Scandal

Scandal (1989)

60%
99votes
3popularity
115min

"The story that seduced the world is now the most controversial film of the year."
Budget:$0
Revenue:$8,800,000
Release:3/3/1989
Genres:Drama | History | Romance
Original language:English
Spoken languages:English
Countries:United Kingdom

Overview:

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.… Expand

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British Screen Productions
United Kingdom
Palace Pictures
United Kingdom
Miramax
United States of America
British Satellite Broadcasting
United Kingdom

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Scandal (1989) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
4/18/2020Trailer
Scandal (1989) clip - on BFI Dual Format Edition Blu-ray & DVD from 24 February | BFI
1/27/2020Clip

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60%
Peter McGinn
narrator56
- Created:9/2/2021
- Updated:9/2/2021
This film seems to do a fine job recreating the spirit of the 60s, or at least as experienced by the in crowd and the wealthy. John Hurt is great, as usual, and Joanne Whaley os so expressive and magnetic when she smiles or vamps or whatever, I can almost imagine that it was more than beauty that caused Helen of Troy’s face to launch a thousand ships; it was how she looked at men. So I stuck with the film, but I didn’t find it to be compelling. People seemed to mumble at times, and likable characters were pretty thin on the ground. I was left wishing Jean Alexander as Christine’s mother had been given more airtime. And, well, that is about all I have to say about it, I guess.… Expand
100%
kevin2019
- Created:2/15/2024
- Updated:2/15/2024
"Scandal" features the sort of sexually promiscuous depiction of the upper classes that usually results in a keen sense of disassociation which finally leads to disinterest and then downright boredom amongst those patrons in the audience completely unaccustomed with the activities of such banal people, so it is somewhat surprising to discover this isn't actually the case here and as a matter of fact the opposite just happens to be true. This film also does an excellent job of placing all the incidents surrounding what happened between Christine Keeler, the rising star of the Conservative Party John Profumo, and suspected Russian spy Yevgeny Ivanov into some kind of cohesive order and even though the more scandalous aspects have lost a lot of their incendiary political relevance when compared to today's lapsed social standards it is still an incredibly interesting insight into what happened and the people who were caught up in the damaging media maelstrom it generated.… Expand

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