

An Awfully Big Adventure
"In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings"
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$4.0M
$4,000,000
Revenue
$852K
$851,545
Languages
English
Studio
Fine Line Features
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Key Crew

Mike Newell
Director

Philip Hinchcliffe
Producer

Hilary Dwyer
Producer
Cast

Alan Rickman
P.L. O'Hara

Hugh Grant
Meredith Potter

Georgina Cates
Stella

Alun Armstrong
Uncle Vernon

Peter Firth
Bunny

Prunella Scales
Rose

Rita Tushingham
Aunt Lily

Alan Cox
Geoffrey

Edward Petherbridge
St.Ives

Nicola Pagett
Dotty Blundell

Carol Drinkwater
Dawn Allenby

Clive Merrison
Desmond Fairchild

Gerard McSorley
George

Ruth McCabe
Grace Bird

James Frain
John Harbour

Pat Laffan
Mr Harcourt

Patti Love
Mary Deare

Hilary Reynolds
Babs Osbourne

Tom Hickey
Freddie Reynalde
Robbie Doolin
Reporter