Awards
BAFTA Awards (2001) – Nominated: Flaherty Documentary Award (TV)
Royal Television Society (2001) – Nominated: RTS Television Award: Best Single Documentary
This must-see movie takes us to the lush Caribbean island of Mustique, the late Princess Margaret’s hideaway, and gives us a glimpse into the arcane mental meanderings of Lord Glenconnor. The riotously eccentric aristocrat bought the island back in the 1960s and was instrumental in turning it into a playground for the jet set of yore, including Mick Jagger and his entourage. Now virtually bankrupt, his Lordship returns to the island idyll he once owned and we are taken on a roller coaster ride into the mind-set of a bygone era, by a man who typifies the illusions that sustained the British Empire. Withering dialogue and brilliant editing deftly recreate that era by exploring this flawed but larger-than-life character. A masterpiece of documentary filmmaking.
Guests
Co-Director: Vikram Jayanti


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