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Article: Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky.(Movie Review)

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February 10, 2006
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(Two-part movie; BBC America. Sat. Feb. 11. 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT)

Filmed in the U.K. by the BBC. Executive producers, Gareth Neame, Richard Fell; producer, Kate Harwood; director, Simon Curtis; writer, Kevin Elyot, based on the novels by Patrick Hamilton; camera, John Daly; production design, Gretaville Horner; editor, Adam Recht; music, John Lunn; casting, Lisa Makin. 4 HOURS 

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A poignant period romance set against a backdrop of unspoken longing and working-class angst, this ...

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