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Women In Love (1969)

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Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 10
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1969 Wide

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Women in Love is set in 1920s England, where free-spirited artist Gudrun (Glenda Jackson) and her schoolteacher sister Ursula (Jennie Linden) make the acquaintance of lifelong friends Gerald (Oliver Reed) and Rupert (Alan Bates). The foursome attends a picnic in honor of a pair of newlyweds, who put a damper on the proceedings (literally!) by drowning in a nearby lake. Evidently unscathed by this tragedy, Gerald and Rupert participate in a nude wrestling match later that evening (this was the

R, 2 hr. 11 min.

Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Classics

Directed By: Ken Russell

Written By: Larry Kramer

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1969 Wide

On DVD: Mar 4, 2003

United Artists

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Cast

Alan Bates
Rupert Birkin
Oliver Reed
Gerald Crich
Glenda Jackson
Gudrun Brangwen
Jennie Linden
Ursula Brangwen
Eleanor Bron
Hermione Roddice
Alan Webb
Mr. Thomas Crich
Vladek Sheybal
Loerke
Catherine Willmer
Mrs. Crich
Sarah Nicholls
Winifred Crich
Sharon Gurney
Laura Crich
Christopher Gable
Tibby Lupton
Nike Arrighi
Contessa
Michael Graham Cox
Palmer
Michael Garratt
Maestro
Michael Gough
Tom Brangwen
Richard Heffer
Loerke's Friend
James Laurenson
Minister
Norma Shebbeare
Anna Brangwen
Phoebe Nicholls

Critic Reviews for Women In Love

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Controversial for its time Ken Russell classic.

June 11, 2005 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Though deviating from D.H. Lawrence's novel considerably, this is Ken Russell's most fully realized narrative film, lavishly mounted and well acted, especially by Glenda Jackson in an Oscar-winning performance.

December 18, 2004 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

Crass, funny, literate -- and essential for anyone who wants to seee D.H. Lawrence "faithfully" adapted. Remember the time before Ken Russell took his gonzo Viagra pill.

November 23, 2003 Comment (1)

Jonathan R. Perry

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Brilliant film adaptation of the Lawrence novel.

May 12, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Russell really was a one off. He threw the rule book out the window when he adapted Women in Love from D. H. Lawrence's classic novel. Although it's set in the 1920's there is very much a late 60's feel about it, it's not dated as such but it's very much of its time. I think this film is unfortunately remembered

January 16, 2012