Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky DVD

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Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky

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Release Date: 07 November 2005

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Certificate:	15

Cast List:	Phil Davis, Zoe Tapper, Sally Hawkins, Bryan Dick

Director:	Simon Curtis

Special Features:	Photo Gallery, Feature Commentary with Simon Curtis (Director), Kate Harwood (Producer) and Kev

Region:	Region 2

Aspect Ratio:	Aspect Ratio 16:9

Number of Disks:	1

Main Language:	English

Subtitle Languages:	English for the hard of hearing

Description

Patrick Hamilton's trilogy of working class London life in the 1930s is captured movingly in this beautifully observed and faithful adaptation.

In a world of smoky pubs and foggy lamplights, down-at-heel workers and forlorn lovers, the story focuses on The Midnight Bell, a bar off the Euston Road, and observes the impossibility of love between three protagonists.

Bob, the pub's barman, is infatuated with penniless prostitute Jenny, believing that he can rescue her through his rapidly diminishing savings. Barmaid Ella, while attracting the attentions of an older, wealthier man, casts lovelorn glances at her colleague. Meanwhile, Jenny, forced onto the streets through poverty, has little time for such niceties, as she casts her flirtatious eyes about in search of custom.

The drama observes the struggles of ordinary lives lived close to the poverty line, and the torments and drives of unrequited love, ambition and disappointment.