Prick Up Your Ears
Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, to study at RADA, and enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat in the 1960s. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as 'What the Butler Saw' and 'Loot', Halliwell begins to feel alienated and the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain.
Stephen Frears
Alan Bennett
Casts & Crew
Gary Oldman
Alfred Molina
Vanessa Redgrave
Frances Barber
Lindsay Duncan
Julie Walters
Wallace Shawn
Janet Dale
Dave Atkins
Garry Cooper
Roger Lloyd Pack
Sean Pertwee
Helena Michell
Selina Cadell
Neil Dudgeon
Richard Wilson
Steven Mackintosh
Karl Johnson
David Bradley
Joan Sanderson
Spencer Leigh
Neville Smith
John Salthouse
David Cardy
John Moffatt
Charles McKeown
Margaret Tyzack
James Grant
Eric Richard
William Job
Rosalind Knight
Angus MacKay
Linda Spurrier
Charlotte Wodehouse
Bert Parnaby
Liam De Staic
Antony Carrick
Christopher Guinee
Stevan Rimkus
Michael MĂĽller
Anthony Douse
John Kane
Joanne Connelly
Noel Davis
Philippa Davies
Julie Legrand
Jane Blackburn
Stella Richman
Jonny Phillips
Richard Ireson
Ahmed Elgheur
Moktar Dagmouni
Sian Thomas
Stephen Bill
Max Stafford-Clark
Simon Adams
Mark Brignal
Robin Hooper
Mark Brignal
Derek Jarman
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