An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings
112 min
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.
- Release date
- April 7, 1995
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Box office
- $851,545
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Trailer
Cast
- Alan Rickman as P.L. O'Hara
- Georgina Cates as Stella
- Hugh Grant as Meredith Potter
- Alun Armstrong as Uncle Vernon
- Peter Firth as Bunny
- Prunella Scales as Rose
- Rita Tushingham as Aunt Lily
- Alan Cox as Geoffrey
- Edward Petherbridge as St. Ives
- Nicola Pagett as Dotty Blundell
- Carol Drinkwater as Dawn Allenby
- Clive Merrison as Desmond Fairchild
- Gerard McSorley as George
- Ruth McCabe as Grace Bird
- James Frain as John Harbour
- Pat Laffan as Mr Harcourt
- Patti Love as Mary Deare
- Hilary Reynolds as Babs Osbourne
- Tom Hickey as Freddie Reynalde
- Brendan Conroy as Disley
- Johnny Murphy as One Eye
- Peter O'Farrell as Long John Silver
- Agnes Bernelle as Mrs Ackerly
- Brian McGrath as Vicar
- Padraig O'Raghallaigh as GPO Clerk
Crew
- Mike Newell · Director
- Beryl Bainbridge · Writer
- Charles Wood · Writer
- Hilary Heath · Producer
- Philip Hinchcliffe · Producer
- Richard Hartley · Composer
- Dick Pope · Cinematographer
- Jon Gregory · Editor
- Susie Figgis · Casting director
- Mark Geraghty · Production designer