UK,
1969, 131 min
Directed by:
Ken RussellScreenplay:
Larry KramerCinematography:
Billy WilliamsComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Eleanor Bron, Alan Webb, Vladek Sheybal, Michael Gough, Jennie Linden, Phoebe Nicholls, Brian Osborne (more)Plots(1)
Set in an English mining community on the crest of modernity, Women in Love traces the shifting currents of desire that link the emancipated Brangwen sisters (Jennie Linden and an Oscar-winning Glenda Jackson) to a freethinking dreamer (Alan Bates) and a hard-willed industrialist (Oliver Reed)—as well as the men’s own erotically charged friendship. Coupling earthy sensuality with kaleidoscopically stylized images, Russell pursues this quartet to the heights of agony and ecstasy, crafting a breathtaking drama of human sexuality at its most liberating, dominating, and destructive extremes. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1971 - Glenda Jackson (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
- 1971 - Ken Russell (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 1971 - Larry Kramer (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 1971 - Billy Williams (Best Achievement in Cinematography)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1970 - Best Film
- 1970 - Ken Russell (Best Director)
- 1970 - Alan Bates (Best Leading Actor)
- 1970 - Glenda Jackson (Best Leading Actress)
- 1970 - Larry Kramer (Best Screenplay)
- 1970 - Billy Williams (Best Cinematography)
- 1970 - Georges Delerue (Best Music)
- 1970 - Best Costume Design
- 1970 - Best Production Design
- 1970 - Jennie Linden (Most Promising Newcomer to Film)
- 1970 - Best Soundtrack
Golden Globes
- 1971 - Best English-Language Foreign Motion Picture
- 1971 - Ken Russell (Best Director)
- 1971 - Glenda Jackson (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1970 - Glenda Jackson (Best Actress)