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An Awfully Big Adventure

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 p

Director

Mike Newell

Year

Genre

comedy, drama, romance

Box Office

$259,724

Production

Fine Line Features,British Screen Productions,Portman Productions,BBC

Awards

2 nominations

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P.L. O'Hara

Meredith Potter

Stella

Uncle Vernon

Bunny

Rose

Prunella Scales

Aunt Lily

Rita Tushingham

Geoffrey

St. Ives

Edward Petherbridge

Dotty Blundell

Dawn Allenby

Carol Drinkwater

Desmond Fairchild

George

Gerard McSorley

Grace Bird

John Harbour

Mr. Harcourt

Mary Deare

Babs Osbourne

Hilary Reynolds

Freddie Reynalde

Reporter

Disley

One Eye

Long John Silver

Peter O'Farrell

Mrs. Ackerly

Inspector

Ellen

Vicar

GPO clerk

Padraig O'Raghallaigh

Actor

Empire stage manager

Young Stella

Baby Stella

Band

Band

Band

Band

Band

Singer

Singer

Pianist

Rep Actor - Stage Manager

Rep Actor - Stage Manager

Stephen Holland

Policeman

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P.l. O'hara P.l. O'hara Stella Meredith Potter Dotty Blundell Desmond Fairchild Rose

Stella? - An Awfully Big Adventure

I didn't know it was
called Dramatic Art. - An Awfully Big Adventure

I didn't know it was called Dramatic Art.

Mrs. Fairfield says... - An Awfully Big Adventure

Mrs. Fairfield says...

I must keep my coat on. - An Awfully Big Adventure

I must keep my coat on.

But you haven't seen me act Mr Potter - An Awfully Big Adventure

But you haven't seen me act Mr Potter

Good evening.
My name is Stella Bradshaw. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Good evening. My name is Stella Bradshaw.

So does everybody know everybody - An Awfully Big Adventure

So does everybody know everybody

I'm having a bit of trouble finding my character - An Awfully Big Adventure

I'm having a bit of trouble finding my character

A cup of tea, please. - An Awfully Big Adventure

A cup of tea, please.

There's a man next to you - An Awfully Big Adventure

There's a man next to you

Well, Mother, I might as well
get it over with - An Awfully Big Adventure

Well, Mother, I might as well get it over with

I don't like the feel of it. - An Awfully Big Adventure

I don't like the feel of it.

Don't you think they're good,
Stella's notes? - An Awfully Big Adventure

Don't you think they're good, Stella's notes?

All beginners, please! - An Awfully Big Adventure

All beginners, please!

Why can't we start?! - An Awfully Big Adventure

Why can't we start?!

Hold it under there,
like that. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Hold it under there, like that.

Stand by, Mr. Fairchild, please. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Stand by, Mr. Fairchild, please.

Going up. - An Awfully Big Adventure

What about Desmond Fairchild - An Awfully Big Adventure

What about Desmond Fairchild

I shall give her a part. - An Awfully Big Adventure

I shall give her a part.

Stella... - An Awfully Big Adventure

Is that how you spell it? - An Awfully Big Adventure

Is that how you spell it?

Ptolemy. The boy king.
Son of the flute-blower. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Ptolemy. The boy king. Son of the flute-blower.

I'll wait for you
after the show. - An Awfully Big Adventure

I'll wait for you after the show.

All the newspapers.
Even Manchester. - An Awfully Big Adventure

All the newspapers. Even Manchester.

On the doorstep of my digs
this morning - An Awfully Big Adventure

On the doorstep of my digs this morning

Why does Richard St. Ives - An Awfully Big Adventure

Why does Richard St. Ives

How dare you?! - An Awfully Big Adventure

Good luck. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Ah! By Apis, Persian,
thy gods are good to thee. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Ah! By Apis, Persian, thy gods are good to thee.

Good night, old boy! - An Awfully Big Adventure

Good night, old boy!

What'll become of her Bunny - An Awfully Big Adventure

What'll become of her Bunny

Go down to the kitchen - An Awfully Big Adventure

Go down to the kitchen

"Dearest Swine, - An Awfully Big Adventure

"Dearest Swine,

"Manchester Daily News,
November 9th." - An Awfully Big Adventure

"Manchester Daily News, November 9th."

