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Liam (DVD, 2001)
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Liam DVD (2001) Ian Hart, Frears (DIR) cert 15 Expertly Refurbished ProductTitle: Liam Leading Actor: Ian Hart Region: Region 2 Duration: 91 mins Format: DVD / Widescreen Type: DVD No. Seven-year-old Liam (Anthony Borrows) is the youngest child of a close-knit family growing up in Liverpool during the depression of the 1930s.
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Product Information
A story told through the eyes of a child called Liam. He is the youngest in a catholic family living in poverty stricken Liverpool during the depression.Product Identifiers
EAN5021866200309
eBay Product ID (ePID)3956242
Product Key Features
ActorAnthony Burrows, Anne Reid, Ian Hart, Claire Hackett
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Film/TV TitleLiam
DirectorStephen Frears
Release Year2001
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesWidescreen, Theatrical Trailer\Production Notes\Filmographies
GenreDrama, General
Run Time91 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationOriginally produced for the B.B.C., director Stephen Frears masterfully crafts this poignant portrait of one family's attempt to stay afloat in impoverished 1930s England. The political, religious, and economic strife of pre-Word War II Liverpool is seen through the eyes of Liam (Anthony Burrows), a seven-year-old living with Dad (Ian Hart) and Mam (Claire Hackett), and preparing himself for his First Communion. Dad is a deeply proud working class Catholic who labors tirelessly to feed his family, until he loses his job at the local shipyard. Desperate for money, Liam's teenage sister Teresa (Megan Burns) is forced to take a job as a maid for the upper class Jewish owners of the shipyard while Mam relies on her religious beliefs for strength and comfort. As Liam questions his own religious identity and struggles with the concepts of sin and salvation, he watches his father slip into a stagnant and hateful rage fueled by his family's poverty and loss of self-respect. This rage leads Dad to join a group of Fascists who blindly blame the local Jews for their own starvation, poverty, and powerlessness, as the threat of war looms on the horizon. Liam, portrayed with remarkable grace and ability by young Burrows, is a stuttering, charming, and naive antihero who embodies the profound innocence of children as they fight to comprehend the sometimes unfathomable actions of the adult world. This quiet ensemble piece highlights the actors, who deftly work together in a tale of simple realism which finds beauty in the daily routines and rituals of a family struggling to survive a daunting change.
ReviewsNew York Times - ...In their quiet scenes together, Mr. Hart and Ms. Hackett find both warmth and reserve..., Movieline - ...It's enriched with welcome touches of humor and a vivid evocation of a troubled time..., USA Today - ...Its warning of how religious intolerance can fester into hatred is one to be heeded more than ever....LIAM is ripe in humanity -- and even comedy...
ScreenwriterJimmy McGovern
Format DescriptionDVD 5
Sound sourceDolby Digital 2.0
Movie/TV TitleLiam
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