Longford (2006)

Directed by

Tom Hooper

Genre

drama film, drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Lord Longford, a British politician, campaigns for the parole of Myra Hindley, a woman convicted for the Moors murders. The film focuses on his efforts and the moral and public scrutiny he faces.

controversialsombertensecharacter-drivenethicalseriousatmosphericreflective

What happens

Longford is a 2006 British biographical crime drama television film directed by Tom Hooper and written by Peter Morgan. The film centres on Labour Party peer Lord Longford and his campaign for the parole of Moors Murderer Myra Hindley. It was produced by Granada Productions for Channel 4, in association with HBO, and stars Jim Broadbent and Samantha Morton. The film was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 26 October 2006 and was an Official Selection at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Broadbent won the British Academy Television Award and a Golden Globe for his role. Longford and Hindley had both died by the time the film was made; Longford in August 2001 and Hindley in November 2002. Hindley's lover and accomplice, Ian Brady, played by Andy Serkis, was still living at the time of release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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