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Piccadilly (re-release)

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Piccadilly (re-release) reviews
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8.0 User Score:

Movie Info

Genre(s): Classic  |  Crime  |  Drama

Written by: Arnold Bennett

Directed by: Ewald André Dupont

Release Date:
Theatrical: January 23, 2004

Running Time: 92 minutes, B/W

Origin: UK

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Charles Laughton, Cyril Ritchard, Hannah Jones, Ellen Pollock, and Harry Terry

E.A. (Varieté) Dupont's Piccadilly, the 1929 silent masterpiece brilliantly restored by the British Film Institute, stars the sultry Anna May Wong in her greatest role. (Milestone Films)

What The Critics Said

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100

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Wong has acquired a loyal cult following over the years, and Dupont's exquisitely filmed episodes show why.

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90

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

This remarkable British silent (1929) is special in many ways.

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90

Village Voice J. Hoberman

Wong is sensationally expressive and projects a modern, coolly appraising sexuality. Visually eloquent and often dazzling, the movie is no less terrific. Piccadilly is both evidence of silent cinema at its rudely aborted peak and Wong's frustrated potential to have been among its greatest stars.

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88

Boston Globe Janice Page

As casually insensitive and careless as you might expect from a film of this era, but it's also surprisingly crafty about finding ways to incite discussion

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88

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

German emigre Dupont directs all this with the style, flair and tension he brought to his 1925 Emil Jannings classic, "Variety." But it is Wong, shimmering with charisma, who gives Piccadilly its unforgettable center.

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75

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

I found it a surprisingly elegant entertainment: fast-paced, cogently written (by noted English author Arnold Bennett), well-cast (including a bit by a young Charles Laughton) and stylishly photographed on a gallery of stunning deco sets.

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63

Miami Herald Marta Barber

Film students should be thankful that companies such as Milestone Film & Video have taken up the distribution and restoration of important silent films, and that universities and museums have decided to screen these obscure classics.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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