An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
1h 53min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
11 May 1995
Runtime
1h 53min
Director
Budget
$4,000,000
Revenue
$851,545
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Fine Line Features, British Screen Productions, Portman Productions, BBC
Cast
Alan Rickman
P.L. O'Hara
Hugh Grant
Meredith Potter
Georgina Cates
Stella
Alun Armstrong
Uncle Vernon
Peter Firth
Bunny
Prunella Scales
Rose
Rita Tushingham
Aunt Lily
Alan Cox
Geoffrey
Edward Petherbridge
St.Ives
Nicola Pagett
Dotty Blundell
Carol Drinkwater
Dawn Allenby
Clive Merrison
Desmond Fairchild
Gerard McSorley
George
Ruth McCabe
Grace Bird
James Frain
John Harbour
Pat Laffan
Mr Harcourt
Patti Love
Mary Deare
Hilary Reynolds
Babs Osbourne
Tom Hickey
Freddie Reynalde
Robbie Doolin
Reporter
Brendan Conroy
Disley
Johnny Murphy
One Eye
Peter O'Farrell
Long John Silver
Agnes Bernelle
Mrs Ackerly
Larry Murphy
Inspector
Vicky Curtis
Ellen
Brian McGrath
Vicar
Padraig O'Raghallaigh
GPO Clerk
Nick Grennell
Actor
Willie Smith
Empire Stage Manager
Katy O'Donnell
Young Stella
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