St. Ives (1998 film)

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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
Starring
Theme music composer John E. Keane
Country of origin
  • France
  • Germany
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
CinematographyRobert Alazraki
EditorJohn MacDonnell
Running time83 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Release22 October 1998 (1998-10-22)

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.

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Plot

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.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Northern Ireland. [2]

Reception

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Best of the rest". Inside Soap (128): 52–53. 29 May – 11 June 1999.
  2. ↑ "All For Love". Northern Ireland Screen. 10 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "St. Ives". DVD Talk.
  4. ↑ "All for Love – review". Radio Times .
  5. ↑ Guardian Staff (7 June 1999). "Dressed for success". The Guardian .
  6. ↑ "Robert Louis Stevenson's St. Ives (1998)". Rotten Tomatoes .


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