An Awfully Big Adventure
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Mike Newell
Agnes Bernelle
Nicola Pagett
Betty Casey
Padraig O'raghallaigh
Horace Hessey
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
To escape the doldrums of home life with her aunt and uncle, Stella accepts a job as assistant stage manager for a repertory theatre company in post-WWII Liverpool. The starstruck teenager quickly develops a crush on the arrogant artistic director, Meredith Potter, and charms the cast with her naive yet ingenuous statements about life. When a local theater star, P.L. O'Hare, is summoned to save a production of "Peter Pan," Stella is drawn into an adult world where the consequences are both comical and chilling.
Director
Mike Newell
Cast
Agnes Bernelle
Nicola Pagett
Betty Casey
Padraig O'raghallaigh
Horace Hessey
Chris Kenevey
Peter O'farrell
Clive Merrison
Johnny Murphy
Paddy Casey
Jack Bayle
Georgina Cates
Hilary Reynolds
Patti Love
Edward Petherbridge
Larry Murphy
Brian Mcgrath
John Drummond
Brendan Conroy
Vicky Curtis
Tom Hickey
Robbie Doolan
Rolf Kholman
Katy O'donnell
Pat Laffan
Alun Armstrong
Willie Smith
Rita Tushingham
Peter Firth
Gerard Mcsorley
Alan Rickman
Hugh Grant
Carol Drinkwater
James Frain
Earl Gill
Nick Grennel
Ruth Mccabe
Prunella Scales
Alan Cox
Crew
Philip Alton
Beryl Bainbridge
Tibor Bajai
Sue Baker
Ciaran Barry
Tommy Bassett
Joan Bergin
Brian Blamey
Ann Buchanan
Ann Buchanan
Alan Butler
Ken Byrne
Noel Byrne
Phil Chapman
Seamus Cocoran
Triona Coen
Clodagh Conroy
John Conroy
Des Corcoran
Dougal Cousins
Francesca Crowder
Eddie Cunningham
Con Dempsey
Jill Dempsey
Kiaran Dempsey
Arthur Dunne
Terry Eiffe
Susie Figgis
Philip Fitzsimmons
Mark Geraghty
Jim Gorman
Martin Grace
Jon Gregory
Janette Hamill
Richard Hartley
Hilary Heath
Andrew Hegarty
Jonathan Hession
Philip Hinchcliffe
Derek Holding
Martin Holland
Tony Hopkins
Pascal Jones
John Kavanagh
John Kelleher
John Lamon
Steve Matthews
Peter Maxwell
John Mcdonnell
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh
Owen Monaghan
Nick Monks
John Moore
John Mulligan
Garry Murray
Paddy Murray
Suzanne Nicell
Tony Nicholson
Andrew Noakes
Gabriel O'brien
Anneliese O'callaghan
Eamonn O'higgins
Martin O'malley
Christie O'shaunessy
Lisa Parker
Maeve Paterson
Laerke Pedersen
Dick Pope
Tony Rowland
John Salter
Alan Scott
Bobby Scott
Ian Seymour
Blaitin Sheeran
Brian Sheridan
Mark Shivas
John Sivers
Ann Stokes
Peter Sutton
Nathalie Tanner
Jeanne Vertigan
Mickey Walsh
Andrew Warren
Des Whelan
Dave Wilson
Charles Wood
Ben Yates
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States August 1995
Released in United States January 1995
Released in United States May 1995
Released in United States on Video December 26, 1995
Released in United States Summer July 21, 1995
Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles February 23 - March 3, 1995.
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors Fortnight) May 17-28, 1995.
Shown at New British Expo in Edinburgh, Scotland August 22-27, 1995.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) in Park City, Utah January 19-29, 1995.
Beryl Bainbridge's novel was a Booker Prize nominee.
Feature debut for actress Georgina Cates.
Began shooting March 3, 1994.
Completed shooting April 18, 1994.
Released in United States January 1995 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) in Park City, Utah January 19-29, 1995.)
Released in United States Summer July 21, 1995
Released in United States August 1995 (Shown at New British Expo in Edinburgh, Scotland August 22-27, 1995.)
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles February 23 - March 3, 1995.)
Released in United States on Video December 26, 1995
Released in United States May 1995 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors Fortnight) May 17-28, 1995.)
