Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, the stars of the classic British romantic drama Brief Encounter (1946), were reunited in the 1980 TV special Staying On. Adapted from the novel by Paul Scott, this 90-minute drama casts Howard and Johnson as an elderly British couple, spending their declining years in a faraway Himalayan resort. Though Colonial India is a thing of the past, the couple clings to their fading memories of the Raj's glory days. The film was lensed on location in Simia, a popular vacationing spot for British and ...
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Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, the stars of the classic British romantic drama Brief Encounter (1946), were reunited in the 1980 TV special Staying On. Adapted from the novel by Paul Scott, this 90-minute drama casts Howard and Johnson as an elderly British couple, spending their declining years in a faraway Himalayan resort. Though Colonial India is a thing of the past, the couple clings to their fading memories of the Raj's glory days. The film was lensed on location in Simia, a popular vacationing spot for British and Indian aristocracy. Staying On was first telecast in the US on May 11, 1981, as part of PBS' Great Performances series. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Add this copy of Staying On to cart. $75.00, new condition, Sold by itswinwinwithdon rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NORTH PORT, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by HBO Home Video.
Great film, formerly introduced on PBS but no longer available for purchase there. Post-colonial India looks impressively shabby compared with the same author's Jewel in the Crown PBS series. Trevor Howard's last performance is an endearing homage to England's ambition and India's growing pains.