Summaries

At death's door, George Frederic Handel reflects, rages, and narrates his life. From his womanizing youthful days, to his rise in fame as a composer, God Rot Tunbridge Wells! pulls no punches in this wild romp of a biopic.

Shortly before death, George Fredrick Handel (1685-1759), old, blind, portly, sometimes raging and usually reflective, narrates a look back over his life. As he tells his story, his music plays as background or is performed on screen. As a youth, he is Buck, a prodigy, attractive to women and to patrons. He travels from Halle to Italy then to London, where he finds himself completely at home. He composes constantly. He pleases princes and dukes; he displeases prelates and critics. He's in court to defend his copyright. He makes and loses money; he engenders a cat fight between two divas. At the end of his life, he observes that he helped the English with their religion.—<[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • composer
Genres
  • Drama
  • Biography
  • Music
Release date Apr 5, 1985
Language English
Filming locations Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Production companies Channel Four RM Associates Ladbroke Films

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 59m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio

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