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6.1 / 10 IMDb November 20, 1997 1h 41m
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
Director
Runtime
1h 41m
Release Date
November 20, 1997
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United Kingdom
Cast
Helena Bonham Carter
as Rosemary
Richard E. Grant
as Gordon Comstock
Julian Wadham
as Ravelston
Jim Carter
as Erskine
Harriet Walter
as Julia Comstock
Lesley Vickerage
as Hermione
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
as Mrs. Wisbeach
Liz Smith
as Mrs Meakin
John Clegg
as McKechnie
Malcolm Sinclair
as Paul Doring
Ben Miles
as Ravenscroft Waiter
Dorothy Atkinson
as Dora
Mark Chapman
as Court Room Journalist (uncredited)
Lucy Speed
as Factory Worker
Production Companies
BBC FilmAdvertisement
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