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| name = The Buttercup Chain
| name = The Buttercup Chain
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| caption = DVD cover
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Robert Ellis Miller]]
| director = [[Robert Ellis Miller]]
| producer = [[Leslie Gilliat]]<br>[[Philip Waddilove]]<br>[[John Whitney (producer)|John Whitney]]
| producer = [[Leslie Gilliat]]<br>Philip Waddilove<br>[[John Whitney (producer)|John Whitney]]
| writer = [[Peter Draper (writer)|Peter Draper]]<br>[[Janice Elliott]]
| based_on = ''[[The Buttercup Chain (novel)|The Buttercup Chain]]'' by [[Janice Elliott]]
| writer = [[Peter Draper (writer)|Peter Draper]]
| starring = [[Hywel Bennett]]<br>[[Leigh Taylor-Young]]<br>[[Jane Asher]]
| starring = [[Hywel Bennett]]<br>[[Leigh Taylor-Young]]<br>[[Jane Asher]]
| music = [[Richard Rodney Bennett]]
| music = [[Richard Rodney Bennett]]
| cinematography = [[Douglas Slocombe]]
| cinematography = [[Douglas Slocombe]]
| editing = [[Thelma Connell]]
| editing = [[Thelma Connell]]
| studio = Columbia British Productions
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = {{film date|1970|9|24|df=yes}}
| released = {{film date|1970|9|24|df=yes}}
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| country = United Kingdom
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| language = English
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'''''The Buttercup Chain''''' is a 1970 British [[drama film]] directed by [[Robert Ellis Miller]]. It was entered into the [[1970 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2476/year/1970.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Buttercup Chain |accessdate=10 April 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
'''''The Buttercup Chain''''' is a 1970 British [[drama film]] directed by [[Robert Ellis Miller]] and starring [[Hywel Bennett]], [[Jane Asher]], and [[Leigh Taylor-Young]]. It was entered into the [[1970 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2476/year/1970.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Buttercup Chain |access-date=10 April 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
The film is an adaptation of the 1967 [[The Buttercup Chain (novel)|novel of the same title]] by [[Janice Elliott]]. It was shot at [[Shepperton Studios]] and [[location shooting|on location]] in England, Sweden and Spain. The film's sets were designed by the veteran [[art director]] [[Wilfred Shingleton]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
France and Manny are cousins, born on the same day to twin sisters. They grow up feeling a bond as if brother and sister. When he returns to London from boarding school, France and Manny make a pact in which each finds a suitable romantic partner for the other. But when they go away to the countryside with Margaret and Fred, a strange incestuous impulse seems to exist between the cousins, while Manny also must deal with a pregnancy.
France and Margaret are cousins, born on the same day to twin sisters. They grow up feeling a bond as if brother and sister. When he returns to London from boarding school, France and Margaret make a pact in which each finds a suitable romantic partner for the other. But when they go away to the countryside with Manny and Fred, a strange incestuous impulse seems to exist between the cousins, while Manny also must deal with a pregnancy.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Yutte Stensgaard]] as Ullah
* [[Yutte Stensgaard]] as Ullah
* Susan Baker as Kate
* Susan Baker as Kate
* [[Jennifer Baker (actress)|Jennifer Baker]] as Ursula
* Jennifer Baker as Ursula


==Reception==
==Reception==
[[Vincent Canby]] of [[The New York Times]] said: "(Director) Miller and his screen writer, Peter Draper, avoided any revealing psychological confrontations in favor of making one of those depressingly modish movies in which the sensations created by things like slick photography, beautiful nudes and intrusive soundtrack music become the substance of the film, instead of its context."<ref>Vincent Canby, "Miller Directs 'Buttercup Chain' Mar. 13, 1971 http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CE3D71131E73BBC4B52DFB566838A669EDE</ref>
[[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "(Director) Miller and his screen writer, Peter Draper, avoided any revealing psychological confrontations in favor of making one of those depressingly modish movies in which the sensations created by things like slick photography, beautiful nudes and intrusive soundtrack music become the substance of the film, instead of its context."<ref name="NYT">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CE3D71131E73BBC4B52DFB566838A669EDE |title=Screen: Sudsy, Sentiment:Robert Miller Directs 'Buttercup Chain' |access-date=8 April 2017 |work=New York Times}}</ref>

==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 00:08, 29 March 2023

The Buttercup Chain
DVD cover
Directed byRobert Ellis Miller
Written byPeter Draper
Based onThe Buttercup Chain by Janice Elliott
Produced byLeslie Gilliat
Philip Waddilove
John Whitney
StarringHywel Bennett
Leigh Taylor-Young
Jane Asher
CinematographyDouglas Slocombe
Edited byThelma Connell
Music byRichard Rodney Bennett
Production
company
Columbia British Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • 24 September 1970 (1970-09-24)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Buttercup Chain is a 1970 British drama film directed by Robert Ellis Miller and starring Hywel Bennett, Jane Asher, and Leigh Taylor-Young. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film is an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same title by Janice Elliott. It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location in England, Sweden and Spain. The film's sets were designed by the veteran art director Wilfred Shingleton.

Plot[edit]

France and Margaret are cousins, born on the same day to twin sisters. They grow up feeling a bond as if brother and sister. When he returns to London from boarding school, France and Margaret make a pact in which each finds a suitable romantic partner for the other. But when they go away to the countryside with Manny and Fred, a strange incestuous impulse seems to exist between the cousins, while Manny also must deal with a pregnancy.

Cast[edit]

Reception[edit]

Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote: "(Director) Miller and his screen writer, Peter Draper, avoided any revealing psychological confrontations in favor of making one of those depressingly modish movies in which the sensations created by things like slick photography, beautiful nudes and intrusive soundtrack music become the substance of the film, instead of its context."[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Buttercup Chain". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Screen: Sudsy, Sentiment:Robert Miller Directs 'Buttercup Chain'". New York Times. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

External links[edit]

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