American Friends
An education in love
1991 | 95m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Tristram Powell |
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| Writer: | Tristram Powell, Michael Palin |
| Staring: |
| Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and both the women are drawn to him. Back at Oxford he is nevertheless taken aback when they arrive unannounced. Women are not allowed in the College grounds, let alone the rooms. Indeed any liaison, however innocent, is frowned on by the upstanding Fellows. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 22, 1991 |
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| Director: | Tristram Powell |
| Writer: | Tristram Powell, Michael Palin |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | costume drama, 19th century, romantic |
| Production Companies | British Screen, BBC, Prominent Features, British Screen Productions, Mayday, Millenium |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $23,358
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Michael Palin | Rev. Francis Ashby |
| Trini Alvarado | Elinor Hartley |
| Connie Booth | Caroline Hartley |
| Alfred Molina | Oliver Syme |
| Bryan Pringle | Haskell |
| Jonathan Firth | Cable |
| Susan Denaker | Mrs. Cantrell |
| David Calder | Pollitt |
| Robert Eddison | Rushden - The President |
| Simon Jones | Anderson |
| Fred Pearson | Hapgood |
| Ian Dunn | Gowers |
| Charles McKeown | Maynard |
| Roger Lloyd Pack | Dr. Butler |
| John Nettleton | Groves |
| Alun Armstrong | Dr. Weeks |
| Sheila Reid | Mrs. Weeks |
| Charles Simon | Canon Harper |
| Arthur Howard | Voe |
| Wensley Pithey | Cave |
| Jimmy Jewel | Ashby Senior |
| Jo Stone-Fewings | Undergraduate 'King Lear' |
| Markus Gehrig | Swiss Guide |
| Edward Rawle-Hicks | John Weeks |
| Kenneth W. Caravan | Medical Graduate(uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Graham Churchyard | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Philip Bonham-Carter | Cinematography, Director of Photography |
| George Akers | Editor |
| Irene Lamb | Casting |
| Penny Eyles | Script Supervisor |
| Andrew McAlpine | Production Design |
| Chris Townsend | Art Direction |
| Bob Ringwood | Costume Design |
| Linda Bruce | Production Supervisor |
| Sandor Von Orosz | Production Manager |
| Tristram Powell | Writer, Director |
| Michael Palin | Writer |
| Georges Delerue | Music, Original Music Composer |
| David Appleby | Still Photographer |
| Mark Milsome | Clapper Loader |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Steve Abbott | Producer |
| Patrick Cassavetti | Producer |
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