Torvill & Dean
2019
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An entertaining, surprising and moving drama tells the story of how the ace skating duo of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean found each other and formed their highly successful and enduring partnership. Charting the journey from their first encounter at Nottingham Ice Rink as children, through their formative and sometimes tempestuous pathway to their phenomenal Olympic success with Bolero. Chris grew up in humble surroundings in the town of Calverton Notts where his father was a miner. His mother left home when he was just 10. When his newly arrived stepmother moves in and gives him a pair of ice skates by way of a peace offering, Chris soon finds a way to escape and transcend his troubles at the ice rink. Jayne stifled by her parents in nearby Clifton, looks to the ice rink for a transformation. She finds an alternative family there in the form of Miss Perry and Ted, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus). And later their coach Janet Sawbridge and mentor Betty Calloway. Jayne and Chris struggle to navigate the extremely difficult line of their own emotional complexities versus a rocky creative relationship. Eventually evolving into an innovative and unbeatable combination.
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Author:
MacKinnon, Gillies, directorBurge, Emma, producerIvory, William, 1964-, writer, actorFriar, Poppy Lee, actorTompkinson, Stephen, 1965-, actor
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Darlow Smithson Productions, ©2018.Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2019.2018
Collation:
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 95 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Notes:
"The inspiring story of Britain's favourite skating duo"-- Cover.In English with English HOH.
Credits:
Director Gillies Mackinnon ; producer Emma Burge ; writer William Ivory.
Performers:
Cast: Poppy Lee Friar, Will Tudor, Stephen Tompkinson.
Audience:
Censorship classification : PG ; for mild sexual references and coarse language.
System details:
DVD region 4 ; PAL ; 1.85:1, 16:9 widescreen ; Dolby Audio 2.0 English.
Dewey class:
791.4372
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
376106
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | DVD | 791.4372 TOR | Censorship classification : PGAvailable |
| St Clair | DVD | 791.4372 TOR | Censorship classification : PGAvailable |