Tom & Viv

Template:For Template:Infobox film Tom & Viv is a 1994 historical drama film directed by Brian Gilbert, based on the 1984 play of the same name by British playwright Michael Hastings about the early love life of American poet T. S. Eliot. The film stars Willem Dafoe, Miranda Richardson, Rosemary Harris, Tim Dutton, and Nickolas Grace.

Premise

The film tells the story of the relationship between T. S. Eliot and his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot. They were married in 1915 after a brief courtship and, although they separated in 1933, they never divorced.<ref>Hastings, Michael. Tom and Viv. Penguin 1985, with an introduction by Hastings.</ref>

Cast

• Willem Dafoe as T. S. Eliot
• Miranda Richardson as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
• Rosemary Harris as Rose Haigh-Wood
• Tim Dutton as Maurice Haigh-Wood
• Nickolas Grace as Bertrand Russell
• Geoffrey Bayldon as Harwent
• Clare Holman as Louise Purdon
• Philip Locke as Charles Haigh-Wood
• Joanna McCallum as Virginia Woolf
• Joseph O'Conor as Bishop of Oxford
• Michael Attwell as W.L. Janes
• Sharon Bower as Secretary
• Linda Spurrier as Edith Sitwell
• Roberta Taylor as Ottoline Morrell
• Christopher Baines as Verger
• Anna Chancellor as Woman
• John Clegg as Second Man
• James Greene as Dr. Cryiax
• Simon McBurney as Dr. Reginald Miller

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Release

The film opened on 15 April 1994 on 37 screens in the United Kingdom and grossed £61,070 in its opening weekend.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> After 10 days, it had grossed £142,674 and dropped out of the top 15.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> On 2 December 1994, the film opened at the Westside Pavilion in Los Angeles for a one week Oscars qualifying run and at Cinema 2 in New York City before its regular run in January 1995.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It grossed $21,968 in its opening weekend and grossed $538,534 in the United States and Canada.<ref name=mojo/>

Reception

The film received mixed reviews. It holds a 36% approval rating on review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 5.20/10.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly praised the performances, but gave the film a B−, saying '[it] is the kind of sodden, tasteful, here-are-a-few-nasty-warts-to-chew-on biography that raises as many dramatic questions as it answers.'<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Derek Elley of Variety admired the film's artistic aspirations and production values, but called it, 'a handsomely appointed but overly starchy love story that attains real clout only in the final reel.'<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Awards

The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Miranda Richardson) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Rosemary Harris). The National Board of Review also gave awards to Richardson as Best Actress and Harris as Best Supporting Actress for their performances in the film. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Year-end lists

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