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Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

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ComedyDramaRomance

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Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

101 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

20 November 1997

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Rosemary

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

Gordon Comstock

Julian Wadham

Julian Wadham

Ravelston

Jim Carter

Jim Carter

Erskine

Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

Julia Comstock

Lesley Vickerage

Lesley Vickerage

Hermione

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Mrs. Wisbeach

Liz Smith

Liz Smith

Mrs Meakin

John Clegg

John Clegg

McKechnie

Malcolm Sinclair

Malcolm Sinclair

Paul Doring

Ben Miles

Ben Miles

Ravenscroft Waiter

Dorothy Atkinson

Dorothy Atkinson

Dora

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