Up and out, please! - An Awfully Big Adventure

Up and out, please!

A marvellous man this Caesar. - An Awfully Big Adventure

A marvellous man this Caesar.

Mind you don't fall off - An Awfully Big Adventure

Mind you don't fall off

I know this is
your old dressing room. - An Awfully Big Adventure

I know this is your old dressing room.

I do know other words - An Awfully Big Adventure

I do know other words

Some disky spirit compels me now - An Awfully Big Adventure

Some disky spirit compels me now

You can't do anything I don't hear about - An Awfully Big Adventure

You can't do anything I don't hear about

Disley? - An Awfully Big Adventure

No, thanks. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Tiddly drop of thickers, George. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Tiddly drop of thickers, George.

And yet... - An Awfully Big Adventure

As usual, a child being sick
during my quiet scene. - An Awfully Big Adventure

As usual, a child being sick during my quiet scene.

Over there. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Yes. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Here'll do. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Damp. - An Awfully Big Adventure

You look at me as if
I might fly up the chimney. - An Awfully Big Adventure

You look at me as if I might fly up the chimney.

Stella... - An Awfully Big Adventure

I knew someone called that. - An Awfully Big Adventure

I knew someone called that.

Dotty bought me this. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Dotty bought me this.

If you need some water,
there's only the sink. - An Awfully Big Adventure

If you need some water, there's only the sink.

I expect there's a knack to it. - An Awfully Big Adventure

I expect there's a knack to it.

Hello, Mother? - An Awfully Big Adventure

Uncle Vernon? - An Awfully Big Adventure

I'm looking for Mr. Potter
from the-- the theatre. - An Awfully Big Adventure

I'm looking for Mr. Potter from the-- the theatre.

Sorry to intrude,
but I'm impelled to speak. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Sorry to intrude, but I'm impelled to speak.

Someone was splashing out
at Woolworths. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Someone was splashing out at Woolworths.

Coming back? - An Awfully Big Adventure

What have I-- - An Awfully Big Adventure

No tea for me. - An Awfully Big Adventure

You ought to get a proper coat. - An Awfully Big Adventure

You ought to get a proper coat.

Who gave you the pearls? - An Awfully Big Adventure

Who gave you the pearls?

I'm in love with someone else! - An Awfully Big Adventure

I'm in love with someone else!

Put your legs closer together. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Put your legs closer together.

That feels different. - An Awfully Big Adventure

That feels different.

She won't wear the vest
wardrobe has made for her. - An Awfully Big Adventure

She won't wear the vest wardrobe has made for her.

Here, put those-- - An Awfully Big Adventure

Here, put those--

I'm beginning to get
the hang of fucking. - An Awfully Big Adventure

I'm beginning to get the hang of fucking.

Don't you love me just a bit - An Awfully Big Adventure

Don't you love me just a bit

- Hey, you're not trying.
- I'm trying very hard. - An Awfully Big Adventure

- Hey, you're not trying. - I'm trying very hard.

- Yay!
- Go, Rep! - An Awfully Big Adventure

- Yay! - Go, Rep!

- Mr. O'Hara!
- You wouldn't. - An Awfully Big Adventure

- Mr. O'Hara! - You wouldn't.

Aah! - An Awfully Big Adventure

And our Renée? Not sure. - An Awfully Big Adventure

And our Renée? Not sure.

There were times - An Awfully Big Adventure

There were times

Stella! - An Awfully Big Adventure

Now is the hour - An Awfully Big Adventure

Now is the hour

All right. - An Awfully Big Adventure

"Potter,
it may be that you think - An Awfully Big Adventure

"Potter, it may be that you think

Be a good girl, now. - An Awfully Big Adventure

Be a good girl, now.

The thing is... - An Awfully Big Adventure

The thing is...

It's been awful - An Awfully Big Adventure

It's been awful

An Awfully Big Adventure poster

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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 p

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Director: Mike Newell

Writer: Beryl Bainbridge, Charles Wood

Production: Fine Line Features,British Screen Productions,Portman Productions,BBC

Genre: comedy, drama, romance

Year: 1995

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.9

BoxOffice: $259,724

Released: 21 Jul 1995

Awards: 2 nominations

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