{"product_id":"charlie-bubbles-le","title":"CHARLIE BUBBLES - LE","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product_description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHIS ITEM WAS A LIMITED EDITION AND IS NOW OUT-OF-PRINT.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/products\/charlie-bubbles-bd?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=093174d7f\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003eSTANDARD EDITIONS ARE HERE\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Albert Finney, 1968)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRelease date: 26 November 2018 (OOP date: 19 November 2021)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLimited Edition Blu-ray (World Blu-ray premiere)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter achieving international renown as one of the finest actors of his generation in films such as \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night and Sunday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e (1960) and \u003ci\u003eTom Jones\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), Albert Finney turned director for this surreal comic twist on the ‘kitchen sink’ dramas in which he’d made his name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinney plays Charlie Bubbles, a successful writer suffering a mid-life crisis, who attempts to re-connect with his northern working-class roots and estranged family. 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