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Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

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Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997

1h 41m

Status

Released

Release

November 20, 1997

Runtime

1h 41m

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Storyline

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.

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Details

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 41m
Release Date: November 20, 1997
Languages: English
Director: Robert Bierman
Production: BBC Film
Production Countries: United Kingdom

Top Cast

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Rosemary

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

Gordon Comstock

Julian Wadham

Julian Wadham

Ravelston

Jim Carter

Jim Carter

Erskine

Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

Julia Comstock

Lesley Vickerage

Lesley Vickerage

Hermione

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Mrs. Wisbeach

Liz Smith

Liz Smith

Mrs Meakin

John Clegg

John Clegg

McKechnie

Malcolm Sinclair

Malcolm Sinclair

Paul Doring

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