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	The Winslow Boy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Winslow Boy is an English 1946 play by Terence Rattigan based on an actual incident in the Edwardian era, which took place at the Royal Naval College, Osborne House.
		Set against the strict codes of conduct and manners of the age, The Winslow Boy is based on a father's fight to clear his son's name after the boy is expelled from Osborne Naval College for stealing a postal order.
		To clear the boy's name was imperative for the family's honour; had they not done so, they would have been shunned by their peers and society.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Winslow_Boy (742 words)

	Nigel Hawthorne : Films : The Winslow Boy - review
		Winslow, subtly impersonated by Nigel Hawthorne, is at the beginning a complacent patriarch, a wry humourist who speaks in terms of heavy irony.
		There are elements of the near contemporaneous Dreyfus Affair in the Winslow story, and the case even has its Emile Zola in the form of the great politician and barrister, Sir Robert Morton MP (Jeremy Northam), who agrees to represent the Winslows.
		The Winslow Boy is a domestic drama that not only deals with the tensions and unspoken conflicts within a family, but offers that family as a metaphor for British society at large.
	www.yessirnigel.com /winslowboy_review8.html (865 words)

	CNN - Review: 'Winslow Boy' isn't everyone's cup of tea - May 3, 1999
		These are the questions asked in the new film "The Winslow Boy." It's based on Terrence Rattigan's 1946 stage drama which, in turn, was loosely based on the 1910 trial of an English military cadet wrongfully dismissed for stealing a postal order.
		When his son is falsely accused of petty theft, the elder Winslow stubbornly refuses to let the matter rest and hires one of England's most famous attorneys, Sir Robert Morton (Jeremy Northam), to defend his child up to and including a hearing before the House of Lords.
		Of course, the entire "Winslow" family is caught up in the drama and each reacts in different ways to the sudden infamy brought upon their name.
	www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/Movies/9905/03/review.winslow.boy/index.html (600 words)

	Winslow Boy, The (UK, 1999)
		Rated G. With The Winslow Boy, his sixth film as writer-director, (and seventh as a writer) David Mamet pulls a Cocteau.
		Winslow (no one could call him just Arthur), goes through agonies which include the melting of his fortune, yet keeps an upper lip worthy of a nation of Empire builders.
		I overheard no discussions yet I suppose that The Winslow Boy must have been deemed "old-fashioned" or "traditional," when the truth is that it was as clever, subtle and accomplished as a number of older, admired classics.
	www.prairienet.org /ejahiel/winslow_boy.htm (1665 words)

	The Winslow Boy
		The Winslow Boy, which chronicles a family's involvement in a sensational Edwardian trial, is most noteworthy for what it leaves out.
		Adapted from Terrence Rattigan's play, which is in turn based on a real incident, the film deals with a young boy whose expulsion from boarding school becomes a cause célèbre when his family, convinced of his innocence, take their case for redress all the way to Parliament.
		The focus is instead on the Winslow family, which includes Nigel Hawthorne as the patriarch who sacrifices his health to pursue the case, and Rebecca Pidgeon as his suffragette daughter, whose participation costs her a fiancé.
	www.citypaper.net /movies/w/winslowboy.shtml (237 words)

	David Mamet Society: The Winslow Boy
		The strain on the elder Winslow and the family is apparent throughout the film–Arthur becomes more haggard, his wife Grace (Gemma Jones) doubts his motivations, accusing him of "pride, self-importance and brute stubbornness," and Catherine, after an ultimatum from her fiancee’s father, must break off her engagement with Watherston.
		While the Winslows win their case against the Admiralty, the audience recognizes that this victory is not simply poetic justice; it commands a high price from each member of the family and those surrounding them.
		In bringing The Winslow Boy to the screen over fifty years after its stage debut and almost exactly fifty years since the original film version, Mamet not only reprises the story of a family who acts courageously in the face of injustice but does so in a dramatically courageous manner.
	mamet.eserver.org /1999/mcintire.html (1037 words)

	the winslow boy
		The Winslow Boy is terribly stagy, and I don't feel that it gains anything from having been filmed.
		His elderly father (Nigel Hawthorne) spares no expense in the boy's defense -- it's as if it were the crime of the century and the Winslow name would be forever tainted by scandal.
		The Winslow Boy is like a perfectly typed term paper on a subject you're not especially interested in; you can give it an A for neatness of presentation, but none of it stays with you.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/winslow.html (623 words)

