Steaming (film)
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Directed by | Joseph Losey |
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Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
Edited by | Reginald Beck |
Music by | Richard Harvey and Robin Bextor |
Production company | World Film Services |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures (through Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors[1]) |
Release date | 1985 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Steaming is a British film directed by Joseph Losey, released in 1985, the year after his death. The last film that Losey directed, it was adapted from Nell Dunn's play of the same name by Dunn and Patricia Losey. The film was screened out of competition at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The story is about the women who meet regularly in a steam room and decide to fight its closure. The cast was headed by Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Diana Dors and Brenda Bruce. It was the last film appearance by Dors, who died in 1984.[3]
The film has no overall plot and simply acts as a series of conversations between various pairs of ladies.
The unifying issue is the point where it is announced that the baths are to close to build a leisure centre.
Cast[]
- Vanessa Redgrave - Nancy
- Sarah Miles - Sarah
- Diana Dors - Violet
- - Josie
- Brenda Bruce - Mrs. Meadows
- Felicity Dean - Dawn Meadows
- Sally Sagoe - Celia
- - Mrs. Goldstein
References[]
- ^ "Steaming (1985)". BBFC. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Steaming". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (7 September 2020). "A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee". Filmink.
Further reading[]
- Canby, Vincent (28 September 1985). "Film Festival; 'Steaming', directed by Joseph Losey". The New York Times.
- Kehr, David. "Steaming". The Chicago Reader.
External links[]
- English-language films
- 1985 films
- 1985 drama films
- British films
- British drama films
- British films based on plays
- Films directed by Joseph Losey
- Films shot at Pinewood Studios
- Films scored by Richard Harvey
- New World Pictures films
- 1980s British film stubs