An Awfully Big Adventure
In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings
1995 | 113m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Mike Newell |
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| Writer: | Charles Wood, Beryl Bainbridge |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 11, 1995 |
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| Director: | Mike Newell |
| Writer: | Charles Wood, Beryl Bainbridge |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | england, based on novel or book, liverpool, england, theatre company, 1940s |
| Production Companies | Fine Line Features, BBC, British Screen Productions, Portman Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $851,545
Budget: $4,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Mike Newell | Director |
| Peter Maxwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ann Buchanan | Hair Designer |
| Francesca Crowder | Hairstylist |
| Ian Seymour | First Assistant Editor |
| Richard Hartley | Original Music Composer |
| Charles Wood | Writer |
| Beryl Bainbridge | Novel |
| Jon Gregory | Editor |
| Mark Geraghty | Production Design |
| David Wilson | Art Direction |
| Joan Bergin | Costume Design |
| John McKenna | Armorer |
| Laerke Sigfred Pedersen | Script Supervisor |
| Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Maeve Paterson | Costume Supervisor |
| Sean Corcoran | Camera Operator |
| Des Whelan | Camera Operator |
| Jonathan Hession | Still Photographer |
| Tom Collins | Still Photographer |
| Con Dempsey Jr. | Gaffer |
| Maurice Foley | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Brian Blamey | Dialogue Editor |
| Derek Holding | Dialogue Editor |
| Sue Baker | Sound Editor |
| Dick Pope | Director of Photography |
| Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Philip Hinchcliffe | Producer |
| Hilary Dwyer | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
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