An Awfully Big Adventure

"In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings"

1995 1h 53m EN

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 73

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Synopsis

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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.

“In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings”

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Cast

Alan Rickman
P.L. O'Hara
Georgina Cates
Stella
Hugh Grant
Meredith Potter
Alun Armstrong
Uncle Vernon
Peter Firth
Bunny
Prunella Scales
Rose
Rita Tushingham
Aunt Lily
Alan Cox
Geoffrey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mike Newell
Writers: Charles Wood
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 21% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mike Newell, shot by Dick Pope. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Richard Hartley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jon Gregory shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Alan Rickman and Georgina Cates and Hugh Grant carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings".

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The take

Mike Newell directs. Dick Pope behind the camera. Richard Hartley scores. Jon Gregory cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 21% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
331 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Directed by Mike Newell, shot by Dick Pope. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Richard Hartley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jon Gregory shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Alan Rickman and Georgina Cates and Hugh Grant carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings".
9IMDB entry: tt0112427 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 73 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.