Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Don't Go Breaking My Heart
| image = File:Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999) Film Poster.jpg
| caption = Film Poster
| writer = Geoff Morrow
| starring = {{Plainlist|
| director = Willi Patterson
| producer = Bill Kenwright
| cinematography = Vernon Layton
| editing = Peter Beston
| music = Rolfe Kent
| studio = Aviator Films
Bill Kenwright Films
| distributor = BWE Distribution Inc.
Curb Entertainment
Polygram Filmed Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1999|02|12}} (UK)
| runtime = 95 min.
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| gross = £961,609 (UK) (28 February 1999){{cite web|title=Don't Go Breaking My Heart Budget|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120876/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus|website=IMDB|accessdate=6 April 2017|archive-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110944/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120876/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus|url-status=live}}
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Don't Go Breaking My Heart is a 1999 British film, starring Anthony Edwards, Jenny Seagrove and Charles Dance. It was directed by Willi Patterson.
Plot
Suzanne, a beautiful widow, has to choose between Frank, a philandering dentist, and Tony, a sensitive, failing sports trainer who helps her son.
Cast
- Anthony Edwards as Tony
- Jenny Seagrove as Suzanne
- Charles Dance as Frank
Production Notes
Dr. Fiedler played by Tom Conti is a parody of Dr Fassbender played by Peter Sellers in the movie What's New Pussycat?.{{cite web|title=Connections|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120876/trivia?tab=mc&ref_=tt_trv_cnn|website=IMDB|accessdate=6 April 2017|archive-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406111411/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120876/trivia?tab=mc&ref_=tt_trv_cnn|url-status=live}}
Bill Kenwright had to mortgage his own £1 million London home to pay for its production. Geoff Morrow who wrote the screenplay also wrote the 1977-hit Can't Smile Without You. Despite being second billed, Linford Christie only makes a short cameo appearance in the pre-credit scene of the film.{{cite web|title=Trivia|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120876/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv|website=IMDB|accessdate=6 April 2017|archive-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201207/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120876/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv|url-status=live}}
Reception
Julianne Pidduck from Sight & Sound praised several aspects of the film, however she concluded: " But despite all efforts, an uninspired script and uneven direction fail to make Suzanne's unhappy lurches from mourning widow to tender lover plausible."{{cite web|last1=Pidduck|first1=Julianne|title=Don't Go Breaking My Heart|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/71|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803095340/http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/71|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2012|website=British Film Institute|accessdate=6 April 2017}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0120876}}
- [http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/712 Don't Go Breaking My Heart at BFI]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Category:British romantic comedy films
Category:Films scored by Rolfe Kent
Category:1990s English-language films
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