An Awfully Big Adventure
“In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings”
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.
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Cast
31 people
Alan Rickman
P.L. O'Hara
Known for
Die Hard
Love Actually
Georgina Cates
Stella
Known for
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Clay Pigeons
Hugh Grant
Meredith Potter
Known for
Love Actually
Notting Hill
Alun Armstrong
Uncle Vernon
Known for
Frontier
The Mummy Returns
Peter Firth
Bunny
Known for
Spooks: The Greater Good
Risen
Prunella Scales
Rose
Known for
Fawlty Towers
Howards End
Rita Tushingham
Aunt Lily
Known for
Last Night in Soho
The Pale Horse
Alan Cox
Geoffrey
Known for
The Odyssey
Young Sherlock Holmes
Edward Petherbridge
St.Ives
Known for
Noble House
Pope Joan
Nicola Pagett
Dotty Blundell
Known for
Operation: Daybreak
There's a Girl in My Soup
Carol Drinkwater
Dawn Allenby
Known for
All Creatures Great and Small
The Shout
Clive Merrison
Desmond Fairchild
Known for
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Heavenly Creatures
Mike Newell Director · Charles Wood Writer Beryl Bainbridge Author
Worldwide gross $852K · Budget $4M · United States release July 21, 1995
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Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$851,545
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Fine Line Features
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British Screen Productions
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Portman Productions
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BBC
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BBC Film
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United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · May 11, 1995
Theatrical
United States · July 21, 1995
Theatrical
Czechia
August 10, 1995 · Theatrical
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