God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (1985)

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Country: Austria, Canada, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, West Germany
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music
Release: 1985-04-06
Director: Tony Palmer
Writers: John Osborne (II) (1929–1994)
Language: English
Stars: Trevor Howard (I) (1913–1988) , Dave Griffiths , Christopher Bramwell , Ranald Neilson , Tracey Spence , Anne Downie , Simon Donald , Peter Stanger , Beth Robens , Mitzi Mueller
Runtime: 119 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Georg Friedric Händel (Spain) , God Rot Tunbridge Wells! , God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (United Kingdom)
Plot: Shortly before death, George Fredrick Handel (1685-1759), old, blind, portly, sometimes raging and usually reflective, narrates a look back over his life. As he tells his story, his music plays as background or is performed on screen. As a youth, he is Buck, a prodigy, attractive to women and to patrons. He travels from Halle to Italy then to London, where he finds himself completely at home. He composes constantly. He pleases princes and dukes; he displeases prelates and critics. He's in court to defend his copyright. He makes and loses money; he engenders a cat fight between two divas. At the end of his life, he observes that he helped the English with their religion.
IMDB:tt0412781