Ни одна ночь не станет долгой (2002) Online

This truly terrific thriller scores in all departments. First and foremost is Lee William's stunningly intense and passionate central performance. He has completely internalized his complex character, bringing it to the screen with tremendous conviction in a display of faultless acting. Marc Warren, resembling a Malcolm Macdowell of younger days, doesn't quite have the same grasp on his character, which at times loses credibility, but fortunately not enough to spoil the film. Mikela Mikael captures a lovely vulnerability so necessary for the plot to work.

This is a thriller that works on all levels, which is an achievement few thrillers seem to attain. The plot twists are indeed unexpected and for the length of the movie the viewer is kept riveted to the unfolding story. The cinematography is of the highest level, especially with the amazing Alaskan seascapes but also the carefully shot interiors. Director Tom Shankland who put all this together is certainly a name to watch.

Having no expectations or preconceptions about the film, plus the fact of these actors being completely unknown (well, to me anyway), made this one great surprise package. There are not that many classy thrillers around; if that's your pleasure you won't want to miss this one.

I cannot recommend this movie highly enough. Both Lee Williams and Marc Warren are amazing in their respective roles. Williams is superb as the confused young man who enjoys the chase more than the end result, and Warren meets this fine job with one of his own; he is excellent as the angry and bitter lover who cannot get his heart free. The story is also top-rate, very depressing, but so true to life that it can't be faulted. I didn't like the casting choice of Isobel, I rather thought that she was played too old, but otherwise, this film was brilliant, definitely worth your time.

Hitchcock is smiling down from... or up from... This BBC produced thriller is a worthy homage to the master. A little gem that is as complex and perverse as anything Chabrol or Truffaut accomplished in this genre. Director Shankland engenders superb work from all involved. The cast is first rate as is the atmospheric cinematography of Paul Sarossi, with special kudos going to composer Christopher Dedrick for a magnificent and seamlessly integrated score whose source material are the rapturous melodies of Der Rosenkavalier. As with Hichcock, be prepared to be shamelessly manipulated by the plot structure and its twists. But go along with the filmmakers. You will not be disappointed by this daring and intricate piece of work. The pacing of this 120-minute film cannot be faulted and the last 30 minutes are a spectacular emotional tour de force. You might even find an unexpected tear in your eye by the end of the final, beautifully understated, tracking shot. Search this one out. It's worth it.

I stumbled across this excellent movie on late-night Canadian television, and I was simply blown away. I'm so glad I was able to record it because I learned later it has only rarely been shown in Canada, has never been shown on TV or anywhere in America, is not on DVD or VHS, and not likely to be released in those formats either. I showed this film to a friend of mine who is involved in the movie industry and he was so impressed he contacted the producers to try to buy the rights to release it on the film festival circuit and then put it out on DVD and he gave up because they showed absolutely zero interest in it. I fear this is one superb movie destined to be seen by very few people, which is a shame. It is among the very best gay-themed films I have ever seen. Based upon a mystery novel, it has many unpredictable twists and turns, is beautifully and professionally photographed, and the acting is great. It leaves you on the edge of your seat.

POSSIBLE PLOT SPOILERS? I very nearly didn't watch, this but in the end I'm very glad I did, I was enthralled from the beginning to the end. Tim Cornish who was surprisingly well acted by Lee Williams - who I'd last seen in a fairly awful Beatles film is a fairly shallow but gorgeous, (well Williams is a bit too pretty for my likes but anyway!) university student who becomes attracted to a male university professor called Ivo Steadman. This attraction though initially obsessive in time reveals itself to be shallow because it evaporates when Ivo admits he loves Tim because the sense of mystery is gone. This leads Tim into the arms of a woman called Isabel and to the decision that he must get out of his relationship with Ivo in any way he can even if that means killing him. The acting especially from Marc Warren who is sublime as Ivo is what really made this special and all in all this is a good adaptation of a wonderful Barbara Vine book.

