Directed by:
Mike NewellScreenplay:
Charles WoodCinematography:
Dick PopeComposer:
Richard HartleyCast:
Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates, Alun Armstrong, Peter Firth, Prunella Scales, Rita Tushingham, Alan Cox, Clive Merrison, Gerard McSorley, Ruth McCabe (more)Plots(1)
Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman star in director Mike Newell's engaging comedy about a star-struck young girl lured into the grown-up world of the theater. From a crush on the company's heartless director to her first sexual encounter with the show's biggest star, young Stella Bradshaw quickly discovers what it takes to make it in the theater. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Alan Rickman
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Tom Hickey
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Nicola Pagett
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Agnes Bernelle
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