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Jul 21, 1995 · With Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates, Alun Armstrong. Set right after World War II, a 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.
- (3K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Mike Newell
- 1995-07-21
An Awfully Big Adventure is a 1995 British coming-of-age film directed by Mike Newell. The story concerns a girl who joins a local repertory 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.
- $4 million
- Richard Hartley
- 7 April 1995
A 1995 drama film about a young actress in Liverpool who falls for an older actor. See the cast, crew, ratings, critic and audience reviews, and photos of this period picture.
- (142)
- Mike Newell
- R
- Alan Rickman
Sep 22, 1995 · A British drama about a provincial theater company and its assistant stage manager, based on a novel by Beryl Bainbridge. The film explores the themes of provincialism, romance, and drama, but has a soggy and uneven plot and a surprise ending that comes too late.
Synopsis. In the film's prologue, a hotelier ushers a child into a bomb shelter during the Liverpool Blitz. We see a brief flashback to a woman leaving her baby in a basement surrounded by flickering candles. Before departing from the house, she quickly drops a string of pearls on the child's pillow, twined around a single rose.
Starring. Alan Rickman. Hugh Grant. Georgina Cates. Music by. Richard Hartley. Cinematography. Dick Pope. Editing by. Jon Gregory. Distributed by. 20th Century Fox [1] Fine Line Features (United States) Release date. 7 April 1995 (United Kingdom) 21 July 1995 (United States) Running time. 112 minutes. Country. United Kingdom. Language. English.
To escape the doldrums of home life with her aunt and uncle, Stella accepts a job as assistant stage manager for a repertory theatre company in post-WWII Liverpool. The starstruck teenager quickly develops a crush on the arrogant artistic director, Meredith Potter, and charms the cast with her...
