Chichester Cinema at New Park
Brimstone and Treacle (Movie)
CHICHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Kenith Trodd, Producer:
A Selective Retrospective of his work with major screen talent 1969-2004 including Dennis Potter, Simon Gray, Stephen Poliakoff, Pat O’Connor and Christopher Morahan.
7th Event
Big screen ambitions and frustration at the continuing ban of the 1976 version spurred Potter and Trodd to propose Brimstone and Treacle as a movie.
Sting, then just emerging as lead singer with The Police, grabs the opportunity to play Martin the Devil and makes it his own. Joan Plowright is the Mother. Although Denholm Elliot reprises and enlarges upon the itchy Father, this version amounts to quite a different take on the material as it shifts from psychological intensity to the borders of creepy thriller.
This concludes the 8 examples of Dennis Potter’s work in this section of the retrospective.
Large Screen DVD presentation in the Studio (limited seating capacity)
(Tickets £5)
UK · 
USA · 1982 · Richard Loncraine · 87min
