i adore this film and i be so surprised that it doesn not have a high score for user vote . i stumble on this film on cable and be mesmerize . it truly be fabulous if it sound like i be gush over it and it because that precisely what i be do . julie christie be just awesome in this film . she so kinetic and and of course and beautiful . the big surprise for me be watch richard chamberlain . i always think of him a just the king of television mini series and and he be so utterly different in this than what i grow up think him to be . the film be so stylistic wonderful the way it play with time and image . petulia be the best hidden surprise that i have stumble on in the last 5 year . now if someone would only release it on dvd please .