Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft ...( see more  see more... ) , Tony Britton

A Jewish doctor, Daniel Hirsh (Peter Finch) and a middle-aged woman, Alex Greville (Glenda Jackson) are both having affairs with the same male artist, Bob Elkin (Murray Head). Not only are Hirsh and G...( read more  read more... )reville aware that Elkin is seeing the other but they actually know each other as well. Despite this, they are willing to put up with the situation through fear of losing Elkin who switches freely between them. Schlesinger's film highlights some worrying facts about how much people's attitudes to relationships and each other have changed over just two generations.

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R, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: John Schlesinger

Release Date: September 8, 1971

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DVD Release Date: September 16, 2003

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  • August 25, 2009
    Excellent drama. Heartbreaking.
  • June 21, 2009
    Sunday, Bloody Sunday is director John Schlesinger's most personal film. It's apparently based on a relationship he was once in, and he made a significant contribution to the sophisticated script written by Penelope Gilliatt. Daniel Hirsch (Peter Finch) is an uptight Jewish docto...( read more)r. Alex Grenville (Glenda Jackson) is a lonely divorcee. They are both deeply in love with care-free artist Bob Elkin (Murray Head). The film shows ten days in their respective lives.

    Justifiably praised for its honest portrayal of homosexuality, Sunday, Bloody Sunday is nevertheless much more than just a "social problem picture". It offers a penetrating examination of the concerns of contemporary life and the infirmity of the human spirit. The drama is refreshingly character driven and its leisurely pace demands attention on the part of the viewer. The cameras serve the actors and not vice versa. The actors repay them with some astute performances. Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson are especially good. This is an adult film aimed at adult audiences. It is multi-faceted and wholly absorbing.

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  • October 7, 2008
    want to see this because it won best picture with the BAFTA and won for best foreign film at the golden globes
  • June 30, 2008
    Colonel Munro: Death and honor are thought to be the same, but today I have learned that sometimes they are not.
  • November 25, 2007
    dont know diiz movie az weo
  • July 14, 2007
    Excellent performances and wonderful psychological character studies. One of Glenda Jackson's best performances, as well as Finch and Head (who was also working in Jesus Christ, Superstar at the time of this filming). This wasn't so much about GAY as it was about psychological ma...( read more)keups and why people make the choices they make. For the early 70s, it was too much for most folks.
  • April 19, 2007
    A bisexual ends his affairs and this leads to intense drama.

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  • xXxImStraightEdgexXx
    July 15, 2007
    What do Taking Back Sunday got to do with Sunday Bloody Sunday??? This is sooooo wrong!!!

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