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The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
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Ian McEwan (written by)
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May 1983 (UK)
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 1 win
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Why Isn't Rosemary Harris made a Dame yet?
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jonathan Pryce | ... | James Penfield |
 | Tim Curry | ... | Jeremy Hancock |
 | Rosemary Harris | ... | Ann Barrington |
 | Frank Finlay | ... | Matthew Fox |
| Charlie Dore | ... | Susan Barrington |
| David de Keyser | ... | Gold |
| Nat Jackley | ... | Mr. Penfield |
| Bill Paterson | ... | Lecturer |
| William Maxwell | ... | Journalist |
| Paul Jesson | ... | Journalist |
| Andy Rashleigh | ... | Journalist |
 | Christopher Fulford | ... | Young Journalist |
| David Lyon | ... | Newsreader |
| Polly Abbott | ... | Gold's Assistant |
| Peter Walmsley | ... | Bob Tuckett |
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Part of the film, towards the end, is set at the Conservative Party annual conference in Brighton in 1982, and was actually filmed at that event. In one shot at the conference, Penfield is seen lighting a cigarette amongst a crowd of conference delegates, and just behind his right shoulder is John Major, who would later succeed Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister.
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Referenced in The Killing Floor (2007)
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That's my question! Rosemary Harris who has appeared on stage, films, and television with great respect, accolades and honors still hasn't received Damehood yet like Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, and yet she is as good and even sometimes better than her contemporary British counterparts. It's one of the reasons I picked up this little film at the drugstore for five dollars. Jonathan Pryce still hasn't been honored yet but I'm sure he will. I could Rosemary Harris in anything. I'm glad that people are recognizing her more since she played the Aunt in Superman but still it's not enough. Rosemary Harris plays Ann, a mature older woman, who has her sights set on Pryce's James Penfield, a troubled journalist. The film is set in the 1980s during the peak of Margaret Thatcher's term as the country's prime minister. I was pleased to see parts of London like Brixton, Brighton, and Norfolk actually be used as locations rather than just saying they were there. The plot is thin but I think Rosemary's BAFTA nominated performance makes up for it anyway. She's still heartbreaking and brilliant.