St. Ives | |
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Genre | Costume drama |
Based on | St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson |
Screenplay by | Allan Cubitt |
Directed by | Harry Hook |
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Theme music composer | John E. Keane |
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Original language | English |
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Cinematography | Robert Alazraki |
Editor | John MacDonnell |
Running time | 83 minutes |
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Release | 22 October 1998 |
St. Ives (released under the name All for Love in the UK [1] ) is a 1998 television film based on the unfinished Robert Louis Stevenson novel of the same name. The film stars Miranda Richardson, Anna Friel, Richard E. Grant and Jean-Marc Barr.
A dashing French Army officer, capitaine Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves, is captured by the British during the Napoleonic Wars and sent to a Scottish prison camp. There he falls for a local girl, befriends the commanding officer, and discovers a surprising secret about his long-lost grandfather.
The film was shot in Northern Ireland. [2]
DVDTalk gave it a rating of 1 out of 5, and said it "feels like a made-for-television special" and "I'm normally enthusiastic about historically-based movies, even flawed ones. St. Ives is more than flawed; it's dull and insipid." [3] The Radio Times gave it 2 out of 5. [4] The Guardian said it was no classic, but asked does it matter "because costume drama is already the ultimate TV genre [...] it has always been able to demonstrate a reassuringly pantomime take on all other forms of television entertainment." [5]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has two reviews, both negative. [6]
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