---
title: 'Beautiful Thing (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hettie MacDonald'
released: '1996-03-28'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beautiful-thing-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115640/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Beautiful Thing (1996)

1996 · 90 min · Romance, Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Beautiful Thing is a 1996 British romantic comedy coming-of-age film directed by Hettie MacDonald and released by Channel 4 Films. The screenplay was written by Jonathan Harvey based on his own original play of the same name. The film stars Linda Henry, Glen Berry, Scott Neal, Tameka Empson and Ben Daniels. The film marked the cinema debuts of Harvey, MacDonald, and actors Berry, Neal and Empson.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hettie MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/hettie-macdonald)
- **Screenplay:** [Jonathan Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-harvey)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Altman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-altman-2)
- **Producer:** [Tony Garnett](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-garnett), [Bill Shapter](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-shapter)
- **Director of Photography:** [Chris Seager](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-seager)
- **Editor:** [Don Fairservice](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-fairservice)

## Cast

- [Linda Henry](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-henry) as Sandra Gangel
- [Julia Lee Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-lee-smith) as Gina
- [Glen Berry](https://cinepixo.com/people/glen-berry) as Jamie Gangel
- [Ben Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-daniels)
- [Andrew Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-fraser) as Jayson
- [Steven M. Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-m-martin-2) as Ryan McBride
- [Scott Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-neal) as Ste Peirce
- [John Savage](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-savage-3) as Lenny
- [Tameka Empson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tameka-empson)
- [Meera Syal](https://cinepixo.com/people/meera-syal) as Miss Chauhan
- [Jeillo Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeillo-edwards) as Rose
- [Anna Karen](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-karen)
- [Sophie Stanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-stanton)
- [Terry Duggan](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-duggan)
- [Garry Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-cooper)

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