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White Mischief DVD, 1988

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Alex Davidson welcomes the release of this drama based on a true story and set among the debauched rich of the British colony in Kenya's Happy Valley in the 1940s. Greta Scacchi stars as the femme fatale.

 

The decadence and immorality of the British settlers in Colonial Africa was summed up in a scandal following the killing of a young earl, a notorious womanizer who had been sleeping with the wife of an elderly British rancher. The latter was tried for murder, and the debauched lifestyle of his compatriots was revealed - a world of obscene privilege, sleaze, adultery and hedonism, as the threat of war crept close back home. Michael Radford expertly captures this other world in White Mischief, which shows the background and aftermath of the murder case, and boasts a fantastic cast embodying the immoral Happy Valley set.

Greta Scacchi, a key British actress of the 1980s, plays the beautiful, unfaithful wife who yearns for excitement away from her much older husband, and Sarah Miles contributes a daring turn as a particular outrageous member of the clique. Best of all is Joss Ackland as the cuckolded husband, at once dignified in comparison to the other settlers, yet just as unthinkingly racist when dealing with the Kenyan populace. White Mischief is an appropriately damning indictment of the worst aspects of British Colonial rule.

 

Alex Davidson on 29th July 2010
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Film Information

Director - Michael Radford

Produced - 1988

Main Language - English

Countries & Regions - British Film

Cast - Charles Dance, Geraldine Chaplin, Greta Scacchi, Hugh Grant, John Hurt, Ray McAnally, Sarah Miles, Susan Fleetwood, Trevor Howard, Joss Ackland

 

 

DVD Details

Certificate: 18 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region: 2
Length: 103 mins Aspect: 1.78:1 widescreen Cat No: CDR11476
Format: DVD Colour  

 

 

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Arriving in Nairobi in 1940, Lady Diana Broughton (Greta Scacchi) and her millionaire husband (Joss Ackland) are soon immersed in the lavish colonial lifestyle. She begins a torrid affair with Josslyn Hay (Charles Dance), but her husband finds out. The couple decide to break up amicably, but then Hay is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband...

An elegant drama based on a true story and adapted from James Fox's book about the British colony living in Kenya's Happy Valley during the early days of WWII.

 

 

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"White Mischief" - Doug Mein on 21st December 2010

DVD quality is fine. Picture a little soft but that's how I remember it at the cinema.
Great film more >

 

"White Mischief" - Nigel Ince on 9th November 2010

I pre-ordered this many months ago and was delighted to receive it a few days ago. sitting down to watch I have been absolutely astonished at the appallingly bad quali... more >

 

 

 

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