--- title: 'Wish You Were Here (1987)' type: 'film' director: 'David Leland' released: '1987-05-01' runtime_minutes: 89 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'Australia' - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wish-you-were-here-1987' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094331/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Wish You Were Here (1987) 1987 · 89 min · Drama, Comedy · Australia, United Kingdom ## Synopsis Wish You Were Here is a 1987 British comedy-drama film written and directed by David Leland and starring Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Geoffrey Hutchings, and Jesse Birdsall. The film follows a girl's coming-of-age in a small coastal town in postwar England. It is loosely based on the formative years of British madam Cynthia Payne. The original music score was composed by Stanley Myers. ## Credits - **Director:** [David Leland](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-leland) - **Screenplay:** [David Leland](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-leland) - **Original Music Composer:** [Stanley Myers](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-myers) - **Producer:** [Sarah Radclyffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-radclyffe) - **Director of Photography:** [Ian Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wilson-2) - **Editor:** [George Akers](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-akers) ## Cast - [Geoffrey Hutchings](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-hutchings) - [Tom Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-bell) - [Heathcote Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/heathcote-williams) - [Emily Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/emily-lloyd) - [Chloë Leland](https://cinepixo.com/people/chloe-leland) - [Pat Heywood](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-heywood) - [Susan Skipper](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-skipper) - [Jesse Birdsall](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-birdsall) - [Lee Whitlock](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-whitlock) - [Barbara Durkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-durkin) - [Geoffrey Durham](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-durham) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/wish-you-were-here-1987 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1465864); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.