Another Country (1984)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Marek Kanievska

Writer:

Julian Mitchell (play)

Release Date:

June 1984 (UK)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

The smash hit London play now a big screen event . . . not to be missed! [Australia theatrical]

Plot:

Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.

Plot Keywords:

Spy | Communist | 1930s | Fame | Treason

Awards:

Nominated for 3 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Rupert Everett	...	Guy Bennett
Colin Firth	...	Tommy Judd
Michael Jenn	...	Barclay
Robert Addie	...	Delahay
Rupert Wainwright	...	Donald Devenish
Tristan Oliver	...	Fowler
Cary Elwes	...	James Harcourt
Frederick Alexander	...	Jim Menzies
Adrian Ross Magenty	...	Wharton
Geoffrey Bateman	...	Yevgeni
Philip Dupuy	...	Martineau
Guy Henry	...	Head Boy
Jeffrey Wickham	...	Arthur
John Line	...	Best Man
Gideon Boulting	...	Trafford
Llewellyn Rees	...	Senior Chaplain
Arthur Howard	...	Waiter
Ivor Roberts	...	Chief Judge
Crispin Redman	...	Prefect
Nicholas Rowe	...	Spungin
Kathleen St. John	...	Ivy
Martin Wenner	...	Batsman 1
Christopher Milburn	...	Batsman 2
Tristram Jellinek	...	Nicholson
Tristram Wymark	...	Henderson
Ralph Perry-Robinson	...	Robbins
Anna Massey	...	Imogen Bennett
Betsy Brantley	...	Julie Schofield
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James D.R. Hickox	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Marek Kanievska

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Julian Mitchell		play

Produced by
Robert Fox	....	executive producer
Alan Marshall	....	producer
Julian Seymour	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michael Storey

Cinematography by
Peter Biziou

Film Editing by
Gerry Hambling

Casting by
Celestia Fox

Production Design by
Brian Morris

Art Direction by
Clinton Cavers

Costume Design by
Penny Rose

Makeup Department
Ross Carver	....	hair stylist
Pat Hay	....	makeup artist
Sarah Monzani	....	makeup supervisor
Aaron Sherman	....	special makeup effects

Production Management
Simon Bosanquet	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andy Armstrong	....	first assistant director
Lee Cleary	....	third assistant director
Christopher Cowles	....	third assistant director
Christopher Figg	....	second assistant director
Michael Zimbrich	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Frank Adam	....	painter
Les Benson	....	propman
Frank Berlin	....	painter
Dennis Bovington	....	carpenter
Christopher Bradley	....	scenic artist
Jack Carter	....	construction manager
John Cook	....	stagehand
Peter Dunlop	....	production buyer
Trevor Dyer	....	carpenter
Steve Franklin	....	props van
Wally Fraser	....	carpenter
John Hedges	....	carpenter
Michael Hedges	....	carpenter
Robert Hill	....	propman (as Rob Hill)
Thomas Hughes	....	painter
Gordon Izod	....	plasterer
Ken Langridge	....	stagehand
Maxie McDonald	....	property master
Brian Morris	....	set designer
Eric Nash	....	plasterer
Colin Pearce	....	draper
Ian Ritchie	....	art department trainee
Butch Roper	....	painter
Steve Short	....	propman
Peter Spencer	....	propman
Paul Templeman	....	scenic artist
Tony Wright	....	storyboard artist (as Anthony Wright)

Sound Department
John Chandler	....	boom operator
Richard Daniel	....	sound maintenance
Leonard Green	....	assistant dubbing editor
Eddy Joseph	....	dubbing mixer
Ray Merrin	....	assistant sound mixer
Bill Rowe	....	dubbing mixer
Ken Weston	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Craig Chandler	....	optical effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tony Brown	....	clapper loader
Clive Coote	....	additional still photographer
Alfie Emmins	....	electrician
Bob Freeman	....	camera car
Roy Furness	....	electrician
David Garfath	....	camera operator
David James	....	still photographer
Dickie Lee	....	camera grip
Ray Potter	....	chief electrician
Ray Potter	....	gaffer
Terry Potter	....	best boy
Terry Potter	....	hand electrician
Jimmy Terry	....	electrician
Bill Thornhill	....	generator operator (as Billy Thornhill)
Terry Townsend	....	electrician
David Williams	....	rigger (as Dave Williams)

Casting Department
Lucy Boulting	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Maureen Booth	....	wardrobe assistant
Ken Crouch	....	wardrobe master (as Kenny Crouch)
Mary Ellis	....	wardrobe assistant
Pip Newberry	....	wardrobe mistress
Nick Perry	....	wardrobe bus

Editorial Department
Clive Barrett	....	first assistant editor
Jeremy Strachan	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Mike Connaris	....	music engineer

Transportation Department
Dan Cressy	....	unit driver
Tommy Lee	....	unit driver

Other crew
Ronald Anscombe	....	follow focus (as Ronnie Anscombe)
Harry Ayres	....	construction van
Dave Bruyea	....	construction van
Allen Burry	....	unit publicist
Lee Cleary	....	floor runner
Jonathan Cooke	....	assistant to producer
Sally Feller	....	secretary to producer
Adrian Harrison	....	production runner
Peter Harris	....	military advisor
William Hiley	....	production runner
Debbie O'Brien	....	contact: London
Maggie Phelan	....	assistant production accountant
Ron Phipps	....	production accountant
Patricia Poole	....	assistant production accountant (as Pat Poole)
Mary Richards	....	production assistant
Gilly Ruben	....	contact: London
Alison Thorne	....	script supervisor
Colm Villa	....	attachment: N.F.S.
Lorna Young	....	chaperone
Christopher Knowles	....	location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Castlezone
• Eastern Counties Newspapers Ltd.
• Goldcrest Films International
• National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
• Virgin

Distributors

• Orion Classics (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1984) (UK) (theatrical)
• Aquarius TV (2001) (Greece) (TV)
• BBC Warner (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Pegasus (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Joe Dunton & Company  camera equipment provided by
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Althorp House, Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, UK

Company:

Castlezone

Trivia:

Eton College reportedly declined to allow filming at the school.

Quotes:

Guy Bennett: There's a little hollow at the base of his throat which make me want to pour honey all over him, and lick it off again.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007)

One of the Landmark Films of the 80s...A Landmark Film, Period

Another Country was one of those films that both captured the spirit of an era and helped define it - in the best possible sense. While one can easily lump all 80s pop music and fashion together as over-styled and kitschy, it is not possible to do so with the films of that decade, certainly not the British ones, not with Chariots of Fire, Educating Rita, My Beautiful Launderette and Another Country so vividly remembered. These were works of art, perfectly weaving style and substance together. Another Country presents a complex tale with - what was/is to some - unpalatable subject matter, and indecipherable detail (the life of the British upper class is, and always was, amusing, bizarre, implausible. Gilbert and Sullivan built careers on this fact). Yet, there is no sign of attempts to simplify, or strip out the seemingly unnecessarily intricate, or to moralize - either way - beyond the context of the story, the homosexuality depicted. The result is a film that is detailed, rich, compelling and (in a strange way, despite the historical facts upon which the story is based) apolitical.