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Immortal Beloved: beating Beethoven into Meat Loaf

Dame Edna is the least camp and silly thing in this 1994 symphonic love story, starring Gary Oldman and Isabella RosselliniDirector: Bernard RoseEntertainment grade: CHistory grade: FailAmong Ludwig van Beethoven's papers was found a love letter to an "Immortal Beloved", who has never been conclusively identified.PremiseWhat would be the most clangingly obvious way to open a Beethoven biopic? If you guessed a shot of the grumpy, aged Ludwig (Gary Oldman), illuminated by a stage lightning flash, ...

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15:01 on July 1 2010

Immortal Beloved: beating Beethoven into Meat Loaf

Guardian Music — Dame Edna is the least camp and silly thing in this 1994 symphonic love story, starring Gary Oldman and Isabella RosselliniDirector: Bernard RoseEntertainment grade: CHis... more info