An Awfully Big Adventure

An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)

Released: 1995-05-11 Duration: 1hr 53min
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Rating 6.7
In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings

Overview

Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue and learns about the grown-up world of the theater.

Production Companies

Fine Line Features
Fine Line Features
British Screen Productions
Portman Productions
BBC
BBC

Additional Info

Budget $4,000,000.00
Revenue $851,545.00
Original Language en
Popularity 7.654

Directed By

Mike Newell

Crew

Director
Mike Newell
Writer
Charles Wood
Director of Photography
Dick Pope
Editor
Jon Gregory
Casting
Susie Figgis
Production Design
Mark Geraghty
Art Direction
David Wilson
Costume Design
Joan Bergin
Armorer
John McKenna
Script Supervisor
Laerke Sigfred Pedersen
Assistant Costume Designer
Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh
Costume Supervisor
Maeve Paterson
Camera Operator
Sean Corcoran
Camera Operator
Des Whelan
Still Photographer
Jonathan Hession
Still Photographer
Tom Collins
Special Effects Supervisor
Maurice Foley
Dialogue Editor
Brian Blamey
Dialogue Editor
Derek Holding
Sound Editor
Sue Baker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Maxwell
Hair Designer
Ann Buchanan
Hairstylist
Francesca Crowder
First Assistant Editor
Ian Seymour
Producer
Hilary Dwyer
Original Music Composer
Richard Hartley

TOP CAST

Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman

P.L. O'Hara

Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant

Meredith Potter

Alun Armstrong
Alun Armstrong

Uncle Vernon

Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham

Aunt Lily

Alan Cox
Alan Cox

Geoffrey

Nicola Pagett
Nicola Pagett

Dotty Blundell

Carol Drinkwater
Carol Drinkwater

Dawn Allenby

Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison

Desmond Fairchild

Ruth McCabe
Ruth McCabe

Grace Bird

James Frain
James Frain

John Harbour

Pat Laffan
Pat Laffan

Mr Harcourt

Patti Love
Patti Love

Mary Deare

Hilary Reynolds
Hilary Reynolds

Babs Osbourne

Tom Hickey
Tom Hickey

Freddie Reynalde

Robbie Doolin
Robbie Doolin

Reporter

Peter O'Farrell
Peter O'Farrell

Long John Silver

Agnes Bernelle
Agnes Bernelle

Mrs Ackerly

Larry Murphy
Larry Murphy

Inspector

Willie Smith
Willie Smith

Empire Stage Manager

Katy O'Donnell
Katy O'Donnell

Young Stella

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