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Joely Richardson, Bernard Hill, David Morrissey

Three husbands are drowned by their wives.

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R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Directed by: Peter Greenaway

Release Date: September 10, 1988

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Flixster Reviews (158)

  • ernesteddy
    April 23, 2009
    ernesteddy
    Best movie ever for girls night in and we hate the men in our lives
  • SadisticMinister
    April 3, 2009
    SadisticMinister
    Hey.. it's Greenway :)
  • Soundsofmadness
    January 10, 2009
    Soundsofmadness
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • xxxcli213xxx
    December 10, 2008
    xxxcli213xxx
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • laney33
    July 6, 2008
    laney33
    Who thought this was a good idea?
  • timrenee
    November 19, 2007
    timrenee
    Fairly representative of his best films.
  • magloaf
    July 24, 2007
    magloaf
    love this movie, quirky and detailed, but morbid
  • mikep15
    May 1, 2007
    mikep15
    Greenaway is an artist
  • selenography
    March 23, 2007
    selenography
    This director kicks ass!

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  • philippe23
    January 4, 2008
    philippe23
    Hi,
    i need help ! I'm searching over the web people helping me finding a dvd of "drowning by numbers" (from Greenaway).
    It's my favorite film , i've seen it in France during a Greenaway's movies Festival, but i can't find one dvd in France or Europe : out of printing!!!
    Can you help me in some way? Thank's

    Philippe.
  • magloaf
    July 24, 2007
    magloaf
    so has everybody found every number? I haven't sen the movie in about 10 years, but I remember there being a couple I couldn't find. somewhere in the 60s maybe? anybody organizing a game of hangman's cricket in the greater NYC area? ;-)
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