Dear Rosie
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Dear Rosie |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 11 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Cattaneo |
| script |
Peter Morgan Mark Wadlow |
| production | Barnaby Thompson |
| music | Simon Davison |
| camera | Clive Tickner |
| cut | Guy Bensley |
| occupation | |
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Dear Rosie is a British short film directed by Peter Cattaneo in 1990.
action
Rosie has finished her novel Ten Days on a Crucifix , but her agent Bernard tries in vain to find a publisher. Since Rosie's diet suggestion worked very well for him, he also passed the diet instructions on to a publisher, who promptly secured the British rights for the book, which appears under the title The Armchair Slimmer , for £ 250,000 . The book becomes a huge hit and makes Rosie a rich woman. She buys a house that she has elegantly furnished. Son Jake moves in with her; Rosie was once left by her husband Robert for blonde Tanya. This is followed by lecture tours, book signing sessions and fan mail from enthusiastic readers who have successfully lost weight thanks to the book.
Problems come with success: son Jake is blackmailed by overweight students at school. Robert reports to Rosie and pretends to still love her, to have been abandoned by Tanya and to have no success as a painter either. Rosie gets involved with him, he moves into her house and at the same time continues his relationship with Tanya, which he had never ended. One day, Rosie receives a letter from Tanya, in which she explains that they are both living with the same man. In addition, there are increasing numbers of letters from desperate readers who did not stick to the diet, from initiative groups who advocate the acceptance of obesity and from Bernard who is pushing for a new nutritional band. Rosie has had enough and is moving without telling anyone her new address. She also adopts the new name Catherine Gray. She revises Ten Days on a Crucifix and sends the book to a publisher under a new name.
production
Dear Rosie was co-produced by Channel 4 and World's End Productions. The costumes were created by Kimberley Lockie , the film structures are by Max Gottlieb . The film premiered at the London Film Festival in 1990 and was shown at the Chicago International Film Festival in October 1991 .
Awards
Dear Rosie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film in 1991 . The film won a Gold Plaque for Best Short Film at the 1991 Chicago International Film Festival. In the same year he was nominated for a BAFTA as best short film.
Web links
- Dear Rosie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dear Rosie at ftvdb.bfi.org.uk