Tumbledown

Tumbledown

Infobox Television
show_name = Tumbledown


caption = BBC DVD Cover
aka =
genre = Docudrama
creator =
writer = Charles Wood
director = Richard Eyre
creat_director =
starring = nowrap beginColin Firth·wrap Paul Rhys·wrap David Caldernowrap end
composer = Richard Hartley
country = UK
language = English
executive_producer =
co_exec =
producer = Richard Broke
sup_producer =
asst_producer =
cons_producer =
co-producer =
editor = Ken Pearce
story_editor =
location =
cinematography = Andrew Dunn
camera_setup =
runtime = 113 minutes
channel = BBC One
first_aired = May 30 1988
last_aired =
related =
website =
prod_website =
imdb_id = 0098533
tv_com_id =

"Tumbledown" is a 1988 BBC Television docudrama set during the Falklands War.

ynopsis

The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands Campaign of 1982, in which he was wounded at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown and his subsequent rehabilitation.

Awards

*BAFTA TV Awards 1989
**Won: Best Film Cameraman: Andrew Dunn
**Won: Best Make Up: Shaunna Harrison
**Won: Best Single Drama: Richard Broke, Richard Eyre & Charles Wood
**Nominated: Best Actor: Colin Firth
**Nominated: Best Costume Design: Michael Burdle
**Nominated: Best Design: Geoff Powell
**Nominated: Best Film Editor: Ken Pearce
**Nominated: Best Film Sound: Graham Ross, Ken Hams & Christopher Swanton
**Nominated: Best Original Television Music: Richard Hartley

*RTS Television Award 1989
**Won: Best Actor (Male): Colin Firth
**Won: Best Make Up Design: Shaunna Harrison

Media information

DVD release

*Relesed on Region 2 DVD by BBC Video on 2007-03-26.cite web | url=http://www.bbcshop.com/Drama+Arts/Tumbledown-DVD/invt/cctv30588 | title=Tumbledown | accessdate=2008-07-22 | author= | last= | first= | authorlink= | coauthors= | date=2007-03-26 | year= | month= | format= | work= | publisher=BBC Shop | pages= | language=English | doi= | archiveurl= | archivedate= | quote= ]
*The series was included in the "The Falklands 25th Commemorative Box Set" with "The Falklands Play".cite web | url=http://www.bbcshop.com/History/The-Falklands-25th-Commemorative-Box-Set-DVD/invt/cctv30666 | title=The Falklands 25th Commemorative Box Set | accessdate=2008-07-22 | author= | last= | first= | authorlink= | coauthors= | date=2007-03-26 | year= | month= | format= | work= | publisher=BBC Shop | pages= | language=English | doi= | archiveurl= | archivedate= | quote= ]

cript book

* cite book
date = June 25 1987
title = Tumbledown: A Screenplay
last = Wood
first = Charles
publisher = Penguin Books
id = ISBN 978-0140482157
* cite book
date = April 28 1988
title = Tumbledown: A Screenplay
last = Wood
first = Charles
publisher = Penguin Books
id = ISBN 978-0140111989

ee also

*The Falklands Play
*An Ungentlemanly Act
*Cultural impact of the Falklands War

External links

* [http://www.firth.com/articles/88rtimes_28may.html Battle for Life] by Robert Fox from Radio Times (May 28-June 3, 1988)

References


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