Handel's Last Chance

Handel's Last Chance (1996)

When you believe in yourself, you can make a comeback.

As the film opens, the career of George Frideric Handel is in tatters. Invited to Dublin to present the premiere of a new choral work, The Messiah, he can't find singers adequate for the job. A boy who steals a chicken runs into Mr. Handel. The boy's Mother was NOT an employee at the Cathedral, she cleaned and ironed shirts, so the mother "bribes" Mr. Handel with non-starched shirts to save her boy from being in jail. The choir sucks until the washer lady's son is discovered by Handel.

Date of release
1996-01-01
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
51m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie, Music
Director
Milan Cheylov

Casting

Interesting facts

Handel's Last Chance is a 1996 television film created by David Devine and Richard Mozer for HBO Original Films of New York and directed by Milan Cheylov. A Canadian-Slovak co-production, it stars Leon Pownall, Tod Fennell, Gerard Parkes, and Seana McKenna. It follows the fictional background of the premiere performance of George Frideric Handel's Messiah in 1742, where a Dublin street boy aids the composer with his singing talent, and the composer in turn changes the boy's life by bringing out his conscience and self-confidence.

Production

The film was shot on location in Bratislava and Častá, Slovakia.

The film soundtrack, entitled Music from the Film Handel's Last Chance, was released in 1996 by Sony Music. It consists of music composed by George Frideric Handel, played by Slovak Philharmonic, conducted by Ondrej Lenárd.

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