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The Lost Language of Cranes (Original title)
Date: 09 February 1992 (Television)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Director: Nigel Finch

Synopsis: When Philip finally confronts his parents with his homosexuality, his father realises that on accepting this, he must also face his own homosexual tendencies which he has been denying for years.

Subject:
Gay (male)

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 09 February 1992Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:00-23:30Runtime: 90 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound

Credits (24)
Production Company: BBC Films, Production Company: WNET/Thirteen, Executive Producer: Mark Shivas, Executive Producer for WNET: Kimberly Myers, Producer: Ruth Caleb, [Producer]: Sheryl Crown, Production Associate: Derek Nelson, Production Manager: Susannah Maclean, Assistant Director: Anthony Garrick, Assistant Director: Dave Reid, Andy Jackson, Casting Adviser: Anne Hopkinson, Screenplay: Sean Mathias, Based on the Book by: David Leavitt, Director of Photography: Remi Adefarasin, Editor: Sue Wyatt, Production Designer: Bruce Macadie, Costume Designer: James Keast, Make-up: Fran Needham, Music: Julian Wastall, Sound Recording: John Pritchard, Sound Re-recording: David Old, Sound Editor: Stephen Barnham
Cast (18)
Brian Cox (Owen Benjamin), Eileen Atkins (Rose Benjamin), Angus Macfadyen (Philip Benjamin), Corey Parker (Elliot Abraham), René Auberjonois (Geoffrey Lane), John Schlesinger (Derek Moulthorp), Cathy Tyson (Jerene Parks), Richard Warwick (Frank), Nicholas Le Prevost (Nick), Ben Daniels (Robin Bradley), Frank Middlemass (Alex), Nigel Whitmey (Winston Penn), Edmund Kente (Bob), Paul Cottingham, Tom Harden (porno boy), Sjaak van de Bent (singer), Adam Matalon (doorman), Ben Mcveigh (crane child)