Women in Love (1969) | |
| Director(s) | Ken Russell |
| Producer(s) | Roy Baird (associate), Larry Kramer, Martin Rosen |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, LBGT |
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Women in Love Overview:
Women in Love (1969) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Ken Russell and produced by Martin Rosen, Larry Kramer and Roy Baird.
Academy Awards 1970 --- Ceremony Number 43 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actress | Glenda Jackson | Won |
| Best Cinematography | Billy Williams | Nominated |
| Best Director | Ken Russell | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Larry Kramer | Nominated |
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The Classic Film Collective: Career Women in Love: Ex-Lady (1933), The First Hundred Years (1938) and Woman of the Year (1942)
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Quotes from
Rupert Birkin:
I do believe in a permanent union between a man and a woman. Chopping about is merely an exhaustive process. But a permanent relationship between a man and a woman isn't the last word. lt certainly isn't.
Gerald Crich: Quite.
Rupert Birkin: We have to take down this love-and-marriage ideal from its pedestal. We want something broader. I believe in the additional perfect relationship, between man and man. Additional to marriage.
Gerald Crich: I don't see how they can be the same.
Rupert Birkin: No, not the same, but equally important... equally creative, equally sacred, if you like.
Gerald Crich: I know you believe something like that. Only, I can't feel it, do you see?
Ursula Brangwen: And all men are either lovers or husbands. Why not both?
Rupert Birkin: No. One excludes the other.
Rupert Birkin: I want the finality of love.
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Gerald Crich: Quite.
Rupert Birkin: We have to take down this love-and-marriage ideal from its pedestal. We want something broader. I believe in the additional perfect relationship, between man and man. Additional to marriage.
Gerald Crich: I don't see how they can be the same.
Rupert Birkin: No, not the same, but equally important... equally creative, equally sacred, if you like.
Gerald Crich: I know you believe something like that. Only, I can't feel it, do you see?
Ursula Brangwen: And all men are either lovers or husbands. Why not both?
Rupert Birkin: No. One excludes the other.
Rupert Birkin: I want the finality of love.
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Facts about
According to director Ken Russell, the film is set in the year 1920, just two years after the end of World War I.
In 1971, United Artists successfully reissued this film in the USA on a double bill with the similarly steamy Midnight Cowboy.
Glenda Jackson was pregnant throughout the shoot. In referring to her nude scenes, she said she'd never had such a "wonderful bosom."
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In 1971, United Artists successfully reissued this film in the USA on a double bill with the similarly steamy Midnight Cowboy.
Glenda Jackson was pregnant throughout the shoot. In referring to her nude scenes, she said she'd never had such a "wonderful bosom."
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