MASTERPIECE: PAGE EIGHT (U.K. EDITION) [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 2011
• Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Bill Nighy and Rachel Weisz head up an outstanding cast—including Judy Davis, Michael Gambon, and Ralph Fiennes—in Page Eight, a contemporary spy thriller from David Hare, his first original screenplay in two decades.; ; Johnny Worricker (Nighy) is a long-serving MI5 officer whose life—both personal and professional—has just been turned inside out. When his boss and best friend (Cambon) dies suddenly, Johnny is left on his own to deal with a contentious Top Secret file that threatens the sanctity and stability of the entire MI5 organization. Further complicating his life is his suspicion that a chance encounter with his beautiful neighbor (Weisz) was, in fact, meticulously orchestrated to serve her own secret agenda.; ; Though his well-honed instinct to question everything is right on, the more duplicity he uncovers, the more desperate he becomes to find someone he can trust before he's forced to walk out on his job—and his life.;
• Cast: Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Tom Hughes, Michael Gambon, Judy Davis, Rakhee Thakrar, Saskia Reeves, Ewen Bremner, Felicity Jones, Richard Lintern, Holly Aird, Andrew Cleaver, Kate Burdette, Ralph Fiennes, Alice Krige, Rory Morrison, Aisling Loftus, Bruce Myers, Surendra Kochar, Charlotte Green, Marthe Keller, Bijan Daneshmand, Jay Benedict, James McArdle, Kriss Dosanjh, Hywel Morgan, Pippa Andre, Dixie Arnold, Ken Birk, Simon Steggall, Robert Toretto, Lester Young, David Hare
• Director: David Hare
• Runtime: 1:45
• Company: PBS Home Video, Heyday Films, Carnival Films, Masterpiece Theatre
• Media Format: Series