An Awfully Big Adventure

An Awfully Big Adventure

6.658

1995-05-11

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.

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An Awfully Big Adventure

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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

1995-05-11

Runtime

113

Director

Mike Newell

Budget

$4000000

Revenue

$851545

Genres

Romance

Drama

Comedy

Language

English

Production

Fine Line Features

British Screen Productions

Portman Productions

BBC

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    Alan Rickman

    Alan Rickman
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    Hugh Grant

    Hugh Grant
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    Georgina Cates

    Georgina Cates
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    Alun Armstrong

    Alun Armstrong
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    Peter Firth

    Peter Firth
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    Prunella Scales

    Prunella Scales
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    Rita Tushingham

    Rita Tushingham
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    Alan Cox

    Alan Cox
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    Edward Petherbridge

    Edward Petherbridge
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    Nicola Pagett

    Nicola Pagett
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    Carol Drinkwater

    Carol Drinkwater
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    Clive Merrison

    Clive Merrison
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    Gerard McSorley

    Gerard McSorley
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    Ruth McCabe

    Ruth McCabe
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    James Frain

    James Frain
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    Pat Laffan

    Pat Laffan
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    Patti Love

    Patti Love
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    Hilary Reynolds

    Hilary Reynolds
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    Tom Hickey

    Tom Hickey
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    Robbie Doolin

    Robbie Doolin
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    Brendan Conroy

    Brendan Conroy
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    Johnny Murphy

    Johnny Murphy
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    Peter O'Farrell

    Peter O'Farrell
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    Agnes Bernelle

    Agnes Bernelle
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    Larry Murphy

    Larry Murphy
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    Vicky Curtis

    Vicky Curtis
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    Brian McGrath

    Brian McGrath
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    Padraig O'Raghallaigh

    Padraig O'Raghallaigh
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    Nick Grennell

    Nick Grennell
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    Willie Smith

    Willie Smith
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    Katy O'Donnell

    Katy O'Donnell