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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
George Orwell (novel)
Alan Plater (screenplay)
Release Date:
28 August 1998 (USA) more
Plot:
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Dry British Comedy Rocks! more (24 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard E. Grant | ... | Gordon Comstock |
 | Helena Bonham Carter | ... | Rosemary |
| Julian Wadham | ... | Ravelston |
| Jim Carter | ... | Erskine |
| Harriet Walter | ... | Julia Comstock |
| Lesley Vickerage | ... | Hermione |
| Barbara Leigh-Hunt | ... | Mrs. Wisbeach (as Barbara Leigh Hunt) |
| Liz Smith | ... | Mrs. Meakin |
| John Clegg | ... | McKechnie |
| Bill Wallis | ... | Mr. Cheeseman |
| Lill Roughley | ... | Mrs. Trilling |
| Dorothea Alexander | ... | Old Woman |
| Peter Stockbridge | ... | Old Man |
| Grant Parsons | ... | Beautiful Young Man |
 | Malcolm Sinclair | ... | Paul Doring |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
A Merry War (New Zealand: English title) (USA)
Comstock and Rosemary
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sex-related material.
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Runtime:
101 min
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Color (Rankcolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | UK:PG (TV rating)
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Continuity: There is a suitcase beside Gordon as he sits on the park bench. When he leaves the park with Rosemary, Gordon does not carry the suitcase with him although it is no longer beside the bench. more
Quotes:
Gordon Comstock: When you're lying in the gutter, you've got nowhere to fall. more
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Tiger in the Night more
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I personally love any film featuring Richard E but this one is some of his finest work. He just has an amazing delivery. Sure the script is a real gem, but only a true actor could pull off the subtle humour of such an intellectual period black-comedy. Keep the Aspidistra Flying addresses two ever present topics; The search for self and art and the unstoppable progression of capitalist society, themes which remain relevant to all of us no matter who or where we are.
For me, thats what makes dry British Comedy so funny, the light hearted attitude in reaction to impossible truths. Keep the british humour flying!