35mm

Turtle Diary

John Irvin

In this adaptation of Russell Hoban’s novel, lonely bookseller Ben Kingsley and single children’s author Glenda Jackson are brought together by their mutual longing to liberate the turtles at the zoo aquarium, aided by zookeeper Michael Gambon.

DIRECTOR
John Irvin
YEAR
1985
COUNTRY
U.K.
RUNTIME
96 minutes
FORMAT
35mm
START DATE
November 23, 2013

In this adaptation of Russell Hoban’s novel, lonely bookseller Ben Kingsley and single children’s author Glenda Jackson are brought together by their mutual longing to liberate the turtles at the zoo aquarium, aided by zookeeper Michael Gambon. Watch out for Pinter’s bookshop customer cameo and supporting performances by Jeroen Krabbe, Harriet Walter and Eleanor Bron.

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