The Final Cut Movie Review 1995

Follows "House of Cards" and "To Play the King" in portraying the political adventures of Francis Urquardt (Richardson), Prime Minister. At 65, Urquardt has two goals: he wants to beat Margaret Thatcher's 11-year reign and he wants to establish a secret retirement fund (the plot involves Cyprus and could--finally--leads to Urquardt's downfall). Author Michael Dobbs objected to the adaptation and insisted his name be removed from the script. On two cassettes.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 200 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Politics, Great Britain

Screenplay

Andrew Davies

Cast

Ian Richardson, Diane Fletcher, Paul Freeman, Isla Blair, Nick Brimble, Erika Hoffman, Nickolas Grace, Julian Fellowes

Cinematography

Ian Punter

Director

Mike Vardy

Music

Jim Parker

Producer

Kent Riddington, Michael Wearing, BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), WGBH Boston