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Derek de Lint as Abelard in the movie Stealing Heaven Derek de Lint as Abelard in the movie Stealing Heaven

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Order new/used versions through Video OysterMade in 1988
Country: Yugoslavia
Language: English
115 Minutes version - Not Rated (Director's Cut)
108 Minutes version - Rated R
German Title: Zeit der Dunkelheit

Cast (links go to their respective pages on imdb.com):

Derek de Lint - Peter (Pierre) Abelard
Kim Thomson - Heloise
Denholm Elliott - Fulbert (Heloise' uncle)
Patsy Byrne - Agnes
Kenneth Cranham - Suger
Mark Jax - Jourdain (student and good friend of both Abelard & Heloise)
Rachel Kempson - Prioress
Angela Pleasence - Sister Cecilia
Cassie Stuart - Petronilla
Timothy "Tim" Watson - François

Crew:

Directed by Clive Donner
Screenplay by Chris Bryant
Based on the novel by Marion Meade
Music by Nick Bicât
Director of Photography - Mikael Salomon
Executive Producer - Susan George
Produced by Simon MacCorkindale and Andros Epaminondas
Production Design by Voytek Roman
Costume Design by Phyllis Dalton
Film Editing by Michael Ellis

If you have never seen this movie, you are probably dying to get your hands on it by now, right? My first very inexpensive copy of SH was bought for about $9 through a now-gone catalog that specialized in beta tapes. Others fans have managed to find some good used copies at video stores who were getting rid of it. I wanted a VHS version so I found and bought one through VideoOyster almost two years ago for $40.Good place to try now -- especially if you want the Director's Cut which includes more of the storyline (as well as more Derek) -- are the auction sites. I recommend Ebay.com and at least once a month I post a list of "DdL videos" to my mailing list that always includes a few good copies of Stealing Heaven.

Derek de Lint as Pierre Abelard or Peter Abelard in the movie Stealing Heaven based on the novel by Marion Meade - Derek de Lint also plays the actor Derek Rayne on Poltergeist: The Legacy

Graphics, design and compilation of info © 1997-2000 Clair
Thanks to: Mary Alice for the first batch of Derek-de-Lint-as-Abelard pics she gave to me in early 1997 when I first designed these graphics to go on her website but we never completed the thought; to Infinitefish for the square seamless background tile that was the inspiration for the much larger background border image; to the most perfect actor for the part, Derek de Lint, for playing the role of Abelard in this movie; to Marion Meade for writing a novel based on the real life story of Abelard and Heloise; and to all those involved in the making of this film. To learn more about Derek de Lint's current starring role in "Poltergeist: The Legacy", go to http://legacyweb.com/