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Twenty-one (Original title)
Dates: 1990 (Copyright), 01 November 1991 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Don Boyd

Synopsis: About a 21 year old girl who leaves London to go to New York to begin a new life.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 1991not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9110 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (47)
Production Company: Anglo International Films, Executive Producer: Mike Curb, Executive Producer: Lester Korn, Executive Producer: Carole Curb Nemoy, Producer: Morgan Mason, Producer: John Hardy, Production Manager: Waldo Roeg, Production Co-ordinator: Elizabeth Burn, Production Co-ordinator (Venice): Pat Liani, Location Manager: Mark Griffiths, NY Location Manager: Deborah Matthews, Production Assistant: Dominique Walker, US Production Assistant: Steve Mora, Assistant Director: Waldo Roeg, Assistant Director: Robert Fabbri, David Lawley-Waklin, Casting: Suzanne Crowley, Casting: Gilly Poole, Screenplay: Zoe Heller, Screenplay: Don Boyd, Story: Don Boyd, Director of Photography: Keith Goddard, Camera Operator: Colin Corby, Camera Operator: Tom Buckholtz, Steadicam Operator: Denis Kington, Editor: David Spiers, Production Designer: Roger Murray-Leach, Art Director: Terrie Wixon, Costume Designer: Susannah Buxton, Sophie Thompson's Wardrobe: Vivienne Westwood, Make-up: Penny Smith, Titles: Plume Partners, Music: Michael Berkeley, Electronic Music by/performed by: Phil Sawyer, Additional Music by/performed by: Farnoosh Behzad, Music Recording: Dick Lewzey, Sound Recording: John Midgley, Sound Re-recording: Robin O'Donoghue, Sound Re-recording: Dominic Lester, Sound Editor: Alan Killick, Footsteps Artist: Beryl Mortimer, Jack Straw, Foley Editor: Brian Lintern, Stunt Co-ordinator: Gareth Milne, Stand-in for Patsy Kensit: Elizabeth Murray, Studio: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast (27)
Patsy Kensit (Katie), Jack Shepherd (Kenneth), Patrick Ryecart (Jack), Maynard Eziashi (Baldie), Rufus Sewell (Bobby), Sophie Thompson (Francesca), Susan Wooldridge (Janet), Julia Goodman (Linda), Julian Firth (Michael), Guy Oliver-Watts (Marcus), Robert Bathurst (Mr Metcalfe), Ben Murphy (Gerald Morris), Shelley Borkum (agency woman), Veronica Clifford (Bobby's aunt), Donald Tandy (Bobby's father), Joan Campion (Bobby's mother), Maggie Norris (pub landlady), Tip Tipping, Paul Heasman, Mark Newman (pub boy), Tyger Kahn (fashion editor), Lolly Susi (assistant editor), Anthony Gardner (riverside waiter), Rebecca Cardinale (Jack's wife), Kim Kindersley (best man), Paul Arlington (bride's father), Anne Romyn (Melissa)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (12)
In: Sight and Sound v3 n3 March 1993  Page: 61
Title: [Sight and Sound - v3 n3 March 1993: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note

In: Interview v21 n10 October 1991  Page: 38
Title: [Interview - v21 n10 October 1991: no known title]Author: CABOT BECK, Henry Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Brief review.

In: Sight and Sound v1 n8 December 1991  Page: 52
Title: [Sight and Sound - v1 n8 December 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Premiere v4 n9 May 1991  Pages: 68-70
Title: Nobody's PatsyAuthor: McGREGOR, Alexander Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Patsy Kensit about her career so far, focussing on her role in TWENTY-ONE.

In: The Hollywood Reporter v318 n42 19 Aug 1991  Page: 3, 22
Title: Triton skeds 'Twenty-one,' 'Mindwalk'.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Details of Triton's two Autumn releases, TWENTY ONE and MINDWALK.

In: Screen International n826 27 Sep 1991  Page: 5
Title: [Screen International - n826 27 Sep 1991: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: TWENTY-ONE will close the 5th Leeds International Film Festival on Oct 26th.

In: Empire n30 December 1991  Page: 27
Title: New filmsAuthor: ERRIGO, Angie Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Empire n30 December 1991  Pages: 58-59
Title: It isn't easy being Patsy KensitAuthor: PEARCE, Garth Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Patsy Kensit talks about working on TWENTY-ONE.

In: Variety 28 Jan 1991  Page: 71
Title: [Variety - 28 Jan 1991: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Screen International n793 8 Feb 1991  Page: 28,29
Title: [Screen International - n793 8 Feb 1991: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v315 n47 21 Jan 1991  Page: 6,69
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v315 n47 21 Jan 1991: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Screen International n768 4 Aug 1990  Page: 22
Title: [Screen International - n768 4 Aug 1990: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-720143
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-720143
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access