In fact i can't speak too highly of Warren the sarcasm and the melancholy but also the great hopeless affection for Tim the way he loves him despite all he has done are all transported perfectly from the book to this teleplay. i guess that was down to a really good bit of casting. All in all i can't say anything more than i thought it was very good well adapted - (yes I read the book - in 2 days i might add) - that's how good it was! and well acted.

the very first time I saw this movie I was shocked for the sex scenes and don't really believe I'd like it. the second time I saw it I was with a friend and we spent part of the movie discussing Ivo and Tim's relationship. its an amazing movie, excellent actors and great scenery,so well written that you actually felt for this guys. the feelings and all the emotional stress that the characters suffer from the beginning to the end its palpable, I personally believe that any person can relate this movie to their own love-lives. Tim (Lee Williams) was portrayed with such grace and amazing ability that I actually can't see the actor, every tear, every gesture was superb. the growing of the character during the story and the changes, I'll just say that if this guy decide to work more often he'll be one of the finest actors of this century. And Ivo(Marc Warren) at first I thought he was an abusive selfish brute, at the end I really liked him more than Tim. I've never read the book because I couldn't find it yet, I'm still looking for it. In my opinion is SO much better than Brokeback mountain.

I think this film is fantastically erotic and well acted. Lee Williams and Marc Warren do an excellent job of making you care about their characters, despite their flaws. This film is a journey into the the various stages of love. It is also an examination of the duplicity of love and the old saying "there's a thin line between love and hate."

The pacing of the film moves along, until we get to the character Isabel, then it seems to drag. The the love Tim professes for her doesn't seem as heated as what he had for Ivo. I don't think the actress cast for Isabel was the right person, because she and Williams had no chemistry. All of their scenes felt contrived. But then again, maybe that is the point, she is a way out from Ivo for Tim. His passion for her isn't real. The tempo picks up and keeps going once we get to the "murder" of Ivo. The twist where we find out Isabel is Ivo's sister was interesting. Ivo and Isabel's scene in the bedroom was creepy, but she too was unable to resist Tim's charms, even though she knows who he is from the beginning and what he meant to Ivo. Maybe this was her form of rebellion against Ivo and her husband. Otherwise, her character is shut down and devoid of the ability to change her nature. She is walking damaged goods, just like Tim, Ivo, and her husband. They all suffer from weaknesses they are aware of, but choose to swim in them anyway, instead of making internal changes.

Through flashback scenes, the audience finds out Tim was molested as a child. When someone tells him they love him (as his molester did) he shuts down. Tim is aware of this fact, but does nothing or maybe can't do anything to change this sadness within himself. Ivo walks around the university and seems shut down also, which could explain their attraction, beyond the physical. However, the audience comes to find out that Ivo, despite being the elder, is the vulnerable one in the relationship, though you fear for Tim at the beginning. Ivo realizes Tim doesn't love him, yet hangs on anyway, just as many people do in real life.

The final scene between Ivo and Tim, where Tim tries to return Ivo's money and coat he gave Tim, is touching and sad. Ivo realizes how unreceptive to love Tim is and rightly calls him a selfish bastard at one point during their conversation. Yet there is still something between the two. Tim seems to reach a point of clarity and understand that Ivo did love him. His childish attempts to make amends (returning the money/coat) are correctly rebuffed by the wiser Ivo, who doesn't want to dance to Tim's tune again. Tim wants to play the chase game again. When Isabel, "they only person he's loved" comes to see Tim at the end of the movie, she looks like a mirage, she is blurry and unreal. The love of his life comes to him, yet he won't open the door, because she isn't the love of his life (Ivo) which Tim realizes too late. Tim is holding Ivo's pictures and perhaps finally on a conscious level, realized he loved Ivo. This realization paralyzes him and you know he can't open that door.

As far as settings, Alaska was the right place for a love that was on its deathbed. At the end of the movie, it was appropriate for Tim to go back to his dank little town, where he constantly ran into reminders of his real self. There was also some humor, e.g. when Tim questions Ivo going off to teach a class in a leather jacket and when Ivo forces himself on Tim on the boat, the announcer in the background says "No one knows glaciers like Dr. Ivo Steadman."

Kudos to the actors for showing the complexities of people and relationships. This film lets you know you are responsible for your actions and the people who choose to love you, whether you love them or not.

I agree with all the other comments that this is indeed a well made film and works superbly as a fantastic thriller.

