Prick Up Your Ears
Overview:
Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, to study at RADA, and enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat in the 1960s. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as 'What the Butler Saw' and 'Loot', Halliwell begins to feel alienated and the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain. Released: 1987
Genre:
Drama
Casts:
Garry Cooper, Julie Walters, David Cardy, John Salthouse, Dave Atkins, Helena Michell, William Job, Spencer Leigh, John Moffatt, Charles McKeown, Christopher Guinee, Bert Parnaby, James Grant, Moktar Dagmouni, Robin Hooper, Eric Richard, Jonny Phillips, Simon Adams, Neville Smith, Richard Wilson, Angus MacKay, Gary Oldman, Sean Pertwee, Vanessa Redgrave, Roger Lloyd Pack, David Bradley, Jane Blackburn, Steven Mackintosh, Selina Cadell, Lindsay Duncan, Ahmed Elgheur, Anthony Douse, Frances Barber, Neil Dudgeon, Sian Thomas, Noel Davis, Derek Jarman, Mark Brignal, Antony Carrick, Alfred Molina, Wallace Shawn, Joan Sanderson, Mark Brignal, Stella Richman, Stevan Rimkus, Rosalind Knight, Linda Spurrier, Liam De Staic, Janet Dale, Margaret Tyzack, Michael Müller, Philippa Davies, Charlotte Wodehouse, Karl Johnson, Richard Ireson, Joanne Connelly, Max Stafford-Clark, Stephen Bill, John Kane, Julie Legrand
