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Release Date: 1997 Cast: Christian Bale, Elsa Zylberstein, Lee Ross, Ifan Meredith, Amanda Ryan, Jonathan Aris, Emily Watson, Lucy Speed, Boris Terral, John Wood
Categories: Movies, Erotic Drama, Indie, Comedy-drama, Period piece, Marriage Drama, Film adaptation, Romantic drama, Romance Film, Domestic Comedy Metroland is a 1997 British film starring Christian Bale and Emily Watson. It was directed by Philip Saville and written by Adrian Hodges, based on the 1980 novel by Julian Barnes. Mark Knopfler wrote the score for soundtrack, supplemented by some additional tracks appropriate to the period depicted.
The executive producer Andrew Bandall and director Philip Saville were needing 3 songs from the punk era to be included in the live band scenes played by a fictitious group called The Subverts. Danny de Matos and Del Bartle were asked to write the songs to be included in the film. These three... MORE
Metroland is a 1997 British film starring Christian Bale and Emily Watson. It was directed by Philip Saville and written by Adrian Hodges, based on the 1980 novel by Julian Barnes. Mark Knopfler wrote the score for soundtrack, supplemented by some additional tracks appropriate to the period depicted.
The executive producer Andrew Bandall and director Philip Saville were needing 3 songs from the punk era to be included in the live band scenes played by a fictitious group called The Subverts. Danny de Matos and Del Bartle were asked to write the songs to be included in the film. These three particular songs that featured in the film (although not in the Polygram soundtrack) "Amerikkka We Hate You", "Destroy the Hoi Polloi" and "You Destiny" were also produced by Danny de Matos.
Bale plays Chris, young married professional living an ordinary life in the suburbs of London in the late 1970s. Although he still loves his wife, Marion, (Emily Watson) Chris still experiences boredom. A visit from an old friend, the carefree Toni, (Lee Ross) causes Chris to re-evaluate his life and to recall his time spent in Paris ten years before where he lived with an exciting French woman Annick (Elsa LESS
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