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Released 13 years ago.
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Beautiful Thing
"A love story."
2013 1h 54m EN
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8.7
MASTERPIECE
★8.7TMDB · 3
Drama
Synopsis
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This 20th anniversary production of Jonathan Harvey's play about two working class teenage boys falling in love on a south east London council estate was captured by Digital Theatre live at the Arts Theatre in London's Leicester Square.
“A love story.”
Cast
Jake Davies
Jamie
Danny-Boy Hatchard
Ste
Suranne Jones
Sandra
Zaraah Abrahams
Leah
Oliver Farnworth
Tony
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Robert Delamere
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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CRAFT
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Graham Portbury shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Jake Davies and Danny-Boy Hatchard and Suranne Jones carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "A love story.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt9564492 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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The take
Robert Delamere directs. Graham Portbury cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 13 years ago.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Editor Graham Portbury shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Jake Davies and Danny-Boy Hatchard and Suranne Jones carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "A love story.".
- 6IMDB entry: tt9564492 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- Graham Portbury
- Costume design
- Colin Richmond
- Sound
- George Dennis
- Runtime
- 114 min · 1h 54m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG
Also by
Robert Delamere
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Key crew
- ProducerAdam Newland
- Camera OperatorNeil Cooper
- SoundCameron Hills
- ProducerTom O'Connell
- SoundTom Barrow
- Sound DesignerGeorge Dennis
- Camera OperatorTom Rivers
- Lighting DesignDavid Plater
- Costume DesignColin Richmond
- Camera OperatorKate Melbourne
- Set DesignerColin Richmond
- Camera OperatorAdam Rodgers
- Camera OperatorSimon Kennedy
- Sound EngineerTudor Davies
- Camera OperatorLaurence Conroy
- Camera OperatorRob Karr
- SoundIan Sands
- EditorGraham Portbury
- ProducerTom Shaw
- ProducerJack Macdonald
- Stage DirectorNikolai Foster
- Theatre PlayJonathan Harvey
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- coming out
- coming of age
- lgbt
- lgbt teen
- theater performance
- gay theme
Release history · US
When it landed
- Digital2013-06-18PG
Also known as
International titles
- Digital Theatre: Beautiful ThingGB
- Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful ThingGB
- Beautiful Thing: A Love StoryGB
