Comedy ·Drama ·Romance · United Kingdom · 1997 · 1h 41m

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Director

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter as Rosemary Richard E. Grant as Gordon Comstock Julian Wadham as Ravelston Jim Carter as Erskine Harriet Walter as Julia Comstock Lesley Vickerage as Hermione

Crew

Giles Nuttgens — Director of Photography Bill Wright — Editor Mike Batt — Original Music Composer Alan Plater — Screenplay George Orwell — Novel Peter Shaw — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Robert Bierman Director Giles Nuttgens Director of Photography Bill Wright Editor Mike Batt Original Music Composer Alan Plater Screenplay George Orwell Novel Peter Shaw Producer Sarah Greenwood Production Design James Keast Costume Design

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