	The Winslow Boy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		With The Winslow Boy, however, Mamet the filmmaker has grown up and found his place in movies by adapting a work that would seem to be the antithesis of his own.
		In a tartly crafted opening scene, the various elements of the middle-class Winslow family gather in the drawing room of their London townhouse in the complacent but foreboding year 1912.
		Indeed, as Mamet insinuates through gazes and glimpses, the appeal of the case for Sir Robert might be the starchy beauty of Winslow's daughter as much as the disputed innocence of his son.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/movies/99/05/06/THE_WINSLOW_BOY.html (1274 words)

	The Winslow Boy
		The Winslow Boy is set in Edwardian England, features characters who are models of self-restraint, their pedigreed dialogue the watermark of Anglo civilization.
		Arthur Winslow's (Nigel Hawthorne) South Kensington house is as secure as a well-crafted ship -- the panelled walls, the drawers, desks and cabinets etc gleam with the varnished burls of exotic woods, a place where a retired naval officer would be every much at home as is this senior banker and his family.
		A Winslow ancestor was one of the pilgrims on the Mayflower, and the first governor of the Colony.
	www.culturecourt.com /F/Art/WinslowB.htm (1003 words)

	BBC - Beds, Herts and Bucks Theatre - The Winslow Boy
		But the general public are obsessed with whether a 13-year-old boy stole a 5 shilling postal order.
		The plot behind Terence Rattigan's The Winslow Boy, which is based on a true story, is just as poignant today.
		Arthur Winslow is a sympathetic character, portrayed with warmth and Edward Fox delivers some of the best lines in the play.
	www.bbc.co.uk /threecounties/theatre/2002/09/winslow.shtml (474 words)

	The Winslow Boy, Trial of the Century? by Robert Waring
		The Winslow Boy, a richly textured film based on a fifty-year-old play, tells the true story of a high profile lawsuit in England, a cause celebre that captivated public attention in the waning years of the British Empire just after the turn of the century.
		Thus, some viewed the Winslow boy's claim as an assault on British institutions and an indirect threat to peerage and the monarchy.
		In another sense, public absorption in the case of the Winslow boy was a form of mass distraction from concerns about the world's troubles.
	www.usfca.edu /pj/winslowboy-waring.htm (872 words)

	Winslow Boy, The (1999): Reviews
		If The Winslow Boy has a flaw, it's that Mamet's style is impeccable to a fault, too cool and remote to have much of an emotional payoff.
		Genteel moviemaking with modern overtones, The Winslow Boy is especially good at the visual re-creation of its time.
		For the same reason Martin Scorsese's take on Edith Wharton disappointed me, David Mamet's "The Winslow Boy", while admirably atypical of the celebrated playwright's filmography, like Scorsese, you miss the lowlifes, the profanity spoken by the lowlifes, and frankly, the twentieth century where the lowlifes scheme and practice theivery.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/winslowboy (1060 words)

	The Winslow Boy . Nashville Scene . 07-05-99
		His father, however, believed the boy's protestations of innocence and took the case all the way to the crown.
		Nigel Hawthorne plays Arthur Winslow, the father, as a down-to-earth businessman, a bank manager with a decent living to pass along to his children.
		To the director, The Winslow Boy is about the private decision to pursue a public remedy--a decision that could have been revoked many times, and nearly is. Tempers do not flare, voices are barely raised, emotions remain under rigorous control throughout.
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/nash/w/winslowboythe1.html (613 words)

