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Keep the Aspidistra Flying 1997 Film | Helena Bonham Carter | A Merry War



What's your review of the 1997 film Keep the Aspidistra Flying (A Merry War)? It's directed by Robert Bierman, based on the novel by George Orwell, and stars Helena Bonham Carter and Richard E. Grant. #KeeptheAspidistraFlying #AMerryWar #HelenaBonhamCarter Do you want to watch Keep the Aspidistra Flying? Did you enjoy the full movie or just parts of it? Scroll down for more information!


About Keep the Aspidistra Flying


Alternative titles (from Letterboxd): Sólo por amor, Liebe, Kunst und Zimmerpflanzen, Una guerra feliz, Sotaisa rakkaus, Vidám háború, La stagione dell'aspidistra, A Merry War, Prazeres Londrinos


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Keep the Aspidistra Flying plot from IMDb: "Gordon Comstock quits his job at an advertising agency in order to write poetry, only to find that poets, like everyone else, need money."


The trailer can be found online.


Cast and Characters:

Richard E. Grant as Gordon Comstock

Helena Bonham Carter as Rosemary

Julian Wadham as Ravelston

Jim Carter as Erskine

Harriet Walter as Julia Comstock

Lesley Vickerage as Hermione

Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Mrs. Wisbech (credited as Barbara Leigh Hunt)

Liz Smith as Mrs. Meakin

Dorothy Atkinson as Dora

John Clegg as McKechnie

Bill Wallis as Mr Cheeseman

Lill Roughley as Mrs Trilling

Dorothea Alexander as Old Woman

Peter Stockbridge as Old Man

Grant Parsons as Beautiful young man

Malcolm Sinclair as Paul doring

Derek Smee as Lecturer

Ben Miles as Waiter

Richard Dixon as Head Waiter

Eve Ferret as Barmaid


Directed by Robert Bierman

Screenplay by Alan Plater

Based on Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell

Produced by Peter Shaw

Cinematography: Giles Nuttgens

Edited by Bill Wright

Music by Mike Batt

Production companies: BBC Films, First Independent Films

Distributed by First Independent Films

Release date: 21 November 1997

Running time: 101 minutes

Box office: $373,830

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