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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Dreams of Leaving
1980 1h 0m EN
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7.0
SOLID
★7.0TMDB · 1
TV MovieDrama
Synopsis
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William came to work in Fleet Street in 1971. London meant girls, as many girls as he could find. Then he met Caroline and so it began, that very strange summer ... Caroline said the best of her life.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Bill Nighy
William
Kate Nelligan
Charlotte
Andrew Seear
Andrew
Mel Smith
Xan
Johnny Shannon
Stievel
Helen Lindsay
Mrs Alexander
Julian Littman
Aaron
Charles Dance
Colin
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- David Hare
- Writers
- David Hare
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
David Hare directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 246 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Bill Nighy and Kate Nelligan and Andrew Seear carry the top of the cast.
- 5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 60 min · 1h 0m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
David Hare
Production companies
Who made it
BBC
GB
Key crew
- Script EditorRoger Gregory
- ProducerDavid Rose
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1980-01-17
