Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999 film)

Don't Go Breaking My Heart is a 1999 British film, starring Anthony Edwards, Jenny Seagrove and Charles Dance. It was directed by Willi Patterson.

Don't Go Breaking My Heart
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Directed by	Willi Patterson
Written by	Geoff Morrow
Produced by	Bill Kenwright
Starring	Anthony Edwards Jenny Seagrove Charles Dance
Cinematography	Vernon Layton
Edited by	Peter Beston
Music by	Rolfe Kent
Production companies	Aviator Films Bill Kenwright Films
Distributed by	BWE Distribution Inc. Curb Entertainment Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Release date	12 February 1999 (1999-02-12) (UK)
Running time	95 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$7,000,000 (estimated)[1]
Box office	£961,609 (UK) (28 February 1999)[2]

Plot

Suzanne, a beautiful widow, has to choose between Frank, a philandering dentist, and Tony, a sensitive, failing sports trainer who helps her son.

Cast

• Anthony Edwards as Tony
• Jenny Seagrove as Suzanne
• Charles Dance as Frank

Production Notes

Dr. Fiedler played by Tom Conti is a parody of Dr Fassbender played by Peter Sellers in the movie What's New Pussycat?.^[3]

Bill Kenwright had to mortgage his own £1 million London home to pay for its production. Geoff Morrow who wrote the screenplay also wrote the 1977-hit Can't Smile Without You. Despite being second billed, Linford Christie only makes a short cameo appearance in the pre-credit scene of the film.^[4]

Reception

Julianne Pidduck from Sight & Sound praised several aspects of the film, however she concluded: " But despite all efforts, an uninspired script and uneven direction fail to make Suzanne's unhappy lurches from mourning widow to tender lover plausible."^[5]