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Walter/s

Original ID   : 3818
Created On    : 2004-04-24
Last Modified : 2005-05-01


1982 film starring Ian McKellen as Walter, a mentally handicapped man. This was the first film to be shown on Channel 4 in England. Highlights include;

" on his first night in a mental hospital, he is sexually molested by a paraplegic dwarf "

" Finding his mother dead in bed, and unable to comprehend what has happened, Walter moves his pigeons into her bedroom, keeping a vigil while her body becomes progressively covered in bird droppings "

Walter became synonymous with Joey Deacon.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383046/ - why not submit a review? We’ll be watching that page… Christ, you can buy it, too!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006CXZN/qid=1089388390/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i6_xgl/202-3118403-0775860

Bryan G