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Separate Peace (A)
- Director: Peter Yates
- Writer: John Knowles; Wendy Kesselman
- Producer: Laura Gherardi; Enrique Murciano
CGiii Comment
From the director of The Dresser (excellent) and An Innocent Man (terrible)...
One word of warning: this is most definitely NOT the book, it is based very loosely on it.
It is a love story with all the themes of hate, jealously, denial and regret and all their complexities - here, they fail to materialise.
For a TV movie, it is beautifully realised...but, it seems that Yates has taken more from Dead Poets than from Fowles - the ultimate failing.
It's a watchable, wasted opportunity - one day, someone may make a fine film of this fine book.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Strong friendship between students slowly turns into bitter rivalry with fatal consequences.
Cast & Characters
J Barton as Gene;
Toby Moore as Finny;
Jacob Pitts as Brinker;
Danny Swerdlow as Leper;
Aaron Ashmore as Chad;
Adam Frost as Harry;
Matt Austin as Rach;
Sean McCann as Dr. Stanpole;
Alison Pill as Beth;
R.D. Reid as Farmer;
Hume Cronyn as Professor Carmichael;
Colin Fox as Professor Fitzwinkler;
Lise LeBel-Wagner as Mlle. Lebecque;
John Bayliss as Mr. Radford;
Linda Goranson as Mrs. Carmichael