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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025192885228
Format: AC-3, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 11, 2006
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 4422
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
It s the ultimate personal challenge swimming the English Channel. But as Frank Redmond (Peter Mullan Braveheart Trainspotting) plunges headlong into his new life his friends get swept up in his quest filling his training with laughter and camaraderie as he prepares for the most extraordinary test of human endurance.On a Clear Day is an inspirational and heartwarming story of family friends and one amazing adventure that will stay with you forever!System Requirements:Running Time: 99 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG-13 UPC: 025192885228 Manufacturer No: 28852
Amazon.com:
An independent film from Britain, On a Clear Day tells the story of a man trying to come to terms with his past by setting a goal for the future: to swim across the English Channel. Frank (Peter Mullan) is a stoic man who tells his young grandson, 'Things aren't meant to be fixed nowadays.' After working all his life, the Glasgow shipbuilder finds himself middle-aged and jobless. His loving wife Joan (two-time Academy Award nominee Brenda Blethyn) tries to lessen the financial burden by learning to become a bus driver. Frank's relationship with his househusband son Rob (Jamie Sives) is distant at best. And though he doesn't speak of his other son, who drowned decades ago, Frank thinks of him often. Director Gaby Dellal reveals a gentle touch in the film's quieter moments. But she's just at home balancing the melodramatic moments (Rob confronting his father in a swimming pool) with comic relief (Frank's friendship with a woebegone group of men, including optimistic Danny, played by Billy Boyd from The Lord of the Rings). In the end, it's less important whether Frank's goals are met than mending his broken relationships. The finale is touching in the way it all plays out, because some things are meant to be fixed. --Jae-Ha Kim
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Very good movie
We've been seeking out movies which are made in western Europe, they are very entertaining and different from movies produced in the U.S. "On A Clear Day" does not disappoint. There are several other movies of this type you should seek out; Waking Ned Devine, Saving Grace are but two.
Rating:  - Pleasant undemanding fare
Here's a movie to watch after a long, hard day when you're in the mood for something pleasantly uplifting that doesn't demand too much.
Frank loses his job in a Glasgow shipyard and finds himself at a loss. He decides to swim the English Channel. Of course, Frank has his problems. He's not a very communicative man -- he and his wife barely speak. He's alienated from his son whom he blames for the death of another child many years before.
But with the help of his motely chums ... Read More
Rating: - INSPIRATIONAL, FUNNY, FAMILY FRIENDLY--AND OUR HOUSE LOVES THE BRITTISH ACCENTS
A DVD for you if you are aging, have lost a job, dealing with a handicap, struggling with a major problem, enjoy Scotland or England, are a water lover, if you enjoy watching movies with a spouse (or need to), or if you just like a really good comedy/drama/feel-good movie without Hollywood's toppings of sex, blood, and death. It's five stars of pure enjoyment with a heart-hug ending.
We watched with the English subtitles on. Wendy's review stated that her copy had no captioning. It does ... Read More
Rating: - A Real Gem
"On a Clear Day" is another overlooked film from the UK which does not disappoint. If you have seen and liked "Dear Frankie", "Waking Ned Devine", "Greenfingers", "The Full Monty", "The Snapper", or "The Van" small but well crafted British films that deal with the day to day challenges of the human condition with equal amounts of humor and drama then you will enjoy this film as well.
Rating:  - What to do next?
When you're fiftyish and have just lost your job, what do you do next?
If you're Frank in "On A Clear Day," then you swim the English Channel, and confront some nasty personal demons. This wee, warm Scottish flick does a great job balancing out comedy and melancholy, with a bit of family strife thrown in. It's just a small-scale, sweet little film.
A Scottish shipyard is laying off workers, and Frank (Peter Mullan) suddenly finds himself without a job. His wife Joan (Brenda ... Read More
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