Shirley Valentine is a 1989 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay by Willy Russell is based on his 1986 one-character play of the same title. Pauline Collins reprises the titular lead role as middle-aged housewife Shirley. Tom Conti plays Costas Dimitriades, the owner of a Greek tavern with whom she has a holiday romance.
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Shirley Valentine is a 1989 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay by Willy Russell is based on his 1986 one-character play of the same title. Pauline Collins reprises the titular lead role as middle-aged housewife Shirley, which she had previously played in the stage production in London’s West End and on Broadway. Tom Conti plays Costas Dimitriades, the owner of a Greek tavern with whom she has a holiday romance. The film’s theme song, “The Girl Who Used to Be Me,” was written by Marvin Hamlisch and Alan Bergman, and performed by Austin Austin and Marilyn Bergman. In various versions of the film, as modified for distribution, child viewing, and television, the film has the line “Unlike Unlike” changed to avoid the use of adult language by Costas, who has spoken by line by line with Shirley in the film.
It is the most open-ended film in the history of the British film festival circuit, with more than 2,000 screenings. It has also been shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, and at the Montreal Film Festival in August 1989, as well as the Théâtre de Maisonneuve in Paris and the BAFTAs in New York and Los Angeles in May and June of that year. The movie is now considered one of the most successful British films of all time, with a box office gross of $1.6 million. It was released in UK cinemas on 17 November 1989. The UK release date was 16 November 1989, but the US release date has yet to be announced.
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