	The Jujube Spotlight - The Winslow Boy
		This was because I was expecting a historical drama that exposed a chapter in Britain's forensic and social history, and I kept waiting for thundering accusations of injustice and bitter scenes of innocent people sacrificed on the altar of propriety and protocol, none of which ever materialized.
		(Particularly since the Winslow Boy himself quickly recovers from his expulsion and is neither traumatized by the experience nor especially interested in the defense of his honor.) Arthur's conviction and goodness are so palpable, however, that the movie poses the question without condemning its characters or diminishing the suspense surrounding the outcome of the case.
		The sudden references to and brief glimpses of the media-fueled cult of the Winslow Boy are not fully explained in the film, and are therefore more perplexing than illustrative (why did people at the time latch on to the story with as much fervor as we now follow Martha Stewart or Ben and JLo?).
	archive.thejujube.com /W-Z/winslowboy.html (636 words)

	Review - Winslow Boy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Despite its simple story and restrained acting (the characters never forget that they are members of the professional middle class in turn of the century London!), this is a shatteringly dramatic film and it almost does the impossible: It is one of the great courtroom dramas of the century without a single courtroom scene.
		Though a Conservative, Carson did, in fact, take on a number of real-life "underdog" cases like this one and was something of a real life hero and almost as witty in real life as he is in the film.
		Mamet’s chief contribution to the script - which he works seamlessly into the story - is Sir Robert’s subtle attraction to Catherine Winslow (Rebecca Pigeon), the feminist daughter of the family, who finds herself drawn to the brilliant attorney in spite of her strong opposition to most his political views.
	www.peers.org /revboy.html (392 words)

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		RONNIE And then she said, "I only know that the boy who bought a postal order for fifteen and six was the same boy who cashed one for five shillings".
		CATHERINE The Commander, the chief Petty Officer, and one of the boys at the College.
		On behalf of the Admiralty etc etc-- The cadet Ronald Arthur Winslow did not write the name on the postal order, he did not take it, he did not cash it, that he is consequently innocent of the charge, that this is a full unreserved and complete acceptance of his statement.
	www.geocities.com /inge_y/winslow.txt (9687 words)

	'The Winslow Boy' (G)
		And I won't have to sneak into the living room to reacquaint myself with Arthur Winslow's moral quandary: defending the innocence of his son in the face of public humiliation.
		When young Ronnie Winslow (Guy Edwards) is expelled from the Royal Naval College for apparently cashing someone else's five-shilling postal order, it is a grievous matter to his family and their immediate, upper-crust circle.
		Pidgeon, Mamet's wife and frequent leading lady, carries the emotional weight of the movie, as she agonizes over the possibly irreparable costs of this case to the family, stands up to the chauvinism of her time and wonders insightfully about the true motivations of Sir Robert.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/movies/reviews/winslowboyhowe.htm (513 words)

	The Winslow Boy - DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The plot is simple--the Winslow boy is expelled from English military school after having been accused of stealing a small postal money order.
		Rebecca Pidgeon, as the boy's elder sister, is simply stunning, and the pas de deux love story buried deep beneath the surface of the film is brought to life by her understated, tremendously insightful performance.
		"Winslow Boy" is based on a true story which involves a lawsuit, but, it is focused on Winslow family rather than Winslow case in the court.
	dvd.realbuy.ws /B0000372I3.html (674 words)

	CityBeat: Bookworm's Guide to Cinema (1999-06-10)
		Jeremy Northam and Rebecca Pidgeon in The Winslow Boy
		In fact, early into the film, it's clear that the "Winslow boy" himself is no longer the focus of the story.
		The trial's impact on the Winslow family -- especially the elder Arthur and his daughter -- is where the true drama lies.
	www.citybeat.com /1999-06-10/film2.shtml (1258 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| The Winslow Boy
		Forgoing his usual gruffly sinister verbal jousting in favor of a period domestic drama, Mamet tells the story of Arthur Winslow (Nigel Hawthorne), who is willing to bankrupt his family to defend his 13-year-old son against charges of stealing a postal order.
		Many of the elements in The Winslow Boy are impeccably well done: the rich, burnished visuals, the questions of honor and deceit that ripple beneath the surface of the characters.
		The Winslow Boy (G; 104 min.), directed and written by David Mamet, based on a play by Terrance Rattigan, photographed by Benoît Delhomme and starring Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon and Guy Edwards, opens Friday at the Camera 3 in San Jose and the Palo Alto Square.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/05.20.99/winslowboy-9920.html (446 words)

