Wondrous Oblivion (DVD)

Description: Genre: Comedy / Theatrical Release: 2004 / Parental Guidance / Director: Paul Morrison (III) / Actors: Sam Smith (III), ... more

Wondrous Oblivion (DVD) ... Leagh Conwell, Dominic Barklem, Jo Stone-Fewings, Emily Woof ... / DVD released 2004-09-27 at Momentum Pictures / Features of the DVD: PAL

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... Letang ... Loretta Leonie Elliott ... Judy - The Plot- Sweet 11-year-old David Wiseman (Sam Smith) lives for cricket and dreams of captaining England one day to play against the best, playing imaginary games with cigarette cricket stars cards set out on his bedroom floor in preparation. But he can't even get into his school first eleven let alone his imaginary team and is reduced to being scorer for his school matches. David is a lovely lad and doesn't argue. His parents are German Jews that fled during the war as ...more

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Wondrous Oblivion [DVD] [2004]
Release Date: 2004 - 09 - 27, Rating Parental Guidance,

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Wondrous Oblivion (DVD): Bigotry is being certain of something you know nothing about (1118 words)
by - written on 16/10/08 (Very useful, 147 readings)
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Heres a lovely little British film that manages to mix racial tension with welcome redemption around my favorite sport of cricket. It's hard to make good sports movies, let alone about cricket, and so this should be admired just for that reason alone amongst many others here. This really is a lovely piece. With heavyweight American actor Delroy Lindo on fine patois form as the father of a boisterous West Indian migrant family arriving in 60s East End London it has the stamp of cosmopolitan quality too. The films themes of bigotry, racism and forbidden love are familiar to the British sitcoms of the day and using cricket as a metaphor for this ethnic cockney ... Read the complete review

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