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![The Wedding Gift [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008L3SN.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
Plot Summary: Diana and Deric have an ideal marriage: they thrive in each other's company, they're funny, and they enjoy their two grown children and Deric's dotty mother; the trouble is, Diana can no longer walk and her malady defies medical diagnosis. To care for Diana, Deric is letting his business slide, but at a civic luncheon, he is seated next to Aileen Armitage, a novelist who is blind. They have a nice time, and on the sly, Diana contacts Aileen to made an odd request. Diana's declining health and her resolve bring this triangle of unlikely friends to a surprising place.
Some memorable quotes:
[Deric is smoking a very
smelly pipe]
Joan: What are you smoking, lad?
Deric Longden: Three Nuns.
Joan: Well I think one of them's just
farted. Put it out, Deric. Never fools
anyone, anyway.
Deric is sitting with Diana in hospital]
Diana Longden:
Go and have a smoke.
Deric Longden
I don't want one.
Diana Longden:
You're not missing much.
Deric Longden
[kisses Diana] Oh, I don't know.
Diana Longden:
Well go and have a beer then.
Deric Longden
I don't want a beer either.
Diana Longden:Well screw one of the nurses.
Deric Longden
Oh, all right (!)
Diana Longden:
Only the one, mind - you've a train to catch.
Deric's mother:
Ten minutes of this rain will do more good in half an hour than a fortnight of ordinary rain would do in a month.
Deric's mother:
Hello Lawrence.
Deric:
It's Kenneth.
Deric's mother:
Oh, I knew it was something of Arabia.
Awards:
Nominated for two BAFTAS in 1994
Best Actress - Julie Walters
Best Single Drama - David Lascelles Richard Loncraine Jack Rosenthal
Washington Post Review from 1994
Read an interview news article with Julie
Walters on how she plays Diana "RITA"
STAR CHALLENGED BY ROLE IN "THE WEDDING
GIFT"
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