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"Quite simply, he loved Prince more than he loved me - more than he loved anyone." A wintry graveyard, trees with black branches, a small group - mother, father and daughter - gathered desolately by a graveside to mourn a departed family member. And on the headstone, the picture of a leering, tongue-rolling Alsatian dog. This is Prince. |
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While Jack (Sean Bean) weeps helplessly, Claudie (Jackie McGuire) recalls her dog-dominated childhood. To the despair of her French mother, Marie (Celia Montague), Prince tyrannises the household, scaring visitors and showing a particular aversion to pregnant women. Though gentle with Claudie, he senses Marie's dislike of him, and often blocks her way to the lavatory, forcing her to run desperately round to the neighbouring houses. Years later, musing on her father's single-minded devotion, the adult Claudie returns to her luxury high-rise London flat, and is warmly greeted - by an Alsatian. The screenplay, Julie Burchill has said, is strongly autobiographical. Prince was filmed over a two month period in January and February 1991. Visit the Press Archive. |
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS: Sean Bean...............Jack Morgan Celia Montague..........Marie Morgan Janet McTeer............Adult Claudie Jackie McGuire..........Claudie Morgan William Armstrong.......Tom Marie Clifford..........Jeannie Susan Brown.............Mrs. Tribbly David Plimmer...........Ron Gabrielle Cowburn.......Carol Cheryl Woodcock.........Linda Mark Tandy..............Vet Roger McKern............Cab Driver Jeremy Carrad...........Television Newsreader Rebecca Goodwin.........Denise Cheryl Woodcock.........Linda Hayley Foster...........Lynch Mob Shelley Hastings........Lynch Mob Beatrice Fenton.........Lynch Mob April Iles..............Lynch Mob Ross....................Prince Solo....................Prince |
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PRODUCTION CREDITS: Directed by..................David Wheatley Executive Producer...........Richard Broke Production Company...........BBC Films for Screen One Producer.....................Ruth Baumgarten Screenplay...................Julie Birchill Director of Photography......John Hooper Music........................Bill Connor Production Year..............6 October 1991, BBC 1 |
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