International Velvet - 1978
Director(s)
Bryan Forbes
Writer(s)
Enid Bagnold (novel National Velvet)
Bryan Forbes
Producer(s)
Bryan Forbes producer
John L. Hargreaves associate producer
Cast
Tatum O'Neal - Sarah Brown
Christopher Plummer - John Seaton
Anthony Hopkins - Captain Johnson
Nanette Newman - Velvet Brown
Peter Barkworth - Pilot
Dinsdale Landen - Mr. Curtis
Sarah Bullen - Beth
Jeffrey Byron - Scott Saunders
Richard Warwick - Tim
Daniel Abineri - Wilson
Jason White - Roger
Martin Neil - Mike
Douglas Reith - Howard
Dennis Blanch - Policeman
Norman Wooland - Team doctor
Susan Jameson - T.V. Interviewer
Brenda Cowling - Alice
James Smilie - Commentator
David Tate - Commentator
Ronald Chenery - Air Crew Assistant
Geoffrey Drew - Co-Pilot
Stephanie Cole - Teacher
Margaret John - Headmistress
David Wilkinson - Young Wilson
Emma Forbes - Schoolgirl
Paul Rosebury - Charlie
Chris Quinten - Lee
John May - Bernie
Marsha Fitzalan - British Rider
Susan Hamblett - Claire
Russell Lodge - Philip
Pam Rose - Stewardess
George Hillsden - Attendant
Trevor Thomas - Black Athlete
Jack Dearlove - Official
Jean Lockhart - Judge
Ernest Hare - Presentation Official
Kenneth Benda - Presentation Official
Bryan Forbes - Awards Presenter (uncredited)
Review by Theo Robertson
International Velvet (1978)
Ethnocentric,
I noticed that the IMDB classes INTERNATIONAL VELVET as an American movie , this despite the fact it`s filmed in Britain , has a British director and an almost entirely British cast . Mind you it is funded with American money and produced by an American studio so by definition it is technically an American movie
I guess that`s why INTERNATIONAL VELVET has such a typically American ethnocentric view of the English . Another reviewer had stated that everyone talks in ridiculous and posh accents etc and I totally agree , it`s laughable the way the Brits are portrayed in this movie though perhaps not as laughable as Tatum O`Neal`s " English " accent which is every bit as bad as Al Pacino`s " Scottish " accent in REVOLUTION . I guess if the heroine was played by a genuine English actress an American audience wouldn`t be able to relate to her
INTERNATIONAL VELVET is a rather drab movie that`s best viewed on a boring Sunday afternoon which was when I saw it . I will give the movie credit for the scene where the German rider falls off his horse because for some unexplained reason I found this rather amusing in a movie devoid of amusement
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