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The Raging Moon is a British film of genre Drama directed by Bryan Forbes released in USA on 29 september 1971 with Malcolm McDowell
The Raging Moon (1971)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 29 september 1971
Length 1h50
Directed by Bryan Forbes
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Films about disabilities
Rating68%
The Raging Moon (in the US as Long Ago, Tomorrow) is a 1971 British film starring starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman and based on the book by British novelist Peter Marshall. Adapted and directed by Bryan Forbes (Newman's husband), this 'romance in wheelchairs' was considered unusual in its time owing to the sexual nature of the relationship between McDowell and Newman, who play disabled people. The film received two Golden Globe nominations, for Best Foreign Film (English Language), and Best Song for Long Ago Tomorrow.
Synopsis
Bruce Pritchard (Malcolm McDowell) is a 24-year-old working-class man and amateur soccer player with a passion for life. All this changes when he suddenly finds himself struck down by an incurable degenerative disease and confined for the rest of his life to a wheelchair. He makes a self-imposed exile to a church-run home for the disabled, believing that it is best for his immediate family to forget about him the way he is now. His bitterness at his fate and his dislike of the rules and regulations of the place only serve to make him more withdrawn and angry at his enforced imprisonment.Actors
Malcolm McDowell
(Bruce Pritchard)
Nanette Newman
(Jill Matthews)
Georgia Brown
(Sarah Charles)
Barry Jackson
(Bill Charles)
Bernard Lee
(Uncle Bob)
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