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		<title>imported&gt;Οἶδα: /* External links */ replaced: Category:1990s British films</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;External links: &lt;/span&gt; replaced: &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki143/index.php?title=Category:1990s_British_films&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Category:1990s British films (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;Category:1990s British films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l39&quot;&gt;Line 39:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Peter&amp;#039;s friends are Andrew, now a writer in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]; married jingle writers Roger and Mary; glamorous costume designer Sarah; and eccentric Maggie, who works in publishing. Joining them are Carol, Andrew&amp;#039;s American TV star wife; and impolite Brian, Sarah&amp;#039;s very recently acquired, and still married, lover. Vera, and the now grown Paul, are still at the estate, though Vera has given their notice, intending to leave immediately after the weekend, as Peter plans to sell the house after this last party.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Peter&amp;#039;s friends are Andrew, now a writer in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]; married jingle writers Roger and Mary; glamorous costume designer Sarah; and eccentric Maggie, who works in publishing. Joining them are Carol, Andrew&amp;#039;s American TV star wife; and impolite Brian, Sarah&amp;#039;s very recently acquired, and still married, lover. Vera, and the now grown Paul, are still at the estate, though Vera has given their notice, intending to leave immediately after the weekend, as Peter plans to sell the house after this last party.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Andrew and Carol&#039;s marriage is strained by the demands of her fame, made worse by Mary&#039;s inappropriate mention that Andrew and Sarah had been engaged a decade earlier. Roger and Mary are recovering from a devastating personal tragedy, made more difficult by Mary ringing home every few minutes and by Brian suddenly talking at length about using &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;their &lt;/del&gt;twins in one of their commercials, which leads to the revelation (to Brian, and the audience) that one of the toddler twins died nine months earlier. Lonely Maggie is determined to persuade Peter they should be more than just friends, and Sarah is not as happy with her life as she appears.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Andrew and Carol&#039;s marriage is strained by the demands of her fame, made worse by Mary&#039;s inappropriate mention that Andrew and Sarah had been engaged a decade earlier. Roger and Mary are recovering from a devastating personal tragedy, made more difficult by Mary ringing home every few minutes and by Brian suddenly talking at length about using &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the couple&#039;s &lt;/ins&gt;twins in one of their commercials, which leads to the revelation (to Brian, and the audience) that one of the toddler twins died nine months earlier. Lonely Maggie is determined to persuade Peter they should be more than just friends, and Sarah is not as happy with her life as she appears.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The weekend does not go as planned. After a failed attempt to seduce Peter, where he reveals he is bisexual but no longer sleeping with either sex, Maggie receives a [[makeover]] from Carol and successfully seduces Paul. Carol leaves Andrew and returns to America, and after a year of [[Teetotalism|sobriety]] Andrew returns to the bottle. Roger and Mary reach an emotional breakthrough, share their grief and address her obsessive overprotection of their remaining child. Brian calls his wife, who comes to pick him up, after he realizes that Sarah is not interested in that which she already has, but only in that which belongs to someone else. In the climax of the film, Peter reveals the real reason for his bringing them all together: he is [[HIV|HIV-positive]]. The friends emerge from their own problems and pledge their assistance to Peter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The weekend does not go as planned. After a failed attempt to seduce Peter, where he reveals he is bisexual but no longer sleeping with either sex, Maggie receives a [[makeover]] from Carol and successfully seduces Paul. Carol leaves Andrew and returns to America, and after a year of [[Teetotalism|sobriety]] Andrew returns to the bottle. Roger and Mary reach an emotional breakthrough, share their grief and address her obsessive overprotection of their remaining child. Brian calls his wife, who comes to pick him up, after he realizes that Sarah is not interested in that which she already has, but only in that which belongs to someone else. In the climax of the film, Peter reveals the real reason for his bringing them all together: he is [[HIV|HIV-positive]]. The friends emerge from their own problems and pledge their assistance to Peter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Production and casting==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Production and casting==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Most of the cast are actually old university friends or have previously collaborated in other films. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery attended the [[University of Cambridge]] and had been members of the [[Cambridge Footlights]], a student comedy troupe similar to the one portrayed in the film, at the same time. Co-writer Martin Bergman (husband of co-writer/star Rita Rudner) also attended Cambridge and was a member of the Footlights &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;as well&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Most of the cast are actually old university friends or have previously collaborated in other films. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery attended the [[University of Cambridge]] and had been members of the [[Cambridge Footlights]], a student comedy troupe similar to the one portrayed in the film, at the same time. Co-writer Martin Bergman (husband of co-writer/star Rita Rudner) also attended Cambridge and was a member of the Footlights.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prior to filming, [[Fry and Laurie]] were already a successful [[double act]] with TV series &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[A Bit of Fry &amp;amp; Laurie]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Jeeves and Wooster]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. At the time the film was made, Branagh was married to Thompson, who had also dated Laurie during their university days. Phyllida Law is Thompson&amp;#039;s mother and along with Richard Briers, Imelda Staunton and Alex Lowe appeared with Branagh and Thompson in Branagh&amp;#039;s adaptation of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)|Much Ado About Nothing]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; the following year. More than a decade later Fry, Law and Slattery appeared together in the ITV series &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kingdom (2007 TV series)|Kingdom]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prior to filming, [[Fry and Laurie]] were already a successful [[double act]] with TV series &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[A Bit of Fry &amp;amp; Laurie]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Jeeves and Wooster]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. At the time the film was made, Branagh was married to Thompson, who had also dated Laurie during their university days. Phyllida Law is Thompson&amp;#039;s mother and along with Richard Briers, Imelda Staunton and Alex Lowe appeared with Branagh and Thompson in Branagh&amp;#039;s adaptation of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)|Much Ado About Nothing]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; the following year. More than a decade later Fry, Law and Slattery appeared together in the ITV series &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kingdom (2007 TV series)|Kingdom]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;Peter&#039;s Friends&#039;&#039; was well received by most critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] it has an approval rating of 65% based on reviews from 37 critics.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;http&lt;/del&gt;://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/peters_friends/ |title=Peter&#039;s Friends |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=30 March 2023}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;Peter&#039;s Friends&#039;&#039; was well received by most critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] it has an approval rating of 65% based on reviews from 37 critics.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https&lt;/ins&gt;://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/peters_friends/ |title=Peter&#039;s Friends |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=30 March 2023}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Roger Ebert]], film critic of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Chicago Sun-Times]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, described the film as &amp;quot;more or less predictable&amp;quot;, but awarded it three-and-a-half stars, stating, &amp;quot;The structure of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Peter&amp;#039;s Friends&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is not blazingly original - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Big Chill (film)|The Big Chill]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; comes instantly to mind - but a movie like this succeeds in its particulars. If the dialogue is witty, if the characters are convincingly funny or sad, if there is the right bittersweet nostalgia and the sense that someone is likely to burst into &amp;#039;[[Those Were the Days (song)|Those Were the Days]],&amp;#039; then it doesn&amp;#039;t matter that we&amp;#039;ve seen the formula before. This is a new weekend with new friends.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | date = 25 December 1992  | last = Ebert | first = Roger |author-link = Roger Ebert | title = Peter&amp;#039;s Friends  | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/peters-friends-1992 | access-date = 19 January 2012 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Roger Ebert]], film critic of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Chicago Sun-Times]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, described the film as &amp;quot;more or less predictable&amp;quot;, but awarded it three-and-a-half stars, stating, &amp;quot;The structure of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Peter&amp;#039;s Friends&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is not blazingly original - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Big Chill (film)|The Big Chill]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; comes instantly to mind - but a movie like this succeeds in its particulars. If the dialogue is witty, if the characters are convincingly funny or sad, if there is the right bittersweet nostalgia and the sense that someone is likely to burst into &amp;#039;[[Those Were the Days (song)|Those Were the Days]],&amp;#039; then it doesn&amp;#039;t matter that we&amp;#039;ve seen the formula before. This is a new weekend with new friends.