HOWEVER, let's all be aware that it contains some truly blinding homophobic stereotypes. Specifically: Gay men can be cured by meeting the right girl, Once meeting said girl, former gay man becomes repulsed by other men, Bisexuals have no morals, Inside every gay/bisexual man beats the heart of a psychopath, spurned gay men act psychotic and therefore should be avoided at all costs.

There are three gay men in this film and all of them should be sectioned! I do agree that it is a great film and superbly shot and acted (God knows I'll never be able to look at a four poster bed again without thinking of the sexy Marc Warren!), but for once can we have some gay characters in a thriller that are NORMAL??? Just wanted to point this out, Enjoy! - Mike.

Love like ambiguous experience. A new story about another Dorian Gray and the price of passion. Betrayal and dangerous game, traps and forms of propriety, soft lies and subtle temptations.

A story about the value of truth and the burden of gestures. A beautiful film about human relationship nuances. The gay love is only excuse for deep exploration of feelings and their metamorphosis. Tim Cornish must be a victim for his perfect life, his beauty and success. In his passion for Ivo is not the mark of special sin but the shadow of old Greek anenke. Isabela is a lure but, in same time, the best instrument to understand his existence's sense. And Ivo, the fascinating Ivo, subtle spider of beginning, final victim of Tim's deep guilt, he is Gray's portrait. Tim must be himself and the price is never huge.

A beautiful movie about the life's nooks.

No night's too long is a fantastic thriller/romance in all dimensions. I was captivated by the entire film, not once bored or hurrying the ending.

I first saw it on channel 4 (UK) about 16 months ago and I am desperate to know if it has/or is to come out on VHS or DVD? I have looked on numerous websites and asked at video shops but nobody seems to know anything of it, I really want to get hold of it especially as my partner doesn't believe me when I say it's great and I would love him to see it too.

I would, obviously, reccomend this film to anybody who has not yet had the pleasure of watching it, it is a memorable film that wont be gotten out of your head anytime soon. Please leave a message on here if you know anything about purchasing it...

This film explores, then examines, the nature and presence of love but does not attempt to explain it. That is the hallmark of its success.

From the opening sequence through the rolling credits, we are invited to believe that although gender and jealousy may present obstacles to true love, they will never defeat it. It is an invitation we cannot refuse.

The plot for all its reliance on coincidence and remote possibility, serves to remind us that true love may be easy to recognize but difficult to find, in a world of increasing cynicism and heartbreak.

Moreover, it encourages us to accept that the experience of true love defies logic and analysis but rather should be savored, for love, like life, is transient - in the face of time and changing circumstance.

Most memorable line: `I love you, my adorable hedgehog. Never not.'

surprisingly good movie{almost excellent},because the story is taken by real life{almost}.i was victim of the people like the lead character.now about the story:Tim is gorgeous young man ,deified by many,but with heart made of ice.breaking of hearts is his occupation.he often hear from others"i love you",but his heart is closed for other human hearts.as a student in university Tim starts hot affair with Ivo Steidman{lecturer in the same university}.the love of Ivo is true &deep,but Tim doesn't want to appreciate that.i'll be so grateful ,if somebody loves me like that.in this relationship Tim gets more, than he gives.together they travel to Alaska on excursion.there "our hero"falls in love for the first time to a mystery woman ,named Isabel.the movie continues with murder,surprise{really big-i drop my cup from surprise},love affair{again}&murder{again}.bitter retribution for a heart-breaker."god helps to those,who loves you"is a true definition for Tim's behavior.desolation &desparation-these feelings i felt after i saw this movie.about that how easily we people throw away love....every time when i watch this movie i can't stop crying.and i know what.and that's hurts me the most!

