SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY (DVD/WS/1.66:1/ENG-FR-SP-SUB/1971) DVD

Sunday Bloody Sunday
This British film examines the choices individuals must make when confronted with a romantic relationship which is rewarding but does not offer them everything they want. In this sympathetic and psychologically precise drama, Alexandra Greville (Glenda Jackson), "Alex" to her friends, has a younger man as her sometime lover, the young sculptor Bob Elkin (Murray Head). Elkin is completely open about the fact that he is also the lover of her acquaintance, Dr. Daniel Hirsch (Peter Finch). These relationships continue in some kind of equilibrium until Alex and Bob agree to house-sit the children of a couple known to the three of them. In their roles, neither Head nor Finch "swished," or otherwise catered to homosexual stereotypes, and theirs was considered to be a groundbreaking, sympathetic portrayal of this kind of relationship, not condescending in any way. One highlight of the film is a scene in which Dr. Hirsch attends the Bar Mitzvah of his nephew. This critically well-received movie was unexpectedly successful at the box office. The film's director and screenwriter, as well as Jackson and Finch, were nominated for Academy Awards. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Cast Glenda Jackson as Alex Greville Peter Finch as Dr. Daniel Hirsh Murray Head as Bob Elkin Peggy Ashcroft as Mrs. Greville Maurice Denham as Mr. Greville Vivian Pickles as Alva Hodson

Crew Norman Dorme - Art Director Jocelyn Rickards - Costume Designer Simon Relph - First Assistant Director John Schlesinger - Director Richard Marden - Editor Ron Geesin - Composer (Music Score) Douglas Gamley - Musical Direction/Supervision Freddie Williamson - Makeup Luciana Arrighi - Production Designer Billy Williams - Cinematographer Joseph Janni - Producer Simon Kaye - Sound/Sound Designer Penelope Gilliatt - Screenwriter Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Featured Music

Sunday Bloody Sunday
An honest look at the changing attitudes toward sexual identity in the early 1970s, Sunday Bloody Sunday rises above the standard hot-button topical melodrama, thanks to some sensitive performances from its leads. Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch are both outstanding as the two lovers of the same man; Finch in particular imbues his character with a quiet dignity. Though somewhat less skilled, Murray Head is still surprisingly effective as the center of the romantic triangle. Director John Schlesinger made his name with 1969's Midnight Cowboy, another film which dealt with controversial homosexual issues; Sunday is less urgent than Cowboy, but no less perceptive. Both Jackson and Finch garnered Academy Award nominations, as did Schlesinger and New Yorker film reviewer Penelope Gilliatt. ~ Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide
 

Glenda Jackson: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actress (nominated) Glenda Jackson: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Actress (winner) John Schlesinger: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Director (nominated) John Schlesinger: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Director (winner) John Schlesinger: Directors Guild of America, Best Director (nominated) Penelope Gilliatt: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Screenplay (nominated) Peter Finch: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actor (nominated) Peter Finch: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Actor (winner) Peter Finch: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (nominated) Richard Marden: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Editing (winner)

British Academy of Film and Television, Best Picture (winner) Golden Globe, Best Foreign Film - English Language (winner) Venice International Film Festival, Film Presented (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: cc Original theatrical trailer English mono English, French, & Spanish language subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1: Vistavision MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 110 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Main Title/Ringing [8:38] 2. A Weekend... With Children [7:40] 3. "Are You Bourgeois?" [3:37] 4. Together Too Long [9:40] 5. All There Is of Him [4:22] 6. Bruised and Lonely [7:54] 7. Sundays in the Park [4:21] 8. Pictures of Death [5:07] 9. No Pretending [5:02] 10. "There Is No Whole Thing" [5:45] 11. Resigned To and From It [4:16] 12. Lovers' Charade [4:40] 13. Not Alone at This Hour [6:04] 14. Whose Trip Where? [5:23] 15. Of Bar Mitzvahs Past [6:26] 16. Too Much, Too Late [3:53] 17. Pulling Through [6:28] 18. Considerate Competitors [4:34] 19. "I Miss Him" [2:58] 20. End Credits [3:09]