1997
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
Derek
de Lint as
"Maestro Roberto Rannaldini"
UK/ United Film and
Television Production for Anglia Television Entertainment
in association with Blue Heaven Productions
ENGLISH
150 minutes long
Director - Robert Knights
Writers -
Harvey Bamburg and Andrew Maclear (screenplay)
Jilly Cooper (novel)
Produced by - Irving Teitelbaum
Executive Producer - Neil Zeiger (Blue
Heaven Prod.)
Production Executive - David Fitzgerald
Executive Producer - Sarah Lawson (ATE)
Cast:
Stephen Billington -
"Lysander Hawkley"
Gilly Comack - "Marigold Lockton"
Kim Criswell - "Georgie Maquire"
Hugh Bonneville - "Ferdinand Fitzgerald"
Derek de Lint - "Roberto Rannaldini"
Kate Byers - "Kitty Rannaldini"
Philip Bowen - "Guy Seymour"
Rhona Mitra - "Flora Seymour"
Rosalind Plowright - "Hermione Harefield"
Nicholas Ball - "Larry Lockton"
Ravil Isyanov - "Boris Levitsky"
Sandra Reinton - "Julia"
Trevor Bowen - "David Hawkley"
Nicola Cordey - "Nikki"
British miniseries. And no,
Derek doesn't play "the man" who made all those
hubbies jealous, but he certainly could have in another
movie, eh? ;-) His role as "Maestro Roberto
Rannaldini" must have been a royally fun character
to act as (in comparison to say, Derek Rayne!
;-) since the Maestro is a real egotistical S.O.B. who
treats his wife, Kitty, like dirt. During the course of
the series, the Maestro gets riled up by an up-and-coming
composer and whacked on the head by his mistress after
getting caught with a nymphomaniac pupil.
From the back of the video box
(copyright © 1998 Anglia Television Entertainment):
Based on the movie by
blockbuster British novelist, Jilly Cooper, this is a
lavishly entertaining, romantic comedy.
Lysander Hawkley is almost 23
and heart-stoppingly handsome. He is tall,
broad-shouldered, wildly affectionate and has a
wall-to-wall smile which withers women.
Athletic and good at almost
everything, except making a living, Lysander is
shepherded through life by his friend, Ferdie
Fitzgerald. When Lysander's name is all over the
newspapers for having been caught in bed with another
man's wife, Ferdie gets the idea that Lysander might
be able to make a career of making husbands jealous.
In the small village of
Paradise, peoples' marriages are under stress.
Paradise husbands seem to have mistresses like they
have fax machines and mobile phones. The wives are
losing confidence. What better than to make their
husbands jealous by seeming to start an affair with
an extremely attractive younger man?
From rock stars to wealthy
women, Lysander leaves a trail of feminine delight
and husbandly rage.
Links:
Debbie's Stephen Billington Home Page - an excellent unofficial site
for the brilliant young actor who played
"Lysander." Debbie was the first to bring the
web some superb video captures and sound files from
"The Man..."; I was the second to put up pics
with obviously a wee bit more of the Maestro. :-)
Leave your review or buy the 2-volume
video set of the UK tv series at Amazon.com
Pics added 1/24/99.
Slideshow added 2/2/99.
Last update to this page (links added): 2/15/99.
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