I'm talking about the British/Canadian co-produced film titled: "No Night is Too Long". I live in Mexico City and on May 8th, on one of my cable TV channels --"The Film Zone", I just happened to catch/watch/discover this wonderful movie masterpiece, though it came out in 2002. I ask you: why can't the damn BBC be just a tad more money-minded?:-) By commercializing films of this superb quality --and many others such as the BFI's "Sixth Happinness" -- AND ADDING SUBTITLES IN Spanish, they would not only earn considerable and well-deserved revenue, they'd also give enormous pleasure to millions of true lovers of cinema--worldwide....and that revenue would motivate the BBC to continue producing masterpieces and hence, continue to enthrall the world with its lifelong superb creations. And I stress "subtitles in Spanish" because, after English, Spanish is probably nowadays the 2nd most widely-spoken language in the world. Movie companies/producers who fail to see this reality are not only stupid and losing out on huge profits, worse yet, they're depriving millions of people of viewing entertainment options.

Sincerely T

I quite agree this is a fantastic story and contains all of the elements that run through relationships of this type. Marc Warren steals the show with a performance that gives the right level of menace. Anyone with an ounce of sensitivity would be moved. It is a travesty that this title is not available in general. I would love to own a copy in any format, but probably never will. The BBC produce a lot of fodder for the general public yet still miss releasing gems like this. If anyone thinks that they can persuade the powers that be to get this title onto DVD then please do so. Marc's major work since then has been the Hustle series, a very different story, but in which he is equally excellent and supported by other excellent performances including those of the veteran actor Robert Vaughan.

One of the best movies I've seen in a long time! Great love story filled with suspense, and twists I did not see coming. I highly recommend this film!

Very good suspense thriller. Well done all the way around.

This is really a movie with Hitchcock -esque twists! It held my attention from the start. Lee Williams was amazing in the depth he gave this character. I actually could feel the emotions and conflict his character Tim Cornish experienced. The final revelation that his own narcissism is the catylist for all the events in the movie. Right to the end you still see his self absorbed character fall back on his looks to save him as he always has.

I say this was surprisingly good because it was a gay film, and most gay films are terrible. This one had proper actors and a really good storyline. Why only a 7 rating? Well, I wonder how long "normal" film audiences would put up with every single film they watch being miserable, and a tragedy. I would be hard pushed to name more than a handful of gay movies that are positive, or even just where both protagonists survive! It gets a bit repetitive and depressing. And it's especially poignant when the two leads are so good and the story is so intriguing. Both leads were very attractive, too, which definitely helps when you want to invest in their relationship. I found the casting of the actress playing Isobel very odd. At first glance, when Tim first sees her, I thought she was an old woman. She's not, but she is definitely odd looking, and wholly unconvincing as someone Tim would have fallen for. Maybe that was the point. Being so pretty himself he was looking for something different. Anyway, this is a good film. It's a bit dated now. Letters? Haven't seen a letter in a film for a good while. But despite that I'd recommend this if you like gay movies.

No Night Is Too Long casts young Lee Williams as one beautiful twink of a college student who gazes longingly on paleontology professor Marc Warren. One day on an impulse they passionately kiss in an elevator and the two are hooked on each other.

Not that he's interested in his field, but Williams is certainly interested in the professor. He reluctantly goes along on an Alaskan cruise where Warren is an instructor on finding fossils. When he leaves Williams alone in Juneau for two weeks the trouble begins.

After that the film is a story of betrayal, violent passions, and even murder. In fact for an impulsive act on Warren, Williams seems to have covered up pretty well.

Williams and Warren are an ideal pair of passionate lovers, the bisexual Williams however finds it impossible to not satisfy the heterosexual side of his nature. Mikela Mikael plays the woman who comes between Williams and Warren and she also has a secret or two to reveal.

No Night Is Too Long starts as tender gay love story which goes into all kinds of dark directions. It's a worthy addition from across the pond to the gay cinema.

OMG this movie kinda just opened u up and left you, upset because of all the lost causes in the movie, Ivo and loved. I taught me though the nature of love and the thin line which exist between them!

The main character like so many of us had some valuable lessons to learn, most important and hardest is that of surviving love. The main theme at play was the general bliss and discontent of the characters who themselves were merely victims to the action and cause of the lunatic in love, who really might have just be inlove with the idea!

I was left a little out there as the movie got me thinking i was glad about the ending where the heart of a fool,( lee williams) chose to find solitude but after so many destroyed lives.... one must eventually reach a crossroad and become the better person!

