Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 20, 1997

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

BBC Film

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter,Richard E. Grant,Julian Wadham,Jim Carter,Harriet Walter,Lesley Vickerage,Barbara Leigh-Hunt,Liz Smith,John Clegg,Malcolm Sinclairand 4 more

Director

Robert Bierman

Writer

Alan Plater,George Orwell

Producer

Robert Bierman,John Wolstenholme,Peter Shaw

Cinematography

Giles Nuttgens

Music

Mike Batt

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0119453