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The Ebony Tower

The Ebony Tower

Description: British painter Henry Breasley (Laurence Olivier) has retired to a chateau in France with a pair of much younger women, Mouse (Greta Scacchi) and Freak (Toyah Willcox). But his comfortable arrangement with them is interrupted by the intrusion of dashing art critic David Williams (Roger Rees) ; he's there to interview Breasley. As time passes, Williams becomes less interested in asking the old master about his work, and more intent on deciphering his relationship with his nubile housemates.
Genre: Film
Year Released: 1984
Initial Release: December 9, 1984
Director: Robert Knights
Screenplay: John Fowles
Music Composed By: Richard Rodney Bennett
Nominations: British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama, MORE

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