Nic

Finally, a gay film that openly displays passion and romance, with a strong storyline and without graphic sex. It is a love story, with many deceptive facets, and yet it is so true to life. It was with a great deal of relief that the love scenes were not done in darkness or dim light, like in "Brokeback Mountain" (such depictions give a false impression that gay sex is something to be ashamed of).

At the start of the film, Lee Williams (Ivo) gives the impression that he has no feeling whatsoever for Mark Warren (Tim)--but, as the film progresses, the viewer realizes that Ivo loves Tim very deeply. Ivo lacks self-confidence, and is jealous of anyone who show any kind of affection for Tim. In what appears to be an accident, Tim leaves Ivo for dead, and Ivo realizes that Tim has no love for him. The film gives the impression that Tim is a selfish bastard--but, in fact, Tim is insulating himself from being molested as a child.

After being molested, or after a one-night stand, many people say 'I love you' to the person they are having sex with. Sadly, life does sometimes leave you with harsh realities, and shattered dreams. And, you find that your partner only wants lust or sex, but is not willing to make a commitment. When people treat gay relationships as if they are less than legitimate and totally worthless, it becomes very easy for a partner to treat you as a valueless sex object, without making any kind of commitment whatsoever. That is why I am glad that more and more people, today, are seeing the value of gay marriage. Such a bond encourages commitment and 'stick-togetherness'. Gay marriage offers legitimacy, as well as legal/religious/spiritual recognition and sanctioning of a gay relationship.

The cast-members supply superb acting, the film is well edited, the direction is exceptional (the director offers his own unique brand of Alfred-Hitchcock-style direction), the lighting and photography is excellent, and the writer provides a script with a clear, focused, and strong storyline. And, the film remains faithful to the book.

Agreeing with another user's comments, I quote from three paragraphs: "The pacing of the film moves along, until we get to the character Isabel, then it seems to drag. The the love Tim professes for her doesn't seem as heated as what he had for Ivo. I don't think the actress cast for Isabel was the right person, because she and Williams had no chemistry. All of their scenes felt contrived. But then again, maybe that is the point, she is a way out from Ivo for Tim. His passion for her isn't real. The tempo picks up and keeps going once we get to the "murder" of Ivo. The twist where we find out Isabel is Ivo's sister (is) interesting. Ivo and Isabel's scene in the bedroom was creepy--but she, too, (is) unable to resist Tim's charms, even though she knows who he is from the beginning and what he meant to Ivo. Maybe this (is) her form of rebellion against Ivo and her husband. Otherwise, her character is shut down and devoid of the ability to change her nature. She is...damaged goods, just like Tim, Ivo, and her husband. They all suffer from weaknesses they are aware of, but choose to swim in them anyway, instead of making internal changes."

"I think this film is fantastically erotic, and well acted. Lee Williams and Marc Warren do an excellent job of making you care about their characters, despite their flaws. This film is (quite) a journey into the the various stages of love. Quoting from an old saying, there is a 'thin line between love and hate'--(and, in the film, 'hate' does become) an examination of the duplicity of love." Yes, these quoted comments are so true to real life.

"Through flashback scenes, the audience finds out Tim was molested as a child. When someone tells him they love him (as his molester did) he shuts down. Tim is aware of this fact, but does nothing or maybe can't do anything to change this sadness within himself. Ivo walks around the university and seems shut down also, which could explain their attraction, beyond the physical. However, the audience comes to find out that Ivo, despite being the elder, is the vulnerable one in the relationship, though you fear for Tim at the beginning. Ivo realizes Tim doesn't love him, yet hangs on anyway, just as many people do in real life." I couldn't agree more with these quoted comments.

I am thankful for the film's honesty, truth, and integrity in showing people with their true-to-life complexities. The film reinforces a familiar cliché: "Oh, what a wicked web we weave, when we practice to deceive." Without further explanation, I shall reveal no more because I do not want to reveal the film's specific content, and spoil the dynamic twists of this exceptional and well-made film. This film is riveting, and will hold the viewer spellbound from the movie's start to finish. This film is highly recommended, and I rate it a 10 out of 10. This is the kind of film that you will want to see more than once. By all means, buy it for your personal collection. Bravo!