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | date = 25 December 1992  | last = Ebert | first = Roger |author-link = Roger Ebert | title = Peter&amp;#039;s Friends  | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/peters-friends-1992 | access-date = 19 January 2012 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Critic [[James Berardinelli]] gave the film a mixed review, giving it two-and-a-half out of a possible four stars and stating, &quot;At its best, &#039;&#039;Peter&#039;s Friends&#039;&#039; is warm, touching, and funny. At its worst, it&#039;s annoying and preachy. Fortunately, there are a &#039;&#039;few&#039;&#039; more moments in the former category than in the latter.&quot;  While praising Branagh&#039;s direction and performances by the cast, Berardinelli attributed most of his discontent to the film&#039;s screenplay, concluding, &quot;This is Branagh&#039;s worst effort to date and shows, if nothing else, that no matter how talented the director and his cast, he still needs a decent screenplay. And that, ultimately, is where &#039;&#039;Peter&#039;s Friends&#039;&#039; falls short.&quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | date = 1992-12-25 | last =Berardinelli | first = James |author-link= James Berardinelli  | title = Peter&#039;s Friends  | work = ReelViews | url = &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;http&lt;/del&gt;://preview.reelviews.net/movies/p/peters_friends.html | access-date = 1 January 2020 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Critic [[James Berardinelli]] gave the film a mixed review, giving it two-and-a-half out of a possible four stars and stating, &quot;At its best, &#039;&#039;Peter&#039;s Friends&#039;&#039; is warm, touching, and funny. At its worst, it&#039;s annoying and preachy. Fortunately, there are a &#039;&#039;few&#039;&#039; more moments in the former category than in the latter.&quot;  While praising Branagh&#039;s direction and performances by the cast, Berardinelli attributed most of his discontent to the film&#039;s screenplay, concluding, &quot;This is Branagh&#039;s worst effort to date and shows, if nothing else, that no matter how talented the director and his cast, he still needs a decent screenplay. And that, ultimately, is where &#039;&#039;Peter&#039;s Friends&#039;&#039; falls short.&quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | date = 1992-12-25 | last =Berardinelli | first = James |author-link= James Berardinelli  | title = Peter&#039;s Friends  | work = ReelViews | url = &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https&lt;/ins&gt;://preview.reelviews.net/movies/p/peters_friends.html | access-date = 1 January 2020 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Accolades===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Accolades===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>2A00:23C7:C8BC:C501:507C:445E:62F7:256D: /* Production and casting */Added county</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Production and casting: &lt;/span&gt;Added county&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prior to filming, [[Fry and Laurie]] were already a successful [[double act]] with TV series &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[A Bit of Fry &amp;amp; Laurie]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Jeeves and Wooster]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. At the time the film was made, Branagh was married to Thompson, who had also dated Laurie during their university days. Phyllida Law is Thompson&amp;#039;s mother and along with Richard Briers, Imelda Staunton and Alex Lowe appeared with Branagh and Thompson in Branagh&amp;#039;s adaptation of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)|Much Ado About Nothing]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; the following year. More than a decade later Fry, Law and Slattery appeared together in the ITV series &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kingdom (2007 TV series)|Kingdom]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prior to filming, [[Fry and Laurie]] were already a successful [[double act]] with TV series &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[A Bit of Fry &amp;amp; Laurie]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Jeeves and Wooster]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. At the time the film was made, Branagh was married to Thompson, who had also dated Laurie during their university days. Phyllida Law is Thompson&amp;#039;s mother and along with Richard Briers, Imelda Staunton and Alex Lowe appeared with Branagh and Thompson in Branagh&amp;#039;s adaptation of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)|Much Ado About Nothing]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; the following year. More than a decade later Fry, Law and Slattery appeared together in the ITV series &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kingdom (2007 TV series)|Kingdom]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Filming took place at [[Wrotham Park]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105130/locations|title = Peter&#039;s Friends (1992) - IMDb|publisher = [[IMDb]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The central character of Peter is said to have been partly inspired by [[Nicholas Eden]], the son of former British Prime Minister [[Anthony Eden]] who was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS after inheriting his father&#039;s titles.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/clarissa-eden-countess-of-avon-dies-aged-101-g0fhbnltw|title = Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, obituary}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Filming took place at [[Wrotham Park&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] in [[Hertfordshire&lt;/ins&gt;]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105130/locations|title = Peter&#039;s Friends (1992) - IMDb|publisher = [[IMDb]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The central character of Peter is said to have been partly inspired by [[Nicholas Eden]], the son of former British Prime Minister [[Anthony Eden]] who was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS after inheriting his father&#039;s titles.