Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
Director:
Robert Bierman
Writer:
Alan Plater
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Helena Bonham Carter as Rosemary |
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Richard E. Grant as Gordon Comstock |
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Julian Wadham as Ravelston |
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Jim Carter as Erskine |
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Harriet Walter as Julia Comstock |
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Lesley Vickerage as Hermione |
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Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Mrs. Wisbeach |
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Liz Smith as Mrs Meakin |
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John Clegg as McKechnie |
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Malcolm Sinclair as Paul Doring |
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Ben Miles as Ravenscroft Waiter |
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Dorothy Atkinson as Dora |
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Mark Chapman as Court Room Journalist (uncredited) |
| Writing | Alan Plater | Screenplay |
| Directing | Robert Bierman | Director |
| Art | Philip Robinson | Art Direction |
| Editing | Bill Wright | Editor |
| Camera | Giles Nuttgens | Director of Photography |
| Production | Robert Bierman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michelle Guish | Casting |
| Production | John Wolstenholme | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diane Chenery-Wickins | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Keast | Costume Design |
| Art | Sarah Greenwood | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Grispo | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Peter Shaw | Producer |
| Camera | Mark Milsome | Focus Puller |
| Writing | George Orwell | Novel |
| Sound | Mike Batt | Original Music Composer |
