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  • 5/26/2015
A Summer Story (1988)

England, 1904. A young lawyer from London, Mr. Ashton (James Wilby) and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor. As he twisted his ankle, Ashton is forced to seek help at a nearby farmhouse and stay there for a few days. Innocent beauty Megan David (Imogen Stubbs) catches the attention of Ashton. He decides to stay longer, and he and Megan fall in love, much to the displeasure of Megan's aunt (Susannah York) and her loutish son (Jerome Flynn). Before Ashton leaves the farm, he vows to return and take Megan away with him.

Director: Piers Haggard

Writers: John Galsworthy (story), Penelope Mortimer

Stars: Imogen Stubbs, James Wilby, Susannah York
Transcript
00:00It was another time, it was another place, she's magical, so you're in love aren't you?
00:18Desperately.
00:19Do you care for me Mr Ashton?
00:22And she was not just another girl.
00:25You come looking for me, didn't you?
00:29Yes.
00:30What shall I call you then?
00:33Mr Ashton?
00:34There's nothing so mysterious, nothing so powerful.
00:45Megan loves me, but is that enough?
00:48So dangerous.
00:49Stop it!
00:53And nothing so elusive as real love.
00:58You're beautiful.
01:01Am I?
01:04A Summer Story.
01:10Sneak Preview's Michael Medved calls A Summer Story gorgeous and glorious.
01:17One of this year's best films.
01:20Emma Jean Stubbs is a magical screen presence, says the Los Angeles Times' Sheila Benson.
01:27And Andy Klein of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner says, Stubbs is nothing short of remarkable.

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