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/clarissa-eden-countess-of-avon-dies-aged-101-g0fhbnltw|title = Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, obituary}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>imported&gt;Sciencefish: De-link common terms (by script) per MOS:OVERLINK</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;De-link common terms (&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki143/index.php?title=User:Ohconfucius/script/Common_Terms.js&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;User:Ohconfucius/script/Common Terms.js (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;by script&lt;/a&gt;) per &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki143/index.php?title=MOS:OVERLINK&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;MOS:OVERLINK (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;MOS:OVERLINK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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{{Infobox film&lt;br /&gt;
| name           = Peter&amp;#039;s Friends&lt;br /&gt;
| caption        = &lt;br /&gt;
| image	         = Peter&amp;#039;s Friends FilmPoster.jpeg&lt;br /&gt;
| director       = [[Kenneth Branagh]] &lt;br /&gt;
| producer       = Kenneth Branagh&lt;br /&gt;
| writer         = [[Rita Rudner]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Martin Bergman]]&lt;br /&gt;
| starring       = {{plainlist|&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Stephen Fry]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Kenneth Branagh&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Alphonsia Emmanuel]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Hugh Laurie]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Imelda Staunton]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Emma Thompson]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Rita Rudner&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
| cinematography = Roger Lanser&lt;br /&gt;
| editing        = [[Andrew Marcus]]&lt;br /&gt;
| studio         = [[Channel Four Films]]&lt;br /&gt;
| distributor    = [[Entertainment Film Distributors]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Peter&amp;#039;s Friends (1992)|work=[[BBFC]]|access-date=31 March 2021|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/peters-friends-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmjy5mje}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|1992|9|18|[[1992 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto]]|1992|11|13}}&lt;br /&gt;
| runtime        = 101 minutes&lt;br /&gt;
| country        = United Kingdom&lt;br /&gt;
| language       = English&lt;br /&gt;
| budget         = $5 million&lt;br /&gt;
| gross          = $7.2 million&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Mojo title|petersfriends}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Ilott&amp;gt;{{cite book | first=Terry | last=Ilott  | title=Budgets and Markets: A Study of the Budgeting of European Films | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUd9xnsNFNoC&amp;amp;q=peter%27s+friends+uk+box+office&amp;amp;pg=PA20 | publisher=Routledge | isbn=9781135102678 | date=17 June 2013 | access-date=9 January 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Peter&amp;#039;s Friends&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a 1992 British [[comedy film]] directed and produced by [[Kenneth Branagh]], and written by [[Rita Rudner]] and [[Martin Bergman]].&lt;br /&gt;
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The film follows six friends (played by [[Stephen Fry]], Branagh, [[Alphonsia Emmanuel]], [[Hugh Laurie]], [[Imelda Staunton]] and [[Emma Thompson]]), members of an acting troupe who graduated from [[Cambridge University]] in 1982 and went their separate ways. Ten years later, Peter inherits a large estate from his father and invites the group to spend the New Year&amp;#039;s holiday with him.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Plot==&lt;br /&gt;
Peter and his five friends act together in a [[Cambridge University]] student comedy troupe. They are shown performing on New Year&amp;#039;s Eve, ringing in 1983 for Peter&amp;#039;s father and his own group of middle-aged friends at the family&amp;#039;s country estate. The stodgy partygoers are underwhelmed by the stylings of Peter and his friends, whose only supporters seem to be the family housekeeper, Vera, and her young son, Paul.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ten years later, Peter has recently inherited the family estate, and invites his friends up for the 1992-1993 New Year&amp;#039;s weekend.&lt;br /&gt;
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Peter&amp;#039;s friends are Andrew, now a writer in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]; married jingle writers Roger and Mary; glamorous costume designer Sarah; and eccentric Maggie, who works in publishing. Joining them are Carol, Andrew&amp;#039;s American TV star wife; and impolite Brian, Sarah&amp;#039;s very recently acquired, and still married, lover. Vera, and the now grown Paul, are still at the estate, though Vera has given their notice, intending to leave immediately after the weekend, as Peter plans to sell the house after this last party.&lt;br /&gt;
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Andrew and Carol&amp;#039;s marriage is strained by the demands of her fame, made worse by Mary&amp;#039;s inappropriate mention that Andrew and Sarah had been engaged a decade earlier. Roger and Mary are recovering from a devastating personal tragedy, made more difficult by Mary ringing home every few minutes and by Brian suddenly talking at length about using their twins in one of their commercials, which leads to the revelation (to Brian, and the audience) that one of the toddler twins died nine months earlier. Lonely Maggie is determined to persuade Peter they should be more than just friends, and Sarah is not as happy with her life as she appears.&lt;br /&gt;
