Love And Death On Long Island
Summary:
An ageing author (John Hurt) who has closeted himself away for years decides that it's about time he moved into the 20th century. After stumbling into a 'teen flick' at the local cinema he becomes infatuated with a young Hollywood actor (Jason Priestly), even to the point where he takes a holiday in the town where the young man lives on Long Island in the hopes of getting to know him.
Review
Rarely am I squicked by a movie but this one managed to do it. John Hurt plays Giles De'Ath as a creepy 'stalker' type character.
The movie is, I think, supposed to show De'Ath as a sympathetic character who is rediscovering his life through his infatuation with a beautiful young man after being a widower for some years, but instead he's played as a dirty old man and I kept getting the urge to yell 'Call the police!!'
John Hurt is a fine actor who I have loved in most everything else, but this time around he was badly miscast.
A movie that I never want to watch again!
No bones...maybe even a -1