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- BFI identifier492773
- Date1998 (Copyright)
1999-01-08 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, USA
- Production company
- SynopsisComedy drama. A young withdrawn girl with an amazing capacity for imitating famous singers is given a chance to show her talents by a showbusiness agent "romantically" involved with her blowsy mother. (Synopsis) Based on the stage play `The Rise and fall of Little Voice' by Jim Cartwright. A comedy drama about an introverted young woman whose secret talent for imitating famous female singers, such as Judy Garland and Shirley Bassey, is discovered by a seedy showbusiness agent romantically involved with her brassy mother. Meanwhile, she is being tentatively wooed by a shy telephone repairman, whose greatest love hitherto has been his racing pigeons. (Synopsis)
- Work historyOriginally due to film in 1993 under the direction of Beeban Kidron from a screenplay by Jim Cartwright. Budget reported as £4.2m.
- Genre
- CreditsDirected by: Mark Herman
[Slated to direct, circa 1993]: Beeban Kidron
Production Company: Scala Productions
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Title
Little Voice (Original)
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Working)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/CE12-B6C6-7952-05A4-A8C1-WCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- ArticlesQuarterly Review of Film and Video v23 n4 2006 - Article, BibliographyTélérama n2580 23 Jun 1999 - ReviewEmpire n116 February 1999 - ReviewScreen International n1177 25 Sep 1998 - Article, Reviewview all
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- Little Voice
Work - 492773 - 1998 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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