- The Good Father
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name = The Good Father
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director = Mike Newell
producer = Ann Scott
writer =Peter Prince Christopher Hampton
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starring =Anthony Hopkins Jim Broadbent Harriet Walter Frances Viner Simon Callow
music =Richard Hartley
cinematography = Michael Coulter
editing = Peter Hollywood
distributor = Mainline Pictures
released = November, 1985
runtime = 90 min
country = UK
language = English
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imdb_id = 0093103"The Good Father" is a 1985 British
film directed by Mike Newell and starringAnthony Hopkins ,Jim Broadbent ,Harriet Walter ,Fanny Viner ,Simon Callow ,Joanne Whalley , andMichael Byrne .Anthony Hopkins is a father who loses custody of his child and takes out his anger by befriending Jim Broadbent's character and funding the latter's court case to regain "his" kid's custody. Simon Callow is the unscrupulous lawyer. It also included the first film role of
Stephen Fry as 'Creighton'.The movie was made for
British TV and received a theatrical release in the US. The script was based onPeter Prince 's novel of the same title.External links
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