Turtle Diary (1985)
Cast: Rosemary Leach, Eleanor Bron, Harriet Walter, Jeroen Krabbe, Nigel Hawthorne, Richard Johnson, Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Michael Gambon
Director: John Irvin
Writer: Harold Pinter
Synopsis: Neara (Glenda Jackson) is a successful children's book author with a bad case of writer's block, so she looks to aquatic life for inspiration. At a London aquarium she chances on William (Ben Kingsley), a diffident bookseller with an enthusiasm for turtles. Musing over the hopelessly confined state of a group of tank-dwelling sea turtles, Neara and William, with the help of sympathetic zookeeper George (Michael Gambon), conspire to break the turtles free from captivity.
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U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops capsule review
Don Ignacio's Movie Reviews (Michael Lawrence) capsule review[B+]