An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
1h 53m
Running Time
May 11, 1995Release Date
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
1h 53m
Running Time
May 11, 1995Release Date
Network & Production Companies



Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

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

Mike Newell
Director

Mark Geraghty
Production Design

Philip Hinchcliffe
Producer

Des Whelan
Camera Operator

Sean Corcoran
Camera Operator

Susie Figgis
Casting

Maurice Foley
Special Effects Supervisor

Jonathan Hession
Still Photographer

Con Dempsey Jr.
Gaffer

Ian Seymour
First Assistant Editor

Derek Holding
Dialogue Editor

Beryl Bainbridge
Novel

Maeve Paterson
Costume Supervisor

Francesca Crowder
Hairstylist

Joan Bergin
Costume Design

Dick Pope
Director of Photography

Jon Gregory
Editor
Media.

Details.
Release DateMay 11, 1995
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Content RatingR
Budget$4,000,000
Box Office$851,545
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
england
based on novel or book
liverpool
theatre company
1940s
Wiki.
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.
The title is an ironic nod to the original Peter Pan story, in which Peter says, "To die will be an awfully big adventure." Set in 1947, the film was adapted from the Booker Prize-nominated 1989 novel of the same name by Beryl Bainbridge.
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