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You Can Choose Your Friends

  • TV Movie
  • 2007
  • 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers in You Can Choose Your Friends (2007)
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Comedy-drama in which Ken and Margaret entertain three generations of their family and friends at their 45th wedding anniversary party.Comedy-drama in which Ken and Margaret entertain three generations of their family and friends at their 45th wedding anniversary party.Comedy-drama in which Ken and Margaret entertain three generations of their family and friends at their 45th wedding anniversary party.

  • Director
    • Delyth Thomas
  • Writer
    • Richard Herring
  • Stars
    • Anton Rodgers
    • Julia McKenzie
    • Claire Skinner
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    60
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Delyth Thomas
    • Writer
      • Richard Herring
    • Stars
      • Anton Rodgers
      • Julia McKenzie
      • Claire Skinner
    • 1User review
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    Anton Rodgers
    Anton Rodgers
    • Ken Snell
    Julia McKenzie
    Julia McKenzie
    • Margaret Snell
    Claire Skinner
    Claire Skinner
    • Jane Arden
    Gordon Kennedy
    Gordon Kennedy
    • Pete Arden
    Eleanor Wyld
    Eleanor Wyld
    • Holly Arden
    Richard Dean
    • Mark Arden
    Tony Bignell
    • Nick Arden
    Robert Daws
    Robert Daws
    • Simon Snell
    Rebecca Front
    Rebecca Front
    • Amanda Snell
    Ruby Bentall
    Ruby Bentall
    • Phoebe Snell
    Richard Herring
    • Ian Snell
    Sarah-Jane Potts
    Sarah-Jane Potts
    • Chloe
    John Warman
    • Car Driver
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Delyth Thomas
    • Writer
      • Richard Herring
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    Reasonable comedy about the dynamics of a family coming together to celebrate Anton Rodgers and Julia Mackenzie's wedding anniversary. I understand this was intended as a pilot for a sitcom, but due to sad death of Anton Rodgers show never happened, although the BBC radio show Relativity with Richard Herring playing the Anton Rodgers character and Alison Steadman taking over the role of Julia Mackenzie.

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    • Trivia
      This was Anton Rodgers's final acting role before his death on December 1, 2007.
    • Quotes

      Chloe: You must have heard of the Theory of Relativity.

      Simon Snell: E equals M C squared.

      Chloe: The First Theory of Relativity states that time moves more slowly when you spend it with your relatives.

      Jane Arden: No arguing with that.

      Chloe: And the Second Theory of Relativity is that time spent with your family and time spent in the real world move at different speeds. So you could leave your family for decades and when you finally come home again, only a few seconds have elapsed and nothing's changed at all. So the youngest is still treated like the baby, even when they're forty.

      Ian Snell: I'm thirty-nine.

      Chloe: And the oldest is still expected to set a good example, so they get the hardest time for even the smallest misdemeanour.

      Simon Snell: Well that makes some sense.

      Jane Arden: And what about the middle child?

      Chloe: The middle child could do the most amazing things, and nobody's ever going to notice cos the other two are just busy making so much noise.

      Jane Arden: Forget Einstein - this woman is a genius.

      Chloe: [to Jane] I'm a middle one too.

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    • Release date
      • June 7, 2007 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Cobham, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Avalon Television
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      1 hour 13 minutes
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