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    Year:
    		 1998
    Character Name:
    		 David Allenby
    Director:
    		 Tom Waller

  • This film marked Martin's return to acting after coming through his brain tumour ordeal and was given the all clear.
  • Martin took a cut in his salary for his role in this movie which made £7,211 at the box office after a limited release at cinemas in the UK.
  • At just 22 years of age this film marked the directorial debut of Tom Waller who raised the finances for this film himself.
  • Monk Dawson is based on the novel written by Piers Paul Reed.
  • The film received a nomination for 'Best Film' at the UK Creative Freedom Awards in 1999.

    Reviews

  • "Smoothly mounted and solidly played, "Monk Dawson" is a narrative-driven yarn of a priest's crisis of religious conscience that's an enjoyable ride but has a miniseries feel overall. A small theatrical audience could be found for this well-crafted first feature by producer-director Tom Waller,but in major markets it's more likely to end up on the tube, where its crowded storyline would benefit from an expanded running time. Despite its lack of modern commercial smarts, and almost old-fashioned concentration on abstracts like friendship and moral conflicts among the upper middle class, the movie is an impressive bow by Waller, who raised the production coin himself after graduating as an editor from the U.K.'s Northern Film School in fall '95 and optioning Piers Paul Read's novel." (Variety.com)
  • "There's certainly plenty to chew on in James Magrane's script - political dogma, moral decay, organised religion - and the cast do a fine job of looking anxious and thoughtful without seeming bored by the picture postcard locations." Jake Hamilton (Empire magazine July 1998)

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    Links

  • IMDb - Cast and crew.
  • Monk Dawson - Official Website
  • Original Martin Kemp Homepage - Summary and review.

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