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Love and Death on Long Island( 1998)

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Overview

Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.

    Top Billed Cast

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      John Hurt

      Giles De'Ath

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      Jason Priestley

      Ronnie Bostock

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      Fiona Loewi

      Audrey

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      Sheila Hancock

      Mrs. Barker

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      Harvey Atkin

      Lou

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      Maury Chaykin

      Irving Buckmuller

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      Gawn Grainger

      Henry

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      Elizabeth Quinn

      Mrs. Reed

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      Linda Busby

      Mrs. Abbott

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      Bill Leadbitter

      Eldridge

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      Anne Reid

      Maureen

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      Danny Webb

      Video Assistant

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      Andrew Barrow

      Harry

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      Dean Gatiss

      Rob

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      Robert McKewley

      Video Salesman

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      Tusse Silberg

      Abigail's Mother

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      Rebecca Michael

      Abigail

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      Jean Ainslie

      Ticket Seller 1

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      Nigel Makin

      Ticket Seller 2

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      Jeffrey Hirschfield

      Policeman

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Sep 07 2025
    “Giles De’Ath” (John Hurt) is a rather reclusive writer who has largely shunned publicity until he goes to the cinema and inadvertently finds himself watching a piece of throwaway teen nonsense starring heartthrob “Ronnie” (Jason Priestly). For reasons that he can’t immediately explain this recently widowed gent finds himself enthralled by this young man and has soon bought himself a VCR (without knowing he needed a television too), then signed up at his local Blockbuster to rent just about every bit of pulp this lad has graced. Now entirely entranced, he travels to Long Island, takes a room in...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • obsession
    • long island, new york
    • love
    • writer
    • infatuation
    • obsessive love
    • gay theme