A rare look at the Oscar® winner’s formative years on the screen in three high quality BBC productions.
Two-time Academy Award ® winner Daniel Day-Lewis has been celebrated for his amazing performances and profound ability to reinvent himself time and again thanks to impeccable research and a devotion to his craft.
Defining roles in My Beautiful Laundrette, A Room with a View, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Last of the Mohicans, In the Name of the Father and Lincoln have won acclaim from critics as well as establishing him as an audience favourite.
This two disc set reaches back to showcase Daniel Day-Lewis’ rarely seen, early roles at the BBC – the traditional grounding place for fine British actors. Not only do these three feature-length productions demonstrate the formative years of Day-Lewis’ career, they are perfect examples of great BBC drama in their own right and include a top cast of British actors including Christopher Fairbank, Jim Broadbent, Sian Phillips, Geoffrey Palmer, Hugh Fraser, Anthony Valentine and many more.
Dangerous Corner
In this classic thriller by J.B. Priestly, Day-Lewis plays publishing executive Gordon Whitehouse. While gathered with his coterie of high society friends and co-workers at the country estate of his business partner, one guest makes a surprising remark about a musical box. This seemingly harmless comment produces a string of shocking revelations and devastating repercussions.
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Two Irishmen – Protestant Alex Moore (Day-Lewis) and his Catholic childhood friend Jerry, enter WWI as soliders and see their friendship tested as they experience the harsh realities of war. From a story by acclaimed Irish author Jennifer Johnston.
The Insurance Man
Told through flashbacks, dye factory worker Franz recounts a mysterious skin condition he suffered before the First World War. At Prague’s infamous Insurance Company, Franz meets Kafka (Day-Lewis), a bureaucrat whose intelligence and compassion appear out of place amid the apathy that surrounds him. Written by celebrated author Alan Bennett.
The Daniel Day-Lewis triple feature pack is currently available on DVD, and thanks to Madman Entertainment we have 5 copies to give away to Australian readers. To go into the draw for this giveaway, email your name and address to sarah@trespassmag.com by December 11th. Please remember to put ‘Daniel Day-Lewis triple feature‘ in the subject line of the email.
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