An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)

05/11/1995 (GB) • 1h 53m

Romance, Drama, Comedy

In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings

Overview

Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck 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 and learns about the grown-up world of the theater.

Top Billed Cast


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,000,000.00

Revenue

$851,545.00

Keywords

based on novel or book

england

liverpool, england

theatre company

1940s

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