Prick up your ears, a Civilhand Zenith film ; screenplay, Alan Bennett ; producer, Andrew Brown ; director, Stephen Frears
Type
Label
Prick up your ears, a Civilhand Zenith film ; screenplay, Alan Bennett ; producer, Andrew Brown ; director, Stephen Frears
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Main title
Prick up your ears
Oclc number
922933605
Responsibility statement
a Civilhand Zenith film ; screenplay, Alan Bennett ; producer, Andrew Brown ; director, Stephen Frears
Runtime
110
Summary
Told through flashbacks, the films reveals the relationship between dramatist Joe Orton and his mentor Kenneth Halliwell. At first blush the older Halliwell is the educator and Orton is his willing student. Those roles would be reversed with success of Orton's play Entertaining Mr. Sloan, a success that would place Halliwell in Orton's shadow, leading to tragic consequences
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Barber, Frances, 1958-
- Meyers, Stanley, 1933-1993
- Duncan, Lindsay
- Molina, Alfred, 1953-
- Audsley, Mick
- Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937-
- Frears, Stephen
- Walters, Julie, 1950-
- Stapleton, Oliver
- Lahr, John, 1941-
- Oldman, Gary
- Brown, Andrew, 1938-1994
- Shawn, Wallace
- Civilhand (Firm)
- Olive Films
- Zenith Entertainment (Firm)
- Tyzack, Margaret, 1931-2011
- Dale, Janet, (Actress)
Subject
- Gay couples -- Drama
- Dramatists, English -- 20th century -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs -- Drama
- Gay couples
- Ramsay, Margaret, 1908-1991 -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Biographical films
- Feature films
- LGBTQ+ drama
- LGBTQ+ couples
- Fiction films
- Gay drama
- Literary agents -- England -- London -- Drama
- Domestice partnerships -- Drama
- Orton, Joe -- Drama
- Mentoring in the arts -- Drama
- LGBTQ people -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs
- Halliwell, Kenneth -- Drama
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- Contributor18
- Barber, Frances, 1958-
- Meyers, Stanley, 1933-1993
- Duncan, Lindsay
- Molina, Alfred, 1953-
- Audsley, Mick
- Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937-
- Frears, Stephen
- Walters, Julie, 1950-
- Stapleton, Oliver
- Lahr, John, 1941-
- Oldman, Gary
- Brown, Andrew, 1938-1994
- Shawn, Wallace
- Civilhand (Firm)
- Olive Films
- Zenith Entertainment (Firm)
- Tyzack, Margaret, 1931-2011
- Dale, Janet, (Actress)
- Genre6
- Subject19
- Gay couples -- Drama
- Dramatists, English -- 20th century -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs -- Drama
- Gay couples
- Ramsay, Margaret, 1908-1991 -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Biographical films
- Feature films
- LGBTQ+ drama
- LGBTQ+ couples
- Fiction films
- Gay drama
- Literary agents -- England -- London -- Drama
- Domestice partnerships -- Drama
- Orton, Joe -- Drama
- Mentoring in the arts -- Drama
- LGBTQ people -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs
- Halliwell, Kenneth -- Drama
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