Van Gogh

?A vivid and remarkable film, shot in colors as blinding as the canvases that Van Gogh so famously failed to sell.? ? The Times

Great viewing for a starry night! The tragically short life of Vincent van Gogh is dramatized in this acclaimed installment of BBC?s Omnibus series. Van Gogh started out working for an art dealer who fired him. Then he worked as an independent missionary in a coal mine after he failed to get a post in the Church. Notoriously unlucky in love, he produced over 2000 paintings and sketches, yet sold only one before his suicide in the south of France at the age of 37. This award-winning film paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of the troubled Post- Impressionist, depicted by Golden Globe?-winner Linus Roache (RFK, Batman Begins), with appearances by Jack Shepherd (The Other Boleyn Girl, The Murder Room) and Academy Award? winner Jim Broadbent (Iris, Moulin Rouge).

BAFTA Awards:
Best Television Make-Up, 1990