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Photo of Barry Foster

Barry Foster

“I'd had a couple of successes in the West End onstage, and I was doing a play by David Mercer at the Criterion called After Haggerty, with Billie Whitelaw. Someone said, 'Oh, Alfred Hitchcock's in tonight'. Next morning, my agent said 'Mr. Hitchcock would like to meet you at 100 Piccadilly'. So, along I went. He said, 'I'm making this picture about a murderer. I'd like you to take the script away and tell me if you'd like to play it'.”

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    JAMES IVORY United Kingdom, 1987

    Thirty years before Call Me By Your Name, this lavish period drama from Merchant Ivory encapsulated their uniquely tender and direct perspective on gay love. Featuring a young Hugh Grant in a passionate, heartbreaking performance, this visionary piece of queer cinema has left its mark.

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