In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age....
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Title: Wish You Were Here (1987)
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Trudi Cavanagh | ... | Tap Dancing Lady |
| Emily Lloyd | ... | Lynda | |
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Clare Clifford | ... | Mrs Parfitt |
| Barbara Durkin | ... | Valerie | |
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Geoffrey Hutchings | ... | Hubert |
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Charlotte Barker | ... | Gillian |
| Tom Bell | ... | Eric | |
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Chloe Leland | ... | Margaret |
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Charlotte Ball | ... | Lynda (aged 11) |
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Pat Heywood | ... | Aunt Millie |
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Abigail Leland | ... | Margaret (aged 7) |
| Susan Valentine | ... | Lynda's Mother (as Susan Skipper) | |
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Geoffrey Durham | ... | Harry Figgis |
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Sheila Kelley | ... | Joan Figgis |
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Neville Smith | ... | Cinema Manager |
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In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father. Written by Will Gilbert
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center of attention | woman flashing her leg | insult | loss of mother | verbal abuse |Taglines:
Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda's got her own brass band.Parents Guide:
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UKLanguage:
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24 July 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$43,611, 26 July 1987Gross USA:
$3,283,832Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$3,283,832Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arranged by Stanley Myers
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The year and place that the movie was set was 1951 in a little unnamed English coastal town. See more »Soundtracks
Cosi fan tutti(uncredited)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arranged by Stanley Myers
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Like most of the above reviewers say, this movie is a good film for a laugh and plenty of outrageous behaviour from the protagonist, Lynda. A terrific reproduction of 50s Britain - right down to the dressing gown patterns and minor consumer products. But what is it she really wants and what does she learn from her foolish behaviour? 'Nothing' seems to be the answer. And this 'nothing' seems to be the major theme. It is a film about folly.
In many ways Lynda's path is boringly predictable: She has no understanding of the man who manipulates her, nor of the future consequences of her rudeness and impulsive behaviour. One wonders what amount of social realism is represented here for an unmarried mother of the period. Poorly paid jobs, lack of support, a low income to further disable somebody with little patience and understanding of the situation she has largely created for herself. A fun attitude, temporary prettiness and her fast-disappearing youth will not go that far.