(Dennis Potter, 1991)Release date: 20 May 2024Standard Edition Blu-ray
Unfairly neglected since its original low-key cinema run,
Secret Friends is the only feature to be written and directed by Dennis Potter (
Pennies from Heaven,
The Singing Detective).
Made shortly after his hugely controversial mini-series
Blackeyes, the film centres on a writer, played by Alan Bates (
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg), who descends into a kind of madness during a train journey as memories, fantasies and psychotic visions collide.
INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
- High Definition remaster
- Original stereo audio
-
Bon Vivant (2020, 5 mins): actor Ian McNeice recalls working with the film’s writer-director, Dennis Potter
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Keeping Secrets (2020, 10 mins): analysis of Secret Friends by Graham Fuller, editor of Potter on Potter
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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BBFC cert: 15
REGION FREEEAN: 5060697924558
