Shooting the Past

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Movie Info

Past and present collide when a London mansion housing a monumental collection of photographs is purchased by an American entrepreneur intent on turning the building into a business school. Determined to clear the house of its prized contents, the millionaire (played by Liam Cunningham) finds he's met his match in the house staff (including Lindsay Duncan as the house manager), who are hell-bent on preserving the archives at all costs.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Drama, Television
Directed By:

Stephen Poliakoff
Written By:

Stephen Poliakoff
In Theaters:

Nov 21, 1999 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Sep 5, 2006
Runtime:

182 minutes

Cast

Andy Serkis

Billie Whitelaw

Blake Ritson

Emilia Fox

Geoffrey Beevers

Liam Cunningham

Lindsay Duncan

Sheila Dunne

Timothy Spall

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Critic Reviews for Shooting the Past

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Stick with the slow-starting Shooting the Past...Not as profound as it thinks it is, but ingratiating and even suspenseful.

Feb 5, 2018 | Full Review…

John Leonard
New York Magazine/Vulture
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Audience Reviews for Shooting the Past

Feb 06, 2012

Interesting. The photos in this are extraordinary. The movie itself was a little slow, and rather anticlimatic.

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