An Awfully Big Adventure
– Liverpool. 1947. A star-struck young girl learns about the grown-up world of the theater...
Liverpool. 1947. A star-struck young girl learns about the grown-up world of the theater.
Release Date:
21 Jul 1995
Language:
English
MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Director:
Mike Newell
Writer:
Beryl Bainbridge (novel), Charles Wood
Main Actors:
Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates, Alun Armstrong
Plot:
Set right after World War II, a 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.
Awards:
2 nominations.
Production:
New Line Home Entertainment
Ratings: