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On Chesil Beach

In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

Director

Dominic Cooke

Year

Genre

Drama, Music, Romance

Box Office

$745,971

Production

N/A

Awards

N/A

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So, four bars of that,
you know the sort of thing, - On Chesil Beach

So, four bars of that, you know the sort of thing,

Then, this is the emotional punch,
it reaches right up to B. - On Chesil Beach

Then, this is the emotional punch, it reaches right up to B.

And he says
something like, - On Chesil Beach

And he says something like,

The Prime Minister,
Sir Harold Macmillan, - On Chesil Beach

The Prime Minister, Sir Harold Macmillan,

I really don't mind,
if you want that Hank person. - On Chesil Beach

I really don't mind, if you want that Hank person.

- Quite what?
- Well, sort of merry. - On Chesil Beach

- Quite what? - Well, sort of merry.

Do you know, - On Chesil Beach

Uh, we do the silver service
on the beef, sir, - On Chesil Beach

Uh, we do the silver service on the beef, sir,

You ever feel the need
for anything, sir, - On Chesil Beach

You ever feel the need for anything, sir,

Do you know, as you walk
that way along the beach, - On Chesil Beach

Do you know, as you walk that way along the beach,

Well, over thousands of years storms
have sort of graded the pebbles. - On Chesil Beach

Well, over thousands of years storms have sort of graded the...

So, when local fishermen
come ashore at night - On Chesil Beach

So, when local fishermen come ashore at night

You know what, - On Chesil Beach

And what are they saying,
your Aldermaston lot, - On Chesil Beach

And what are they saying, your Aldermaston lot,

An entire country turned into a prison camp,
with the Soviet's blessing. - On Chesil Beach

An entire country turned into a prison camp, with the Soviet...

- How was school?
- A million Russian troops - On Chesil Beach

- How was school? - A million Russian troops

What do you think
prevents them - On Chesil Beach

What do you think prevents them

Common sense? Nonsense!
It's the bomb, the one you want to ban. - On Chesil Beach

Common sense? Nonsense! It's the bomb, the one you want...

Communism, as it proudly proclaims,
is an expansionist creed. - On Chesil Beach

Communism, as it proudly proclaims, is an expansionist creed...

It's our nuclear bombs that deter them.
It's as simple as that, my dear. - On Chesil Beach

It's our nuclear bombs that deter them. It's as si...

Do you remember a couple of months ago I
said I met this chap at a CND meeting? - On Chesil Beach

Do you remember a couple of months ago I said I met this cha...

Shut up. He's like me,
just finished his degree. - On Chesil Beach

Shut up. He's like me, just finished his degree.

I haven't worked out his
precise socioeconomic status. - On Chesil Beach

I haven't worked out his precise socioeconomic status.

I haven't arranged to marry him.
I've asked him for tea. For tea. - On Chesil Beach

I haven't arranged to marry him. I've asked him fo...

I would say it was the day I
bought my first railway ticket. - On Chesil Beach

I would say it was the day I bought my first railway ticket.

I'd rehearsed my lines in the bedroom,
the night before, - On Chesil Beach

I'd rehearsed my lines in the bedroom, the night before...

And then it was my turn and I
said in a tiny shaking voice, - On Chesil Beach

And then it was my turn and I said in a tiny shaking voice,

Then I was walking towards the
barrier with the ticket in my hand - On Chesil Beach

Then I was walking towards the barrier with the ticket in my...

"I've done it, I've joined the big world,
I'm a grown-up!" - On Chesil Beach

"I've done it, I've joined the big world, I&#...

It was the time when I learned
what really happened to my mum. - On Chesil Beach

It was the time when I learned what really happened to my mu...

So now we have Holman
Hunt on loan to New York, - On Chesil Beach

So now we have Holman Hunt on loan to New York,

But to bring up from store
two glorious Uccellos... - On Chesil Beach

But to bring up from store two glorious Uccellos...

- I don't know Uccello.
- Oh, darling! Glorious. - On Chesil Beach

- I don't know Uccello. - Oh, darling! Glorious.

Uh, a fifteenth-century
pioneer of perspective, - On Chesil Beach

Uh, a fifteenth-century pioneer of perspective,

Birds. Landscape.
Trees in their natural color. - On Chesil Beach

Birds. Landscape. Trees in their natural color.

I'd grown up
with the way she was. - On Chesil Beach

I'd grown up with the way she was.

But when he used this horrible phrase - On Chesil Beach

But when he used this horrible phrase

This space opening up
around me. - On Chesil Beach

This space opening up around me.

She was brain-damaged,
and I wasn't. - On Chesil Beach

She was brain-damaged, and I wasn't.

I wasn't her, - On Chesil Beach

I felt kind of excited,
like my life had just begun. - On Chesil Beach

I felt kind of excited, like my life had just begun.

Ed! Second post.
Looks like the one! - On Chesil Beach

Ed! Second post. Looks like the one!

A new thing. A special camera that
tells you how she'll look one day. - On Chesil Beach

A new thing. A special camera that tells you how she'll...

