Handel's Last Chance (1996)
- Directed by
- Milan Cheylov
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 51 min
- Rating
- 4.8 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1742, a Dublin street boy with a singing voice helps George Frideric Handel prepare the premiere of Messiah. The composer builds the boy's confidence and conscience.
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What happens
Handel's Last Chance is a 1996 television film created by David Devine and Richard Mozer for HBO Original Films of New York and directed by Milan Cheylov. A Canadian-Slovakian co-production, it stars Leon Pownall, Tod Fennell, Gerard Parkes, and Seana McKenna. It follows the fictional background of the premiere performance of George Frideric Handel's Messiah in 1742, where a Dublin street boy aids the composer with his singing talent, and the composer in turn changes the boy's life by bringing out his conscience and self-confidence. The film is the last instalment in Devine Entertainment's six-film series The Composers' Specials, after Bizet's Dream, Bach's Fight for Freedom, Strauss: The King of 3/4 Time, Liszt's Rhapsody, and Rossini's Ghost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.