THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1982
• Genre: Drama, Mystery
• Plot: Peter Greenaway's (The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover) breakthrough feature film is a stylistic tour-de-force about murder, adultery and blackmail.; ; Set in the English countryside in the late 17th century, Mr. Neville, a young draughtsman (Anthony Higgins), is hired by Mrs. Herbert (Janet Suzman) to create 12 elaborate sketches of her estate as a gift to her husband, in return for money and sexual favors. This simple arrangement soon spirals out of control and Mr. Neville finds himself as the prime suspect in a bizarre murder mystery.
• Cast: Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser, Neil Cunningham, Dave Hill, David Gant, David Meyer, Tony Meyer, Nicolas Amer, Suzan Crowley, Lynda La Plante, Michael Feast, Alastair Cummings, Steve Ubels, Ben Kirby, Sylvia Rotter, Kate Doherty, David Joss Buckley, Michael Carter, Vivienne Chandler, Geoffrey Larder, Harry Van Engel, George Miller, Peter Greenaway
• Director: Peter Greenaway
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Wellspring
• Media Format: Movie