(Mr Burton)
Country: GB/CAN/US/EIRE
Technical: col 124m
Director: Marc Evans
Cast: Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Lesley Manville, Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Synopsis:
A haunted, ungainly young student of brutish manners is tutored and ultimately adopted by his English master in Port Talbot to become the actor Richard Burton.
Review:
An extraordinary true story of rags to riches which does not shrink from adumbrating the self-destructive urge to come. Young Richie's sexual diffidence is sensitively portrayed, the alcohol abuse kept in reserve; meanwhile, Lawtey's metamorphosis from vagabond to someone recognisable as Richard Burton is a wonder to behold, subtly abetted by the rest of the cast.
(Mr Burton)
Country: GB/CAN/US/EIRE
Technical: col 124m
Director: Marc Evans
Cast: Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Lesley Manville, Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Synopsis:
A haunted, ungainly young student of brutish manners is tutored and ultimately adopted by his English master in Port Talbot to become the actor Richard Burton.
Review:
An extraordinary true story of rags to riches which does not shrink from adumbrating the self-destructive urge to come. Young Richie's sexual diffidence is sensitively portrayed, the alcohol abuse kept in reserve; meanwhile, Lawtey's metamorphosis from vagabond to someone recognisable as Richard Burton is a wonder to behold, subtly abetted by the rest of the cast.