This film is based on one of those psychological thrillers by Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine. Like "Gallowglass," and others, it betrays her fascination with all things homo-erotic. Every thing here is ambiguous, from Tim's "love," first, for Ivor, and second, for Isabel. Is he capable of love? Does he even know what it is? The casting of Lee Williams (Seth, from "The Wolves of Kromer") as Tim is a stroke of genius; as anyone can sense his attraction, whether they respond to it or not. Marc Warren as Ivor is a bit more problematic; it was not too many years ago that he was being routinely cast as a street hustler or a cop, and he doesn't fit into a paleontologist's shoe's very comfortably. But he and Williams make a convincing couple. Mickela Mikael is attractive, in a feline sort of way, but her character's motivation is often obscure. The important thing is that she is blonde and seductive enough to be an appropriate stand-in for her brother, who also figures in the plot. The most interesting aspect of the story to me is Tim's self-destructive nature. He is only a kid when the story starts, in his first year of college. Yet he enters into a love affair that obviously has no future. Just as he falls magically "in" love, so does he fall "out." Some of the plot contrivances that follow are hard to accept (Ivo just allows Tim to go traipsing about Cananda and Europe on his dime?), but they all work as counterpoints to Tim's psychological development. This is an intriguing story, one that raises more questions then it answers, but I dare anyone to see it and not be affected by the conclusion.

marvellous film making is the only way to describe this film. Such a flawed beautiful love, for Marc the new boyfriend had been prostituting himself probably since he was a child on the living on the beachfront:so for our anti hero this is his family life. Our doomed learned lover astute this and prostitution is where the money kept in the transformed book comes. Just fabulous how this story is portrayed. the thread of sex relations in the lead actors' school to eventuating in the excess enthusiasm for Isabel. the actors are superb. photography, editing, bravo. i have seen a couple of these quality bbc productions and they are each astoundingly superb. Bravo both leads are astoundingly good and this film needs to be extensively seen and subtitled. Only the English could do such good drama.

i'm reading ruth rendell.

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I caught part of this on IFC Channel on TV and was sorry I didn't tape it. For this movie, made in Canada and Alaska for BBC was one of the better films depicting relationships in the world of gay life as was another brilliant film, Brokeback Mountain. What is unfortunate is that you can't get a copy of this except for YouTube. However, I did locate Gottaseedvds and was able to obtain a good copy on DVD.

Tom Shankland is a director to watch. For he certainly did justice to this Barbara Vine novel. You can also get the book on Amazon. He brought honesty to the screen and impeccable casting in all the roles. The photography was superb, most particularly Alaska greenery and snow covered mountains. Even the interior scenes had a quality of dark somber colors and depth. Lee Williams as the lead character, Tim, excelled in this. A beautiful looking young man, almost too pretty, he brings a quiet and soft vulnerability to his role until you discover he is a tortured soul from childhood molestation. Williams is perfectly cast in a difficult role. You feel for him, even though you know his fate is obvious. As his lover, Ivo, Mark Warren, too was excellent. The two men seem to fit together, both in style and believability. Warren brings a mature, yet heartbreaking character to reality. Their love scenes take your breath away. Tastefully done, their sexual scenes were quite smoldering. This I felt more convincing than the two lovers in Brokeback Mountain, although it did make a statement.

Rounding out this excellent casting are Mikela J. Mikael as the "other" woman in the picture. There was a kind of haunting quality about her looks and performance, reminiscence of the late Deborah Kerr. I felt sorry for her, not contempt. How the weakness of the heart can cause so much turmoil within ourselves. I can tell you my story sometime. But I liked Mikela's work. Salvatore Antonio plays the contemptuous hustler boy friend who lures our hero into a plot of bad intentions. He did well in a not so likable character. He looked like a hustler. And finally there was Mark Hildreth as the man from our hero's past. He took Tim into his life as a young boy, but eventually grew out of the situation as do most boys having early homosexual experiences in their lives. Unfortunately Tim doesn't.

Enjoy this movie for what it has to say. I know I did and continue to watch it on my DVD player.

No Night Is Too Long ...unless you have to sit through this movie.

It's a typical example of what happens when you mix a heteronormative POV with gay content. It's never accurate and it's never believable.