Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997 | 101m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Robert Bierman |
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| Writer: | Alan Plater, George Orwell |
| Staring: |
| Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 20, 1997 |
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| Director: | Robert Bierman |
| Writer: | Alan Plater, George Orwell |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | england, poet, poverty, writer |
| Production Companies | BBC Film |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Helena Bonham Carter | Rosemary |
| Richard E. Grant | Gordon Comstock |
| Julian Wadham | Ravelston |
| Jim Carter | Erskine |
| Harriet Walter | Julia Comstock |
| Lesley Vickerage | Hermione |
| Barbara Leigh-Hunt | Mrs. Wisbeach |
| Liz Smith | Mrs Meakin |
| John Clegg | McKechnie |
| Malcolm Sinclair | Paul Doring |
| Ben Miles | Ravenscroft Waiter |
| Dorothy Atkinson | Dora |
| Mark Chapman | Court Room Journalist (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Alan Plater | Screenplay |
| Robert Bierman | Director |
| Sarah Greenwood | Production Design |
| Philip Robinson | Art Direction |
| James Keast | Costume Design |
| Giles Nuttgens | Director of Photography |
| Diane Chenery-Wickins | Makeup Artist |
| Sarah Grispo | Makeup Artist |
| Michelle Guish | Casting |
| Bill Wright | Editor |
| Mark Milsome | Focus Puller |
| George Orwell | Novel |
| Mike Batt | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Peter Shaw | Producer |
| Robert Bierman | Executive Producer |
| John Wolstenholme | Executive Producer |
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| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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