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To Die For
- Director: Peter Mackenzie Litten
- Writer: Johnny Byrne; Peter Mackenzie Litten
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Litten's last film to date...and, it is truly a terrible experience.
The acting and score are diabolical...but, it is the writing that makes this into the gigantic mess that it is - a gay Ghost with AIDS.
Keane's drunken Irish fag-hag is shameful...the other characters are not much better.
The sentimentality is piled on - and the whole thing falls into farce.
The appeal of this film is that Ian McKellen is in the credits - don't be misled, his voice appears briefly on a TV and that's it.
Far better films have been made within the constraints of this kind of budget - Litten's career quite rightly did not take off.
Okay, admittedly, this film has a huge heart...but, it is in desperate need of a bypass.
No trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Simon and Mark live together in London. When Mark dies of AIDS, Simon gets on with his life rather quickly - too quickly to suit Mark, whose ghost reappears to disrupt Simon's cruising, moving back into their flat to prompt Simon to experience and express feelings. Simon is adamant that feelings, especially love, are not for him. Subplots develop as Mark and Simon observe their neighbor Siobhan's love life and as Simon spends his days as a satellite-TV installer partnered with Dogger, a homophobe ignorant that Simon is gay. Is there any key that can unlock Simon's feelings and allow Mark to rest in peace?
Cast & Characters
Thomas Arklie as Simon;
Ian Williams as Mark;
Tony Slattery as Terry;
Dillie Keane as Siobban;
Jean Boht as Mrs. Downs;
John Altman as Dogger;
Caroline Munro as Mrs. Pignon;
Gordon Alexander as Drop Dead Gorgeous;
Nicholas Harrison as Siobhan's First Lover;
Ian McKellen as Quilt Documentary Narrator;
Paul Cottingham as 1st Poxy Shirt Lifter;
Sinitta Renay as Quilt Documentary Narrator;
Lloyd T. Williams as Bodybuilder;
Robert Sturtz as Chris;
Benjamin Sterz as Man in Gym