Prick up Your Ears (Original title)
Dates: 1987 (Copyright), 17 April 1987 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: Based on the life of playwright Joe Orton, and his relationship with Kenneth Halliwell.
Genres: Biopic, Historical drama
Subjects: Orton, Joe (1933-1967), Halliwell, Kenneth (1926-1967), Ramsay, Peggy (1908-1991), Playwrights
Releases
Date: 1987not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 110 mins Length: 9881 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specifiedRuntime: 109 mins 56 secs - Distributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1987 (Copyright), 17 April 1987 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: Based on the life of playwright Joe Orton, and his relationship with Kenneth Halliwell.
Genres: Biopic, Historical drama
Subjects: Orton, Joe (1933-1967), Halliwell, Kenneth (1926-1967), Ramsay, Peggy (1908-1991), Playwrights
Releases
Date: 1987not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 110 mins Length: 9881 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specifiedRuntime: 109 mins 56 secs - Distributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(46)
Production Company: Zenith Productions, Production Company: Civilhand, Production Company: British Screen, Production Company: Channel Four, Producer: Andrew Brown, Production Manager: Ann Wingate, Production Co-ordinator: Lorraine Goodman, Production Accountant: Tony Miller, Location Manager: Rachel Neale, Producer's Secretary: Debbie Harding, Assistant Director (1st): Michael Zimbrich, Assistant Director (2nd): Lee Cleary, Assistant Director (3rd): Adam Walton, Assistant Director (Morocco): Hatimi Ahmed, Script Supervisor: Penny Eyles, Casting: Debbie McWilliams, Screenplay: Alan Bennett, Based on the biography by: John Lahr, Director of Photography: Oliver Stapleton, Camera Operator: David Morgan, Gaffer: Malcolm Davies, Stills Photography: Sarah Quill, Matte/Optical Effects: Optical Film Effects, Editor: Mick Audsley, Production Designer: Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski, Art Director: Phil Elton, Décor/Lettering Artist: Steve Hedinger, Collages: Bob Starrett, Scenic Artist: John Kirby Spotswood, Property Master: Ray Perry, Construction Manager: Ray Barrett, Costume Designer: Bob Ringwood, Wardrobe Supervisor: Patrick Wheatley, Make-up Supervisor: Elaine Carew, Title Design: Julian Rothenstein, Music: Stanley Myers, Music Performed by: John Harle's Berliner Band, Synthesizers: Hans Zimmer, Music Conductor/Orchestrations: John Harle, Music Recording: Chris Dibble, Sound Supervisor: Tony Jackson, Sound Recording: Peter Maxwell, Sound Editor: Brian Trenerry, Dialogue Editor: Katrina Sheldon, Unit Publicist: Zakiya Powell
Cast
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Gary Oldman (Joe Orton), Alfred Molina (Kenneth Halliwell), Vanessa Redgrave (Peggy Ramsay), Wallace Shawn (John Lahr), Lindsay Duncan (Anthea Lahr), Julie Walters (Elsie Orton), James Grant (William Orton), Frances Barber (Leonie Orton), Janet Dale (Mrs Sugden), Dave Atkins (Mr Sugden), Margaret Tyzack (Madame Lambert), Eric Richard (education officer), William Job (RADA chairman), Rosalind Knight, Angus Mackay (RADA judge), Linda Spurrier (RADA instructor), Charlotte Wodehouse (Janet), Helena Michell, Sean Pertwee (Orton's friend), Liam De Staic (brickie), Charles Mckeown (Mr Cunliffe), Selina Cadell (Miss Battersby), Bert Parnaby (magistrate), Antony Carrick (counsel), Neil Dudgeon (policeman), Richard Wilson (psychiatrist), Christopher Guinee (publisher), Stevan Rimkus (Kenneth), Michael Mueller (1st BBC actor), Anthony Douse (2nd BBC actor), John Kane (director), Steven Mackintosh (Simon Ward), Garry Cooper (1st actor, 'Entertaining Mr Sloane'), Roger Lloyd Pack (2nd actor), Joanne Connelly (stage manager), John Moffatt (wigmaker), Philippa Davies (Peggy Ramsay's secretary), David Cardy (Brian Epstein), Julie Legrand (gallery owner), Noel Davis (Philip), Jane Blackburn (1st woman in gallery), Stella Richman (2nd woman in gallery), Neville Phillips (man in gallery), Jonathan Phillips (youth outside lavatory), Richard Ireson (man outside lavatory), Ahmed El Jheur (1st Moroccan boy), Moktar Dagmouni (2nd Moroccan boy), Sian Thomas (Marilyn Orton), Stephen Bill (George Barnett), Karl Johnson (Douglas Orton), David Bradley (undertaker), Simon Adams (undertaker's boy), James Duggan (labourer), Max Stafford Clark (awards chairman), Mark Brignal (Beatles' chauffeur), Joan Sanderson (Anthea's mother), Neville Smith (police inspector), Spencer Leigh (constable), John Salthouse (chauffeur), Robin Hooper (mortuary attendant), Derek Jarman ([Patrick Proktor])