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This is the current revision of this page, as edited by 92.5.116.221 (talk)at13:40, 8 June 2024. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.
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Go Now
Theatrical release poster
Written byJimmy McGovern
Paul Henry Powell
Directed byMichael Winterbottom
Starring
  • Juliet Aubrey
  • Music byAlastair Gavin
    Country of originUnited Kingdom
    Original languageEnglish
    Production
    CinematographyDaf Hobson
    EditorTravor Waite
    Running time109 minutes
    Production companiesPolyGram Filmed Entertainment
    BBC
    Original release
    Release16 September 1995 (1995-09-16)

    Go Now is a 1995 television film directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Robert Carlyle as an MS-afflicted construction worker and football player, living in Bristol with his girlfriend and struggling with the onset of multiple sclerosis.

    It had a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom and United States. It won the Prix Europa Television Programme of the Year 1995.[1]

    Cast[edit]

  • Juliet Aubrey as Karen
  • James Nesbitt as Tony
  • Sophie Okonedo as Paula
  • Berwick Kaler as Sammy
  • Darren Tighe as Dell
  • Sean McKenzie as George
  • John Brobbey as Geoff
  • Sara Stockbridge as Bridget, the bartender
  • Tom Watson as Bill Cameron
  • Barbara Rafferty as Madge Cameron
  • Sean Rocks as Charlie
  • Dave Schneider as doctor
  • Tony Curran as Chris Cameron
  • Erin McMahon as Julie Cameron
  • Jenny Jules as doctor
  • Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Walsh
  • Tricky as himself
  • Anna Godsiff as female nurse
  • James Trehearne as male nurse
  • Susie Fugle as scan doctor
  • Cal McGregor as man in a wheelchair
  • Reception[edit]

    Onreview aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 60% approval rating based on 10 reviews, with an average ranking of 6/10.[2]

    Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a score of "B−".[3]

    Janet MaslinofThe New York Times wrote that the film "depicts the onset of multiple sclerosis with force and accuracy, thanks to the understated precision of Carlyle's performance and the real fear and frustration he conveys".[4]

    According to Derek ElleyofVariety, the film "[is] a genre-busting an-them to life, love and friendship that's a further feather in the cap of multitalented Brit helmer Michael Winterbottom".[5]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Prix Europa 1995 - Awards" (PDF). 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  • ^ "Go Now (1995)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  • ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (15 May 1998). "Go Now". Entertainment Weekly.
  • ^ Maslin, Janet (1 May 1998). "'Go Now': At Last, Things Were Going Well; or So He Thought". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  • ^ Elley, Derek (28 August 1995). "Go Now". Variety.
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