Tomorrow Never Comes
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{{Infobox film
| name = Tomorrow Never Comes
| image = Tomorrow-never-comes-movie-poster-1978.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster`
| director = Peter Collinson
| writer = Sydney Banks
David Pursall
Jack Seddon
| starring = Oliver Reed
Susan George
| music = Roy Budd
| cinematography = François Protat
| editing = John Shirley
| studio = Classic
Montreal Trust
Neffbourne
| distributor = Rank Film Distributors (UK)
Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)
| released = {{film date|1978|3|2|df=yes}}
| runtime = 109 minutes
| country = Canada
United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = CAD 2,341,000
| gross =
}}
Tomorrow Never Comes (also known as Tomorrow Never Comes ... A Story of Today) is a 1978 British-Canadian crime film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Oliver Reed and Susan George.{{Cite web |title=Tomorrow Never Comes |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150056933 |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}{{cite web|url=http://allmovie.com/work/tomorrow-never-comes-50349|title=Tomorrow Never Comes (1977) – Peter Collinson – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related |website=AllMovie|accessdate=22 November 2017}} It was written by Sydney Banks, David Pursall and Jack Seddon.
Plot
Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well as other gifts, in exchange for her affections. As they fight over this development, tensions between Frank and Janie escalate out of control until he is holding her hostage in a standoff with the police. As the negotiators try to talk Frank into giving himself up, the desperate man feels himself being pushed further and further into a corner.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076832/|title=Tomorrow Never Comes|date=2 March 1978|publisher=|accessdate=22 November 2017|via=www.imdb.com}}
Cast
- Oliver Reed as Jim Wilson
- Susan George as Janie
- Raymond Burr as Burke
- John Ireland as Captain
- Stephen McHattie as Frank
- Donald Pleasence as Dr. Todd
- Paul Koslo as Willy
- John Osborne as Robert L. Lyne
- Cec Linder as Milton
- Richard Donat as Ray
- Delores Etienne as Hilda
Production
The film was a "tax shelter co-production" between the UK and Canada.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} The picture was filmed in the province of Quebec.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076832/trivia|title=Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)|publisher=|accessdate=22 November 2017|via=www.imdb.com}}
Susan George had worked with Peter Collinson before in Up the Junction (1968) and Fright (1971).
Awards
The film was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1979 |title=11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979) |accessdate=2013-01-14 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403102012/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1979 |archivedate=3 April 2014 |df=dmy-all }}
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The latest in the lamentable series of Anglo-Canadian co-productions is an exploitative, crude combination of several recent genres: the disillusioned cop cycle, the problems of urban violence and the sinister workings of local authorities. The failure of any of these themes to establish themselves coherently is due mainly to a script which is, at one extreme, embarrassingly over-written and, at the other, replete with staccato exchanges which leave the actors floundering. ... Behind the exploding violence (and threats of even more), there remains the glimmer of a social point, but the determinedly sleazy tone and hysterically pointed direction soon snuff it out."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1978 |title=Tomorrow Never Comes |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305836678 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=45 |issue=528 |page=73 |id={{ProQuest|1305836678}} |url-access=subscription }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0076832|title=Tomorrow Never Comes}}
{{Peter Collinson}}
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Category:Canadian crime drama films
Category:British crime drama films
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Films directed by Peter Collinson
Category:Films scored by Roy Budd
Category:1978 crime drama films