---
title: 'An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mike Newell'
released: '1995-04-07'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/an-awfully-big-adventure-1995'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112427/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)

1995 · 112 min · Drama, Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

An Awfully Big Adventure is a 1995 British coming-of-age film directed by Mike Newell. The story concerns a girl who joins a local repertory theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mike Newell](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-newell)
- **Screenplay:** [Beryl Bainbridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/beryl-bainbridge), [Charles Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-wood)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Hartley](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hartley)
- **Producer:** [Hilary Dwyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilary-dwyer), [Philip Hinchcliffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-hinchcliffe)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dick Pope](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-pope)
- **Editor:** [Jon Gregory](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-gregory)

## Cast

- [Edward Petherbridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-petherbridge)
- [Agnes Bernelle](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnes-bernelle)
- [Georgina Cates](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgina-cates)
- [Alun Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/alun-armstrong)
- [Rita Tushingham](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-tushingham)
- [Alan Rickman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-rickman)
- [Gerard McSorley](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-mcsorley)
- [James Frain](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-frain)
- [Nicola Pagett](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicola-pagett)
- [Clive Merrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-merrison)
- [Peter Firth](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-firth)
- [Hugh Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-grant)
- [Prunella Scales](https://cinepixo.com/people/prunella-scales)
- [Carol Drinkwater](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-drinkwater)
- [Alan Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-cox)

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