acclaimed.

Summary of The Winslow Boy

Based on an actual trial that created a media frenzy in WWI-era London, The Winslow Boy might have been conceived as a standard courtroom drama. Instead, director David Mamet (working from the play by Terence Rattigan) focuses on a family pushed to the limit by its fight for justice. The trouble begins when Ronnie Winslow (Guy Edwards), a 13-year-old naval cadet, is accused of, and subsequently expelled for, stealing a five-shilling postal order. The boy's father, Arthur (Nigel Hawthorne), believes his son's protestations of innocence and sets in motion an expensive fight against the immense bureaucratic machinery of the crown. The expense and publicity imperil the family--costing Arthur's suffragette daughter, Catherine, a suitor, for example--even as the case becomes a national cause célèbre. The story captures a period of intense social change; charts an early example of the "media trial"; and asks the very human question, What is one's good name worth? Excellent performances abound in the film, especially from Jeremy Northam as the charismatic lawyer Sir Robert Morton; and Mamet's wife, Rebecca Pidgeon, as Catherine.

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Language:	English
Country:	UK, USA
Release date:	16 April 1999
Runtime:	104 min

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Nigel Hawthorne

as Arthur Winslow

Jeremy Northam

as Sir Robert Morton

Rebecca Pidgeon

as Catherine Winslow

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Guy Edwards as Ronnie Winslow in The Winslow Boy (1999)

Nigel Hawthorne and Guy Edwards in The Winslow Boy (1999)

Jeremy Northam and Rebecca Pidgeon in The Winslow Boy (1999)

Rebecca Pidgeon and Aden Gillett in The Winslow Boy (1999)

Jeremy Northam as Sir Robert Morton in The Winslow Boy (1999)

Gemma Jones, Rebecca Pidgeon and Nigel Hawthorne in The Winslow Boy (1999)

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The New York Times

Mamet's handsome, stately adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play The Winslow Boy does not embellish upon its source material. Instead it skillfully pares the play down to its essentials, arriving at a faithful but tighter version of this drama. Full Review

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by: Elvis Mitchell

The Onion (A.V. Club)

If The Winslow Boy has a flaw, it's that Mamet's style is impeccable to a fault, too cool and remote to have much of an emotional payoff. But since few directors can even approach his level of precision, that's a very minor complaint. Full Review

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by: Scott Tobias

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