	The Winslow Boy (1948) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Rather, the focus is on the impact of the crusade on the boy's family circle, and how they respond.
		The whole country may be arguing about the case, but the arguments we hear -- whether the boy is guilty; whether, even if innocent, his expulsion warrants so much fuss -- are made or quoted en famille.
		Moreover, the boy is happy in another school, and increasingly uninterested in the crusade.
	us.imdb.com /Title?Winslow+Boy,+The+(1948) (671 words)

	Charity's Place.com > The Winslow Boy
		Set in the London of 1912, The Winslow Boy is a timeless classic for those who long for the dramatic yet cannot stomach violence or an over-abundance of suspense.
		The family is at first turned off by Sir Robert as he interrogates Ronnie clearly demanding that the boy tell the truth and admit that he did steal the five pound note and cash it.
		The Winslow Boy is rated G and is generally good family viewing.
	www.charitysplace.com /review/winslowboy.html (842 words)

	Press: The Winslow Boy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		While her father and fiancé discuss the economic consequences of the marriage — which they refer to as a “project” — the portents of change surround them: A boy is awed by faster trains as women agitate for the right to vote.
		These winds of change stiffen as the Winslow family takes on the Crown when Catherine’s 13-year-old brother Ronnie is accused of theft and expelled from naval college.
		The Winslows live in a time when veneers were a necessary part of civilized society, when hearts were broken and fortunes lost amidst handshakes and cordial conversation.
	www.anchoragepress.com /archives/document483e-2.html (599 words)

	The Winslow Boy - Jackson
		To be sure, Arthur Winslow’s dogged attempt to restore his son’s reputation presents much to admire.
		A garden gate flapping in the rain first presages that the Winslows’ privileged, hermetic existence is now open to the world.
		Almost every major character in The Winslow Boy shows a conflict between being trapped in a restrictive social role and trying to wriggle out.
	www.usfca.edu /pj/winslow-jackson.htm (1400 words)

	Amazon.com: Winslow Boy: Video: Anthony Asquith,Robert Donat,Cedric Hardwicke,Basil Radford,Margaret Leighton,Kathleen ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Winslow Boy tells the story of a family's effort to prove that an English schoolboy has been unjustly expelled from school, on a false charge of taking a postal money order.
		A somewhat stodgy, filmed-play production suits the stodgily respectable lives of the Winslow family, who find their name--most distastefully--a household word when they pursue a suit to uphold justice and restore their young son's reputation, after he is cashiered from cadet school without benefit of representation.
		Rather than the complacent and smirking Rebecca Pidgeon as the suffragist daughter Kate, we have the coolly supple Margaret Leighton--witty and self-possessed, but intense in feeling, and thoroughly believable in her willingness to sacrifice what she sees as her one chance at marriage in order to see that right is done.
	www.amazon.com /Winslow-Boy-Anthony-Asquith/dp/6303250742 (2151 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "The Winslow Boy" review (1999)
		Best known for his dialogue-driven, testosterone-saturated stage plays ("Glengarry Glen Ross") and screenplays ("The Edge"), Mamet seems the most unlikely director for a project such as "The Winslow Boy," a deceptively simple drawing room drama about a family defending its sacred honor to the financial, emotional and medical detriment of its members.
		He depends on the brilliantly vivid and intricate recounting of courtroom observers (the sister mostly) to tell the story of the trial, while the focus stays on its effects on the family through their conscious and unconscious reactions.
		He also leaves the boy's actual innocence indirectly in question, as the father continues the fight even though his son is doing fine at a new school and life would quickly return to normal if he would just drop it.
	www.splicedonline.com /99reviews/winslow.html (579 words)

	kamera.co.uk - film review, The Winslow Boy
		Meanwhile the Boy himself, an anemic young Ronnie Winslow, is played ably enough by Guy Edwards.
		Mamet focusses on the family under strain, but the strain seems a little underplayed, considering the massive privation all are forced to endure in order to clear the boy's name.
		Mamet keeps the boy almost as an observer, latterly, but not a central player.
	www.kamera.co.uk /reviews_extra/winslow.php (708 words)

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