Iain Glen - Frankie’s House

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Frankie’s House (1990)
TV (4pt)

A&E Television Networks
Anglia Films
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SYNOPSIS

Twenty-year-old photographer Tim Page finds himself caught up in the horror and carnage of the Vietnam War. Amidst the brutality and cynicism of war-torn Saigon, he discovers warmth and tenderness in his relationship with Danielle and later with Kate. But the bond that endures most is with Sean, the son of Errol Flynn and a fellow rookie correspondent. Together they relish taking the risks that their older and war-weary colleagues shun. And when they return exhausted from the nightmares of the battlefield, they seek oblivion in sex, drugs and rock’n roll. All are on offer at Frankie’s House.

REVIEWS

Journalists who covered the Vietnam War experienced the conflict between moral and professional values in its most acute form. For that reason alone ‘Frankie’s House’ (ITV) would have made timely viewing, based as it is on Tim Page’s true story of a gang of war correspondents sharing a house in Saigon. But in fact this four-part series held it’s own in straight dramatic terms. This was partly dew to fine performances by Iain Glen and Kevin Dillon…The script avoided sentimentalising a set of alliances made under grisly circumstances.

The Observer, John Naughton

It’s a wonderful yarn, with lots of male bonding amidst the bullets and the brothels. A very compelling concoction.

The Sunday Times

AWARDS

1993 BAFTA Awards
1. Won Best Original Television Music (Jeff Beck, Jed Leiber)
Iain's photographs with Tim Page's Nikon F

Two photographs of many that Iain Glen captured himself during the course of the filming using the same Nikon F camera that Tim Page had used during the Vietnam war and which he gave to Iain when he went to meet him to research the role.
Credits

Iain Glen
Tim Page

Kevin Dillon
Sean Flynn

Steven Vidler
Steve Cotler

Alan David Lee
Martin Stuart-Fox

Stephen Dillane
Antony Strickland

Alexandra Fowler
Kate Richards

Kaline Carr
Danielle Charasse

Todd Boyce
John Steinbeck IV

Nicholas Hammond
Major Frey

Kay Tong Lim
Frankie

Marilyn Allen
Mrs. Page

Steve Bastoni
GI Jarvis

Don Battee
Che Lai Marine Sergeant

Damian Cudmore
Garcia

Gerald Matthew Good
Tay Ninh Lieutenant

Ron Hackett
Mr. Page

Peter Hathaway
Ashby

Martin Maddell
GI Reeves

Candido Minniti
Davis

Christopher Pate
Chief Petty Officer

Chad Tyler
An Khe Murray

Alan Zitner
Meadows

Director
Peter Fisk

Writers (screenplay)
Andy Armitage
Matt Ford
John Lonie

Writer (original story)
Tim Page

Producers
Matt Carroll
Eric Fellner

Cinematographer
Ross Berryman

Fine performances by Iain Glen and Kevin Dillon.