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The weekend does not go as planned. After a failed attempt to seduce Peter, where he reveals he is bisexual but no longer sleeping with either sex, Maggie receives a [[makeover]] from Carol and successfully seduces Paul. Carol leaves Andrew and returns to America, and after a year of [[Teetotalism|sobriety]] Andrew returns to the bottle. Roger and Mary reach an emotional breakthrough, share their grief and address her obsessive overprotection of their remaining child. Brian calls his wife, who comes to pick him up, after he realizes that Sarah is not interested in that which she already has, but only in that which belongs to someone else. In the climax of the film, Peter reveals the real reason for his bringing them all together: he is [[HIV|HIV-positive]]. The friends emerge from their own problems and pledge their assistance to Peter.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Cast==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!--- Cast and order per opening tombstone credits, roles per closing credits scroll ---&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cast listing|&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Hugh Laurie]] as Roger Anderson&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Kenneth Branagh]] as Andrew Benson&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Stephen Fry]] as Peter Morton&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Alphonsia Emmanuel]] as Sarah Johnson&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Emma Thompson]] as Maggie Chester&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Imelda Staunton]] as Mary Anderson&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Phyllida Law]] as Vera&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Rita Rudner]] as Carol Benson&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Tony Slattery]] as Brian&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Alex Lowe (actor)|Alex Lowe]] as Paul&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Richard Briers]] as Lord Morton&lt;br /&gt;
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==Production and casting==&lt;br /&gt;
Most of the cast are actually old university friends or have previously collaborated in other films. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery attended the [[University of Cambridge]] and had been members of the [[Cambridge Footlights]], a student comedy troupe similar to the one portrayed in the film, at the same time. Co-writer Martin Bergman (husband of co-writer/star Rita Rudner) also attended Cambridge and was a member of the Footlights as well.&lt;br /&gt;
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Prior to filming, [[Fry and Laurie]] were already a successful [[double act]] with TV series &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[A Bit of Fry &amp;amp; Laurie]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Jeeves and Wooster]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. At the time the film was made, Branagh was married to Thompson, who had also dated Laurie during their university days. Phyllida Law is Thompson&amp;#039;s mother and along with Richard Briers, Imelda Staunton and Alex Lowe appeared with Branagh and Thompson in Branagh&amp;#039;s adaptation of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)|Much Ado About Nothing]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; the following year. More than a decade later Fry, Law and Slattery appeared together in the ITV series &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kingdom (2007 TV series)|Kingdom]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Filming took place at [[Wrotham Park]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105130/locations|title = Peter&amp;#039;s Friends (1992) - IMDb|publisher = [[IMDb]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The central character of Peter is said to have been partly inspired by [[Nicholas Eden]], the son of former British Prime Minister [[Anthony Eden]] who was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS after inheriting his father&amp;#039;s titles.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/clarissa-eden-countess-of-avon-dies-aged-101-g0fhbnltw|title = Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, obituary}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Soundtrack==&lt;br /&gt;
The soundtrack featured many artists from the 1980s, including [[Tears for Fears]] (whose song &amp;quot;[[Everybody Wants to Rule the World]]&amp;quot; was heard over the opening credits of the film), [[Eric Clapton]], [[The Pretenders]], [[Daryl Braithwaite]], [[Kiri Te Kanawa]] and [[Bruce Springsteen]].&lt;br /&gt;
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The soundtrack album did not, however, feature the cast&amp;#039;s rendition of the [[Jerome Kern]] standard &amp;quot;[[The Way You Look Tonight]]&amp;quot;, as performed in the film nor the song, &amp;quot;Orpheus on the Underground&amp;quot;, by John Hudson, which features at the beginning and end of the film.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Reception==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Box office===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Peter&amp;#039;s Friends&amp;#039;&amp;#039; grossed £3.1 million in the United Kingdom,&amp;lt;ref name=Ilott /&amp;gt; and grossed over $4 million in the USA.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation|last=Branagh|first=Kenneth|title=Peter&amp;#039;s Friends|date=1992-12-25|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105130/business|access-date=2016-04-10}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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===Critical response===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Peter&amp;#039;s Friends&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was well received by most critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] it has an approval rating of 65% based on reviews from 37 critics.