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Tumbledown is a 1988 BBC Television drama film set during the Falklands War. Directed by Richard Eyre, it stars Colin Firth, Paul Rhys, and David Calder.




Synopsis


The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left paralysed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.




Cast


Colin Firth as Robert Lawrence
Paul Rhys as Hugh MacKessac
David Calder as John Lawrence
Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Jean Lawrence
Emma Bowe as Sophie Martin-Wells (as Emma Harbour)
Rupert Baker as Nick Lawrence
Jack Fortune as Christopher Lawrence
Roddy Maude-Roxby as George Stubbs
Ann Bell as Helen Stubbs
Sophie Thompson as Louise Stubbs
Dan Hildebrand as Prothero
Tam Dean Burn as Sergeant Brodick
Mark Williams as Lumpy
Ian Michie as Fraser
Paul Higgins as Saltemarsh
Stewart Porter as O'Rourke
Timothy Carlton as Lt. Colonel Bill Kirke
Mark Wing-Davey as Adjutant Stewart Inglis
Robin Daglish as Major Peter Walsh
Andrew McCulloch as Padre Major Alistair Tolly
Edward Rawle-Hicks as Lt. Peter Fyshe
Charles Millham as The Noble Lord
Ben Cole as Harry Hebers
Clive Russell as Terry Knapp
James Griffiths as Surgeon
David Conville as Brigade Officer
Edwin Richfield as Group Captain
Brian Hall as Squadron Leader Wentworth
Pete Postlethwaite as Major - Rehabilitation Centre
Charles Lamb as Elderly Man
Richard Owens as RAF Officer
Arbel Jones as Welsh Lady
Sean Scanlan as Welsh Man
Tony Caunter as Air Commodore
Iain McColl as Colour Sergeant
Edward Lyon as Lt. Colonel RAMC
Victoria Hasted as Nurse Wendy
Angela Morant as Major Newman
Murray Ewan as CSM Brown
Wendy Nottingham as Mrs Prothero
Andrew Livingston as Young Doctor
Maggie McCarthy as Nurse Mary
Sharon D. Clarke as 1st Night Nurse (as Sharon Clarke)
Leila Bertrand as 2nd Night Nurse
Liza Tarbuck as Angie (as Lisa Tarbuck)
Felicity Montagu as Tricia
Roy Spencer as Hospital Chaplain
Winston Crooke as Benny
Steven Law as Cabby
Alan White as Yeoman Warder
George Irving as Tug
Marian McLoughlin as Mandy
Serena Gordon as Phyllida
Francisco Morales as Argentinian Soldier
Martin Garfield as Argentinian Soldier




Awards


BAFTA TV Awards 1989
Won: Best Film Cameraman: Andrew Dunn
Won: Best Make Up: Shaunna Harrison
Won: Best Single Drama: Richard Broke, Richard Eyre & Charles Wood
Nominated: Best Actor: Colin Firth
Nominated: Best Costume Design: Michael Burdle
Nominated: Best Design: Geoff Powell
Nominated: Best Film Editor: Ken Pearce
Nominated: Best Film Sound: Graham Ross, Ken Hams & Christopher Swanton
Nominated: Best Original Television Music: Richard Hartley
RTS Television Award 1989
Won: Best Actor (Male): Colin Firth
Won: Best Make Up Design: Shaunna Harrison
Won: Best Single Play: Charles Wood
Prix Italia 1988 Prix Italia, Winners 1949 - 2010, RAI




Reception


The film sparked enormous controversy when first broadcast in 1988, in part because it conveyed the flat indifference shown by government, society and public to the returning wounded from the Falklands War; this content forms much of the story, as Lawrence struggles to come to terms with his terrible injuries, and to face a life in which he cannot do the thing he is trained to do, the thing he loves: soldiering.
The film also triggered controversy by presenting an unvarnished portrait of the protagonist: for example, his joy in the brutalities of war and a flashback scene toward the end which shows him exulting at the top of Mount Tumbledown. The film portrays Lawrence's love of the military life as much as it portrays his feelings of abandonment and bitterness as he tries to cope with his wounds, with little help from the government that sent him into battle.
Lead actor Colin Firth is reported to have said that the political left and right hated the film because it did not conform to any fixed ideology.




Media information






= DVD release

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Released on Region 2 DVD by BBC Video on 2007-03-26.
The series was included in The Falklands 25th Commemorative Box Set with The Falklands Play.




= Script book

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Wood, Charles (25 June 1987). Tumbledown: A Screenplay. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-048215-7. Paperback edition (28 April 1988). Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-011198-9




See also


The Falklands Play
An Ungentlemanly Act
Cultural impact of the Falklands War




References






External links


Tumbledown at BBC Online
Battle for Life by Robert Fox from Radio Times (28 May - 3 June 1988)
Tumbledown at IMDb

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