Role: Vera Phillips
Director: John Maybury
Writer: Sharman Macdonald
Theatrical Release: June 20, 2008 (UK) | March 13, 2009 – (US) limited
DVD Release: July 14, 2009 – (US)
Tagline: The only thing more dangerous than war… is love.
Genre: Biography | Drama | Romance | War
MPAA Rating: R
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Welsh poet Dylan Thomas is torn between his free-spirited childhood sweetheart, Vera Phillips, and his fiery wife, Caitlin MacNamara, in this lush, fact-based period drama. Despite their rivalry over Dylan, Vera and Caitlin develop an unlikely friendship, but jealousy enters the picture when Vera marries William Killick and the threesome becomes a quartet.

Facts and Trivia

• The screenwriter is Keira Knightley’s mother.
• Lindsay Lohan was originally attached to play the role of Caitlin, but dropped out shortly before filming began.
• Sharman Macdonald wrote the role of Caitlin with Keira Knightley in mind, but Keira chose to play Vera instead.
• Keira Knightley does all of her own singing in the film. She worked with vocal coach Claire Underwood to prepare for the film.
• Producer Rebekah Gilbertson is the granddaughter of the real people played by Keira Knightley and Cillian Murphy in the film.
• The film’s title is subtly shown, in part, throughout the film in various places. Most noticeably after we see Caitlin’s affair it appears as a silhouette on the curtain.

Character Quotes

• “You’re a bitch. It’s the past Dylan loves. And you. He doesn’t love me at all.”
• “I hate him. Oh, God, I hate him so much. Look what he’s done to me.”
• “Don’t laugh. Don’t damn well laugh! I can’t do this alone.”

Other Cast

Sienna Miller as Caitlin Thomas
Cillian Murphy as William Killick
Matthew Rhys as Dylan Thomas

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