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Overview
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Writers:
George Orwell (novel)
Alan Plater (screenplay)
Release Date:
28 August 1998 (USA) more
Plot:
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius... more | add synopsis
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See the film first, then read the book! more (24 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
| Bill Wallis | ... | Mr. Cheeseman |
| Lill Roughley | ... | Mrs. Trilling |
| Dorothea Alexander | ... | Old Woman |
| Peter Stockbridge | ... | Old Man |
| Grant Parsons | ... | Beautiful Young Man |
 | Malcolm Sinclair | ... | Paul Doring |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
A Merry War (New Zealand: English title) (USA)
Comstock and Rosemary
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sex-related material.
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101 min
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Color (Rankcolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | UK:PG (TV rating)
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Anachronisms: 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. more
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Gordon Comstock: When you're lying in the gutter, you've got nowhere to fall. more
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Tiger in the Night more
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I went to see the film as I saw parts of it being made. I wanted to see how Woburn Walk could be turned into a road in Hampstead. I liked the film. I wondered why the critics had such a downer on it. Then I read the book and could understand why.
Richard E. Grant was not vicious enough as Comstock and somehow the poverty which Orwell depicted in his book has been cleaned up to the point that you just can't see why Comstock was having so much of a problem. Comstock's arrest has been cleaned up too and the ending was all wrong.
If the film had been released under another name then it would probably have got a smoother ride and only been said to be a pastiche of Orwell's work. If you haven't read the book or seen the film, see the film first.