Loving Walter (1982)
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Director Stephen Frears paints a bleak and cynical picture of the ordinary Brit's ability to relate to someone less fortunate in this hard-hitting look at the world of the mentally handicapped. Walter (Ian McKellen) is a kind-hearted man who is mentally challenged. Walter's parents are… More Director Stephen Frears paints a bleak and cynical picture of the ordinary Brit's ability to relate to someone less fortunate in this hard-hitting look at the world of the mentally handicapped. Walter (Ian McKellen) is a kind-hearted man who is mentally challenged. Walter's parents are remote and insensitive to him; his mother is constantly saying things that are cutting, and his father pays more attention to his pigeons than his son. Walter, however, loves the pigeons since they're only living beings in his life who are not hurtful. One day, tragedy strikes and Walter has to be interned in a mental institution. Paradoxically, his desire to help others finally finds an outlet there. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stephen Frears
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 2, 1982 Wide
- On DVD
- Dec 2, 2003
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Cast
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Ian McKellen
as Walter
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Barbara Jefford
as Walter's mother
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Arthur Whybrow
as Walter's father
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Paula Tilbrook
as Mrs. Ashby
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Marjorie Yates
as Social Worker
- Frankie Connolly
- Jim Broadbent
- John Gordon Sinclair
- Sarah Miles
