A coincidence

Rating: Null/10 (8 March 2001)

While watching a video of this wonderful film, my wife and I were interrupted by a phone call from my late father's cousin in New Zealand. On telling him what we were watching, he told me that I was related (somewhat obscurely) to Reginald Johnson, the tutor in the film portrayed by Peter O'Toole and that he had read all the books written by R.J. including the one on which the film was based. Some coincidence eh? If we had not been watching this film at that particular moment, I might not have learned from 12,000 miles away, of my connection with it. I can only say that I was gobsmacked, but watching this beautiful film was a wonderful experience, an opinion shared by my wife who is not normally fond of long films. Bernie Blaikie.