Gordon Comstock quits his job at an advertising agency in order to write poetry, only to find that poets, like everyone else, need money.
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| 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 | |
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Bill Wallis | ... | Mr. Cheeseman |
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Lill Roughley | ... | Mrs. Trilling |
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Dorothea Alexander | ... | Old Woman |
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Peter Stockbridge | ... | Old Man |
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Grant Parsons | ... | Beautiful Young Man |
| Malcolm Sinclair | ... | Paul Doring | |
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Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him. Written by Anonymous
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Gordon Comstock: You're so middle-class.
Rosemary: That's not middle-class - that's hygienic.
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Music and Lyrics by Mike Batt
Performed by Colin Blunstone
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During a scene in the office, Rosemary is sitting at her desk talking to her boss. The light reflects off her glasses, giving off a green tinge, indicative of anti-reflective lenses - not invented during the time the movie takes place. See more »Quotes
Rosemary: I will not make love where dogs have peed.Gordon Comstock: You're so middle-class.
Rosemary: That's not middle-class - that's hygienic.
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Featured in At the Movies: Why Do Fools Fall in Love/A Merry War/Your Friends and Neighbors/Dance with Me/Blade (1998) See more »Soundtracks
Tiger in the NightMusic and Lyrics by Mike Batt
Performed by Colin Blunstone
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28 August 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$373,830, 30 August 1998Gross USA:
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Richard Grant is in the advertising business again (this time pre/post WW1) and does a nice job as a conflicted poet versus business man. Helena Bonham Carter reveals a flair for comedy. Very nice settings/photography and wonderful bits by Brit veterans (Liz Smith is particularly amusing) A little slow getting started then it soars.