Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
November 16, 1988Release Date
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
November 16, 1988Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Freda Dowie
Mother
Pete Postlethwaite
Father
Angela Walsh
Eileen
Lorraine Ashbourne
Maisie
Dean Williams
Tony
Sally Davies
Eileen as a child
Susan Flanagan
Maisie as a child
Nathan Walsh
Tony as a child
Michael Starke
Dave
Debi Jones
Micky
Vincent Maguire
George
Marie Jelliman
Jingles
Antonia Mallen
Rose
Anne Dyson
Granny
Jean Boht
Aunty Nell
Chris Darwin
Red
Andrew Schofield
Les
Pauline Quirke
Doreen
Carl Chase
Uncle Ted
Alan Bird
Priest
Matthew Long
Mr Spaull
Frances Dell
Margie
Roy Ford
Priest
Terry Melia
Military Policeman
John Thomalla
Military Policeman
John Carr
Registrar
John Michie
Soldier
Jeanette Moseley
Barmaid
Ina Clough
Licensee
Bill Moores
Pubgoer (uncredited)
George Moss
Pubgoer (uncredited)
Terence Davies
Writer / Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 16, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 24m
Box Office$771,745
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This Movie Is About.
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Distant Voices, Still Lives is a 1988 British period drama film written and directed by Terence Davies. It evokes working-class family life in Liverpool during the 1940s and early 1950s, paying particular attention to the role of popular music, Hollywood cinema, light entertainment and the public house within this tight-knit community.
The film won the Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association. In 1988 the film won the Golden Leopard of the Locarno Film Festival. In 2007 the British Film Institute re-printed and distributed the film across some of Britain's most high-profile independent cinemas, prompting The Guardian newspaper to describe Distant Voices, Still Lives as "Britain's forgotten cinematic masterpiece".
In a 2011 poll carried out by Time Out of the 100 greatest British films of all time, Distant Voices, Still Lives was ranked third.