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5 days ago · Directed by David Lean, Brief Encounter remains an enduring classic highlighting the complexities of love and moral dilemmas arising from infidelity. Celia Johnson gives a stunning performance as Laura Jesson—a married woman who finds herself drawn to Dr. Alec Harvey, portrayed by Trevor Howard—after a chance meeting at a railway station.
3 days ago · A railway station in the Northern Town of Carnforth seems an unlikely film location for one of Britain's best known films. Yet the location is definitely one of the stars of the classic movie Brief Encounter, which was filmed here in 1945. Brief Encounter is a tale of forbidden love and stars Celia Jonson and…
2 days ago · BRIEF ENCOUNTER. By mere coincidence I had recently watched the 1945 David Lean film adaptation of Noel Coward’s 1936 play Still Life. Coward himself had adapted the drama into that screenplay and between them they had created one of the most iconic films of the 20th century.
4 days ago · Brief Encounter is, in many ways, a catalogue of bygone mores and it is fascinating to reflect how Laura and Alec’s chance meeting might have played out in a Starbucks. Emma Rice’s adaptation and Paul Robinson’s direction exceed expectations and leave a sense of a familiar tale retold to fresh effect.
3 days ago · The video released for "Unchained Melody" also incorporated clips from the 1945 film Brief Encounter. Their recording immediately reached number 1 in the UK, selling 314,000 copies in its first week, at that time the fastest-selling debut single in UK chart history. It stayed at the top of the chart for seven weeks.
3 days ago · Brief Encounters - watch online: streaming, buy or rent. Currently you are able to watch "Brief Encounters" streaming on Spectrum On Demand or buy it as download on Amazon Video.
3 days ago · Noel Coward’s timeless film Brief Encounter is one of the most haunting love stories ever put to screen, and it’s passion, truth and hope continue to endure in today’s shifting society.
