An Awfully Big Adventure(1995)

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Synopsis

To escape the doldrums of home life with her aunt and uncle, Stella accepts a job as assistant stage manager for a repertory theatre company in post-WWII Liverpool. The starstruck teenager quickly develops a crush on the arrogant artistic director, Meredith Potter, and charms the cast with her naive yet ingenuous statements about life. When a local theater star, P.L. O'Hare, is summoned to save a production of "Peter Pan," Stella is drawn into an adult world where the consequences are both comical and chilling.
To escape the doldrums of home life with her aunt and uncle, Stella accepts a job as assistant stage manager for a repertory theatre company in post-WWII Liverpool. The starstruck teenager quickly develops a crush …
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In Theaters

  • July 21, 1995

MPAA Rating

R

Genres

Adaptation, Comedy, Period, Drama

Run Time

1 hour 53 minutes

Distributors

New Line Home Entertainment

Box Office

$257,970

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • Dublin, Ireland

Produced In

United Kingdom

Director

Mike Newell

Director