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Tom & Viv - Wikipedia

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Tom & Viv
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brian Gilbert
Screenplay by	Michael Hastings Adrian Hodges
Based on	Tom & Viv by Michael Hastings
Produced by	Harvey Kass Marc Samuelson Peter Samuelson
Starring	Willem Dafoe Miranda Richardson Rosemary Harris Tim Dutton Nickolas Grace
Cinematography	Martin Fuhrer
Edited by	Tony Lawson
Music by	Debbie Wiseman
Distributed by	Entertainment Film Distributors Miramax Films
Release dates	15 April 1994 (1994-04-15) (United Kingdom) 2 December 1994 (1994-12-02) (United States)
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million^[1]
Box office	$0.75 million (UK/USA)^[2]

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.^[3]

Cast

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

Release

The film opened on 15 April 1994 on 37 screens in the United Kingdom and grossed £61,070 in its opening weekend.^[4] After 10 days, it had grossed £142,674 and dropped out of the top 15.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7] It grossed $21,968 in its opening weekend and grossed $538,534 in the United States and Canada.^[2]

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.^[8] 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.'^[9] 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.'^[10]

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. ^[11]

Year-end lists

9th – National Board of Review^[12]

References

^ "The 10 Worst Movies to Receive Best Acting Nominations". 13 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b Tom & Viv at Box Office Mojo
^ Hastings, Michael. Tom and Viv. Penguin 1985, with an introduction by Hastings.
^ "UK Box Office". Screen International. 22 April 1994. p. 25.
^ "UK Box Office". Screen International. 29 April 1994. p. 22.
^ Rainer, Peter (2 December 1994). "MOVIE REVIEW : 'Tom & Viv': It's Not a Marriage Made in Heaven". Los Angeles Times.
^ James, Caryn (2 December 1994). "FILM REVIEW; The Dark Side of Genius and Its Supporting Cast". The New York Times. p. C3.
^ "Tom & Viv". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
^ "Tom and Viv". Entertainment Weekly. 17 February 1995.
^ Elley, Derek (15 April 1994). "Review: 'Tom & Viv'".
^ "Awards for 1994". National Board of Review. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
^ "Awards for 1994". National Board of Review. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

External links

Tom & Viv at IMDb
Tom & Viv at Rotten Tomatoes
‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Tom & Viv at AllMovie

v t e T. S. Eliot
Bibliography
Early poems	"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" "Portrait of a Lady" "Preludes" "Whispers of Immortality" "Gerontion" The Waste Land The Hollow Men Ash Wednesday Ariel Poems "Journey of the Magi" "A Song for Simeon"
Later poems	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats "The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles" "Gus: The Theatre Cat" "Growltiger's Last Stand" "The Naming of Cats" Burnt Norton East Coker The Dry Salvages Little Gidding Four Quartets
Plays	Sweeney Agonistes The Rock Murder in the Cathedral The Family Reunion The Cocktail Party The Confidential Clerk The Elder Statesman
Prose	Selected Essays, 1917–1932 "Hamlet and His Problems" "Tradition and the Individual Talent" The Sacred Wood A Choice of Kipling's Verse (1941) "The Frontiers of Criticism"
Adaptations	Murder in the Cathedral (film) Assassinio nella cattedrale (opera) Murder in the Cathedral (TV play) Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi Cats 1981 musical 1998 film 2019 film
Publishing	The Criterion Faber and Faber T. S. Eliot Prize T. S. Eliot Prize (Truman State University)
Related	Portrait of T. S. Eliot Tom & Viv (1984 play, 1994 film)
People	Eliot family Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (first wife) Valerie Eliot (second wife) Henry Ware Eliot (father) Charlotte Champe Stearns (mother) William Greenleaf Eliot (grandfather) E. Martin Browne Emily Hale John Davy Hayward Ezra Pound Jean Jules Verdenal William Butler Yeats

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