Now you tell me.
Yellow, like this has two things. - On Chesil Beach

Now you tell me. Yellow, like this has two things.

Anne, Harriet,
I got a first. - On Chesil Beach

Anne, Harriet, I got a first.

Hello. Is Toby there? - On Chesil Beach

Hello. Is Toby there?

If it fell on St. Giles,
the crater would be half a mile across, - On Chesil Beach

If it fell on St. Giles, the crater would be half a mile acr...

I just heard, I got a first - On Chesil Beach

I just heard, I got a first

So, it's a series
of history books, - On Chesil Beach

So, it's a series of history books,

Like the man who rode non-stop
from London to Edinburgh - On Chesil Beach

Like the man who rode non-stop from London to Edinburgh

I could play in this awful dance
orchestra in a hotel near Slough. - On Chesil Beach

I could play in this awful dance orchestra in a hotel near S...

You know, it isn't awfully
comfortable here when we could... - On Chesil Beach

You know, it isn't awfully comfortable here when we cou...

Yes, of course, let's... - On Chesil Beach

Yes, of course, let's...

Then, I think I'll...
My shoes. - On Chesil Beach

Then, I think I'll... My shoes.

One. Aren't you going
to take notes? - On Chesil Beach

One. Aren't you going to take notes?

One, he's not like
anyone else. - On Chesil Beach

One, he's not like anyone else.

Two, - On Chesil Beach

Three, - On Chesil Beach

He knows the names of trees and flowers and constellations - On Chesil Beach

He knows the names of trees and flowers and constellations

And he doesn't know the difference
between a croissant and a baguette. - On Chesil Beach

And he doesn't know the difference between a croissant ...

And she said he was
a bit of a country bumpkin! - On Chesil Beach

And she said he was a bit of a country bumpkin!

- What then?
- Loose shirt, - On Chesil Beach

- What then? - Loose shirt,

Trousers with a mend in the knee, - On Chesil Beach

Trousers with a mend in the knee,

I liked the way you stopped
in the doorway - On Chesil Beach

I liked the way you stopped in the doorway

I just needed
to tell someone, - On Chesil Beach

I just needed to tell someone,

You glanced at me and decided
I wasn't worth a second look. - On Chesil Beach

You glanced at me and decided I wasn't worth a second l...

- It's too soon.
- Say hello to Elsbeth, - On Chesil Beach

- It's too soon. - Say hello to Elsbeth,

Right then, we'll begin.
Charles, your big moment. - On Chesil Beach

Right then, we'll begin. Charles, your big moment.

People think you're shy, - On Chesil Beach

People think you're shy,

Such a clumsy idiot.
I can't even do the simplest thing. A zip! - On Chesil Beach

Such a clumsy idiot. I can't even do the simplest thing...

- You have beautiful legs and...
- No, not that. Not about me. - On Chesil Beach

- You have beautiful legs and... - No, not that. Not about m...

"With my body
I thee worship..." - On Chesil Beach

"With my body I thee worship..."

Well, it was
in my final year. - On Chesil Beach

Well, it was in my final year.

I was there with this chap,
cleverest person in our year, - On Chesil Beach

I was there with this chap, cleverest person in our year,

- Susie's tits are bigger.
- Lucy's tits aren't so big. - On Chesil Beach

- Susie's tits are bigger. - Lucy's tits aren'...

I really admired Harold and,
uh, wanted him to take me seriously. - On Chesil Beach

I really admired Harold and, uh, wanted him to take me serio...

The key idea being that
philosophical inquiry - On Chesil Beach

The key idea being that philosophical inquiry

You brute!
You mad or something? Really! - On Chesil Beach

You brute! You mad or something? Really!

He never
spoke to me again. - On Chesil Beach

He never spoke to me again.

In playgrounds,
or outside pubs after kicking-out time. - On Chesil Beach

In playgrounds, or outside pubs after kicking-out time.

And now you've got to promise your wife.
No more fights. Ever. - On Chesil Beach

And now you've got to promise your wife. No more fights...

And then I ate an orange
by the wall near the church, - On Chesil Beach

And then I ate an orange by the wall near the church,

Florence, she won't
remember you. - On Chesil Beach

Florence, she won't remember you.

You say that every time.
She might one day. - On Chesil Beach

You say that every time. She might one day.

Marjorie, hello,
it's Florence. - On Chesil Beach

Marjorie, hello, it's Florence.

I've brought you something interesting.
From the museum. - On Chesil Beach

I've brought you something interesting. From the museum...

Oh! Uccello.
The Hunt in the Forest. - On Chesil Beach

Oh! Uccello. The Hunt in the Forest.

You told me that
when he was young - On Chesil Beach

You told me that when he was young

Yes, Vasari says the Abbot gave him cheese
soup followed by cheese pie every day! - On Chesil Beach

Yes, Vasari says the Abbot gave him cheese soup followed by ...

On Chesil Beach poster

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In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

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Director: Dominic Cooke

Writer: Ian McEwan

Production: N/A

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 62/100

ImdbRating: 6.3

BoxOffice: $745,971

Released: 18 May 2018

Awards: N/A

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