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Article: Culture: A 'dreamy' tale; New To Rent FAR FROM HEAVEN (Cert 12, 103 mins). Drama. Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis, James Rebhorn, Ryan Ward, Lindsay Andretta. Damon Smith looks at the latest releases on DVD and video.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2003
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Cult indie director Todd Haynes recreates the Technicolor splendour of 50s melodramas with this awardladen character study.
Frank Whitaker (Quaid) and his wife Cathy (Moore) are the toast of 1957 Hartford, Connecticut: hugely successful and deliriously in love, with two beautiful children (Ward and Andretta).
However, dark secrets bubble beneath the surface of the Whitakers' seemingly perfect life.
Frank struggles to control his homosexual urges and finds himself drawn into an illicit affair with an attractive blond youth.
Meanwhile, Cathy's friendship with black ...