| 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 |
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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 (1998-10-22) |
St. Ives (released under the name All for Love in the UK) 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.
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
- Jean-Marc Barr as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- Miranda Richardson as Susan Gilchrist
- Richard E. Grant as Major Farquhar Chevening
- Anna Friel as Flora Gilchrist
- Michael Gough as Comte de Saint-Yves
- Cécile Pallas as Mathilde
- Jason Isaacs as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Production
The film was shot in Northern Ireland.
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." The Radio Times gave it 2 out of 5. 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."
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has two reviews, both negative.
References
- "Best of the rest". Inside Soap (128): 52–53. 29 May – 11 June 1999.
- "All For Love". Northern Ireland Screen. 10 January 2017.
- "St. Ives". DVD Talk.
- "All for Love – review". Radio Times.
- Guardian Staff (7 June 1999). "Dressed for success". The Guardian.
- "Robert Louis Stevenson's St. Ives (1998)". Rotten Tomatoes.
External links
- St. Ives at IMDb
- St. Ives at the TCM Movie Database
- St. Ives at Rotten Tomatoes
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