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An Awfully Big Adventure

An Awfully Big Adventure

Actor(s): Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates, Alun Armstrong, Peter Firth
Director(s): Mike Newell
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Adult Situations
Movie Release: 1994
DVD Release: 04/19/2005
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 53 mins
Studio: New Line Home Video
Members Wishing: 5
Genres: Drama, Showbiz Drama, Coming-of-Age

DVD Synopsis

A misleading title and a different type of performance from Hugh Grant are two of the offbeat features of An Awfully Big Adventure. Virginal theatre fanatic Stella (Georgina Cates), who speaks with her dead mother by phone, joins a theatrical troupe in 1947 England headed by manipulative director Meredith Potter (Grant). Stella quickly falls for Potter, but he doesn't return her affections, driving her into the arms of the troupe's arrogant star, P.L. O'Hara (Alan Rickman). O'Hara eventually takes Stella's virginity, although she secretly remains devoted to Potter. More secrets of the troupe are revealed at the story's climax, although nothing is really resolved to any of the characters' satisfaction. Not quite a satire and not quite a drama, An Awfully Big Adventure is occasionally mean-spirited and frequently dour, which may just be a result of its subject matter. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Actors

Alan Rickman - P.L. O'Hara
Hugh Grant - Meredith Potter
Georgina Cates - Stella
Alun Armstrong - Uncle Vernon
Peter Firth - Bunny


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