| Prick Up Your Ears | |||||
| MGM/UA (1987) | |||||
| Biography, Black Comedy, Queer Themes/Interest | |||||
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In Collection
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8*
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| Gary Oldman | Joe Orton | |
| Margaret Tyzack | Madame Lambert | |
| Frances Barber | Leonie Orton | |
| Alfred Molina | Kenneth Halliwell | |
| Vanessa Redgrave | Peggy Ramsay | |
| Julie Walters | Elsie Orton | |
| Lindsay Duncan | Anthea Lahr | |
| Wallace Shawn | John Lahr | |
| Rosalind Knight | RADA Judge | |
| Selina Cadell | Miss Datersby | |
| Eric Richard | Education Officer | |
| Stephen Bill | George Barnett | |
| Janet Dale | Mrs. Sugden | |
| Angus MacKay | RADA Judge | |
| Christopher Guinee | Publisher | |
| Dave Atkins | Mr. Sugden | |
| William Job | RADA Chairman | |
| JAMES Grant | ||
| JAMES Grant | William Orton | |
| Janet Dale | Mrs Sugden | |
| Dave Atkins | Mr Sugden | |
| Linda Spurrier | RADA Instructor | |
| Charlotte Wodehouse | Janet | |
| Helena Michell | Orton's Friend | |
| Sean Pertwee | Orton's Friend | |
| Liam De Staic | Brickie | |
| Charles McKeown | Mr Cunliffe | |
| Selina Cadell | Miss Battersby | |
| Bert Parnaby | Magistrate | |
| Anthony Carrick | Counsel | |
| Neil Dudgeon | Policeman |
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| Producer |
Andrew Brown
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| Writer/Composer |
Alan Bennett
John Lahr |
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| Cinematography |
Oliver Stapleton
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| Music |
Stanley Myers
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Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, to study at RADA, and enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat in the 1960s. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as 'What the Butler Saw' and 'Loot', Halliwell begins to feel alienated and the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain. |
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