Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 21 nominations total
Meg Wynn Owen
- Hospital Drama Family
- (as Meg Wynn-Owen)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis marked Peter O'Toole's eighth and final nomination for a Best Actor Academy Award. The first was for Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 44 years earlier. He lost every time and therefore holds the record for the most Academy Award acting nominations without a win. However, he received an honorary Oscar for his lifetime work in 2002.
- GoofsIn the newspaper fight scene in the restaurant, the waitress is seen about a foot behind Maurice as he is initially attacked. From the opposite camera angle, the waitress alternates between being missing or about ten feet away.
- SoundtracksThe Hollyoaks Theme
Composed & Performed by Gordon Higgins & Steve Wright
Published by The Mersey Music Company Ltd.
Featured review
A feel good movie that still leaves you feeling like you need a shower. Some uncomfortable scenes and a few directorial flaws (a speedy montage during a trip to the shore is particularly out of place) don't detract from solid acting from the cast as a whole and a brilliant performance by Peter O'Toole in particular. This strange take on the Pygmalion story is well supported by Jodie Wittaker as the title character and Leslie Phillips as the friend that everyone needs to either accompany you or drive you to the grave. But it is O'Toole's performance that makes this movie worth the price of a ticket. If he doesn't finally win an Oscar for this I might have to start fund-raising to buy him one.
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- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Venüs
- Filming locations
- 61 Athlone Street, Kentish Town, London, England, UK(Maurice's flat)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- £3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,347,411
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $35,604
- Dec 24, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $7,321,309
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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