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082 _a791.4372
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100 _aDonovan,Martin
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245 0 0 _aHollow reed
_cScala, Senator Film Production, GMBH Channel Four Television Corporation.
_hVHS videorecording
250 _aVHS video : VHS tape Visual material : English
260 _c1997
_aCulver City, CA
_bColumbia TriStar Home Video
300 _a1 videocassette of 1
_bsd., col.
_c1/2 in. viewing copy
505 _aHollow Reed is a 1996 drama film directed by Angela Pope. Oliver Wyatt lives with his mother, Hannah Wyatt, and her live-in boyfriend, Frank Donally, and spends occasional afternoons with his father Martyn Wyatt. After Oliver suffers a series of mysterious physical injuries, which he vaguely blames on neighbourhood bullies, suspicions are raised by his father, a GP, against Hannah's boyfriend, Frank. While Martyn becomes firmly convinced Frank is abusing his son, Oliver keeps silent about the true source of his injuries, and Hannah refuses to believe Frank could be abusing her son. Martyn begins court proceedings to gain sole custody of Oliver, though his gay relationship with Tom Dixon is brought as evidence by Hannah's lawyer of the unsuitability of Martyn's home. Only after she catches Frank abusing Oliver does Hannah accept that her boyfriend is the source of Oliver's injuries, though she is swayed by Frank's pleas and agrees to remain quiet about the issue and promises Oliver that the abuse will end. In the climactic scene, Oliver attacks Frank and is saved from a terrible beating by his father, Martyn, who instead receives Frank's wrath. As Frank's savagery is witnessed not only by Hannah, Oliver, and Tom, but also by Hannah's neighbours, who in turn call the police, the film ends with Hannah visiting Oliver, who now resides with his father, and asking him if he'd like to return to her home on occasion, now that Frank no longer lives with her. It is implied that Frank is now serving a prison sentence for abusing Oliver. Her request is met with stony silence from Oliver.
538 _aVHS ; hi-fi, stereo ; dolby surround.
541 _3
546 _aClosed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
650 _aDrama film, A child custody battle, Law, mysterious physical injuries, gay relationship, Lawyer, a divorced gay, physically abused,court proceedings, Courtroom drama
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700 _aRichardson,Joely
_952620
700 _aHart,Ian
_952621
700 _aFlemying,Jason
_952622
700 _aBouls,Sam
_952623
710 _a
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_952624
856 _uhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113314/
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