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/peters_friends/ |title=Peter&amp;#039;s Friends |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=30 March 2023}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Roger Ebert]], film critic of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Chicago Sun-Times]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, described the film as &amp;quot;more or less predictable&amp;quot;, but awarded it three-and-a-half stars, stating, &amp;quot;The structure of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Peter&amp;#039;s Friends&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is not blazingly original - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Big Chill (film)|The Big Chill]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; comes instantly to mind - but a movie like this succeeds in its particulars. If the dialogue is witty, if the characters are convincingly funny or sad, if there is the right bittersweet nostalgia and the sense that someone is likely to burst into &amp;#039;[[Those Were the Days (song)|Those Were the Days]],&amp;#039; then it doesn&amp;#039;t matter that we&amp;#039;ve seen the formula before. This is a new weekend with new friends.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | date = 25 December 1992  | last = Ebert | first = Roger |author-link = Roger Ebert | title = Peter&amp;#039;s Friends  | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/peters-friends-1992 | access-date = 19 January 2012 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Critic [[James Berardinelli]] gave the film a mixed review, giving it two-and-a-half out of a possible four stars and stating, &amp;quot;At its best, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Peter&amp;#039;s Friends&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is warm, touching, and funny. At its worst, it&amp;#039;s annoying and preachy. Fortunately, there are a &amp;#039;&amp;#039;few&amp;#039;&amp;#039; more moments in the former category than in the latter.&amp;quot;  While praising Branagh&amp;#039;s direction and performances by the cast, Berardinelli attributed most of his discontent to the film&amp;#039;s screenplay, concluding, &amp;quot;This is Branagh&amp;#039;s worst effort to date and shows, if nothing else, that no matter how talented the director and his cast, he still needs a decent screenplay. And that, ultimately, is where &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Peter&amp;#039;s Friends&amp;#039;&amp;#039; falls short.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | date = 1992-12-25 | last =Berardinelli | first = James |author-link= James Berardinelli  | title = Peter&amp;#039;s Friends  | work = ReelViews | url = http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/p/peters_friends.html | access-date = 1 January 2020 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Accolades===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Peter&amp;#039;s Friends&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was nominated for a [[Goya Award]] and won two [[Evening Standard British Film Awards]]. It also ranked in eighth place on the [[National Board of Review of Motion Pictures|National Board of Review&amp;#039;s]] [[National Board of Review Awards 1992|Top Ten 1992 films]].&lt;br /&gt;
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| rowspan=2 | [[Evening Standard British Film Awards#1992 Winners|Evening Standard British Film Awards]]&lt;br /&gt;
| Best Actress&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Emma Thompson]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{won}}&lt;br /&gt;
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| Peter Sellers Award for Comedy&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Kenneth Branagh]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| [[Goya Awards]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Goya Award for Best European Film|Best European Film]]&lt;br /&gt;
| Kenneth Branagh&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{IMDb title|0105130}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:1992 films]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1992 romantic comedy films]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1992 LGBTQ-related films]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films set in 1983]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films set in 1992]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films set in 1993]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:British LGBTQ-related films]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:British romantic comedy films]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films about class reunions]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:The Samuel Goldwyn Company films]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films directed by Kenneth Branagh]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films set in England]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films shot in England]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films set in country houses]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films set around New Year]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:HIV/AIDS in British films]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1990s English-language films]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Films produced by Kenneth Branagh]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:English-language romantic comedy films]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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