Product Details

• Actors: Donald Pleasence, Tom Conti, Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Culver, Phoebe Nicholls
• Directors: Gavin Millar, Richard Loncraine, Alan Bridges
• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Koch Vision
• DVD Release Date: February 10, 2009
• Run Time: 252 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001JQHT1M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,858 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Dennis Potter: 3 to Remember" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Studio: Koch International Release Date: 02/10/2009 Run time: 255 minutes

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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Trilogy of British Dramas, February 27, 2009

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The Movie Man "tenebre89" (Maywood, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dennis Potter: 3 to Remember (DVD)

Dennis Potter created several widely acclaimed British TV dramas, including "The Singing Detective" and "Pennies From Heaven." "Dennis Potter: 3 to Remember" is a box set featuring a trio of 1980 dramas produced by Potter for London Weekend Television. "Cream in My Coffee" tells the story of an elderly couple (Lionel Jeffries, Peggy Ashcroft) who return to the hotel where they began their affair in the early 1930's. "Blade on the Feather" stars Donald Pleasance as a reclusive, elderly author living a quiet life with his wife and daughter. The household is soon turned upside down when a young man (Tom Conti) proclaiming to be a longtime admirer shows up for a visit. Neither the author nor the admirer are really who they say they are, and a secret world of British espionage is revealed. In "Rain on the Roof," a bored, sexually frustrated housewife (Cheryl Campbell) flirts with Billy, a mentally challenged young man, but her advances trigger aggressive behavior in Billy directed toward her philandering husband. The one extra in the three-disc set is the last interview with Dennis Potter, recorded three months before his death.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars one of TV's greatest artists, June 19, 2009

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Michael Giltz "Michael in New York" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dennis Potter: 3 to Remember (DVD)

Dennis Potter is perhaps not a household name in the US, despite notable successes like his two landmark miniseries, namely Pennies From Heaven ($49.98; BBC Video) and The Singing Detective ($39.98; BBC Video). But he towered over the UK TV industry with the combined genius of, say, Steven Bochco, David Lynch and Joss Whedon. In fact, his last work was shown by both the BBC and Channel 4, which is like ABC and FOX airing the same TV movie, which is unimaginable. Despite overwhelming acclaim, far too few of his films have been seen here. So I'm chomping at the bit to watch Dennis Potter: 3 To Remember ($39.98; Koch), which contains three TV films shown on consecutive weekends in 1980. Stars include Donald Pleasance, Peggy Ashcroft and Denholm Elliott. But I doubt any of them will equal the extra included: the riveting final interview with Potter that aired on Channel 4 in 1994 just three months before his death, with the deeply ill Potter literally drinking a morphine cocktail while talking about his life and work and desire to finish one final teleplay before he died. Visit me at michaelgiltz dot com.

3.0 out of 5 stars Remember Potter, January 25, 2012

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C.A. Arthur (Tacoma, Washington) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dennis Potter: 3 to Remember (DVD)

Read the biography of Dennis Potter on Wikipedia in order to begin to understand these three films. The poor man was sick of body and soul. He was overcome with loathing, both of himself and others. And so, in his agony, he wrote dramas. The three here, aired on British television in 1980, are fascinating examples of Potter's work.

Each of the productions is masterfully acted and directed. Some of Britain's very best may be seen at their very best. But then you come to the writing. Rain on the roof may be the sickest, nastiest, most vicious play I've ever encountered. Cream in my Coffee is maddenlingly nasty, and it's sad to see the great comedian Lionel Jeffreys playing an utterly loathsome old man who tortures his wife verbally and endlessly.

The jewel in this collection is Blade on the Feather. It is magnificent. The casting is perfect, starting with Donald Pleasance. The drama falters a bit only at the ending, with corny lightning effects and a somewhat muddled exchange between Tom Conti and Denholm Elliott. In any case, no serious fan of British drama would want to miss this production. Alone, it is worth the price of the boxed collection.

In short, 3 to Remember is a mixed bag. Perhaps it should have been called 1 to Remember and 2 to Forget.