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Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

  • TV Movie
  • 1978
  • 1h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
Drama

A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.

  • Director
    • Stephen Frears
  • Writer
    • Alan Bennett
  • Stars
    • Neville Smith
    • Julie Walters
    • Frank Middlemass
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    43
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Stephen Frears
    • Writer
      • Alan Bennett
    • Stars
      • Neville Smith
      • Julie Walters
      • Frank Middlemass
    • 1User review
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    • Nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    Neville Smith
    • Hopkins
    Julie Walters
    Julie Walters
    • Woman in Waiting Room
    Frank Middlemass
    Frank Middlemass
    • Doctor
    Robert Longden
    • Mr. Willard
    Olga Grahame
    Olga Grahame
    • Bus Conductress
    Rosa Roberts
    • Black Lady
    Thora Hird
    Thora Hird
    • Mrs. Hopkins
    Carol MacReady
    Carol MacReady
    • Wendy
    Margaret Courtenay
    Margaret Courtenay
    • Mrs. Broadbent
    Lynne Carol
    • Mrs. Tucker
    Barbara Hicks
    Barbara Hicks
    • Miss Gibbons
    Janine Duvitski
    Janine Duvitski
    • Maureen
    Derek Thompson
    Derek Thompson
    • Skinner
    Hugh Lloyd
    Hugh Lloyd
    • Mr. Dodds
    Gillian Martell
    • Mrs. Garland
    Bernard Wrigley
    Bernard Wrigley
    • Mr. Trickett
    Paul Rosebury
    • Apprentice
    Bernard Strother
    • Apprentice
    • Director
      • Stephen Frears
    • Writer
      • Alan Bennett
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    • Trivia
      Many critics noticed that Neville Smith, in the leading role, seemed to be doing an extended impression of the play's author, Alan Bennett.
    • Connections
      Featured in Julie Walters: A Life on Screen (2014)

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    Early Alan Bennett, but the seeds of greatness are there!
    This is definitely an early work, and it shows. It's a bit long, a bit pausy, occasionally a bit slow-moving. The "hero" (if that's an appropriate word for him) isn't very sympathetic. But there's plenty of clues about the future of Bennett's writing. This is his first work with Thora Hird and Julie Walters, both of whom would go on to glory in both series of Talking Heads, many years later.

    There's an overbearing mother, repressed homosexuality, an embarrassingly loud conversation in a cafe, the idea that hippy-ish or left-wing ideas make people uncomfortable, themes of education, failed sexual relationships that are over before they have begun, and, of course, Northern England.

    All of the above elements will be honed, improved and adapted in future workings, but this really is the birth of a modern genius. Occasionally a bit tedious, though.
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    • May 29, 2004

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    • Release date
      • December 2, 1978 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
    • Filming locations
      • Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • London Weekend Television (LWT)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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