Themes: Teachers and Students, Haunted By the Past
Main Cast: Jeremy Irons, Ethan Hawke, Sinéad Cusack, John Heard, Cara Buono
Release Year: 1992
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Based on the novel by Graham Swift, this drama follows the past and present crises of schoolteacher Tom Crick (Jeremy Irons), who attempts to resolve the problems in his own life and the apathy of his students by relating stories of his troubled childhood in the English Fens (a marshy region in Britain). ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
Grant Warnock - Young Tom; Lena Headey - Young Mary; David Morrissey - Dick Crick; Callum Dixon - Freddie Parr; Pete Postlethwaite - Henry Crick; Stephanie Anderson - Pupil; Tina Benko - Baby's mother; Nicholas Boyce - Leroy; Colin Bruce - Guest at Dinner Party; Fernando Cassas - Pupil; Scott Children - Guest at Dinner Party; Christine Christie - Angie; Joe Collis - Boy; Eric Dumbaugh - Boy; Alison Everns - Alison; Susannah Fellows - Rebecca Scott; Maggie Gyllenhaal - Maggie Ruth; Paul Haigh - RAF Man 1; Paul Hardy - Boy; Kate Harper - Guest at Dinner Party; Latoya Heard - Julie; Camilla Hebditch - Shirley; Alesh Hlozek - Guest at Dinner Party; Jeff Hoffman - Other Pupil; J. Michael Hunter - Other Pupil; Monique Idelbird - Girl; Sara Ittmann - Other Pupil; Anne Kilpack - Other Pupil; Kimberley Lakey - Scott Child; Bradley Lavelle - Guest at Dinner Party; Ross McCall - Terry; Sean McGuire - Peter; Jennifer Meyer - Sara; Larry John Meyers - Senior Police Officer; Miguel Montalvo - Stephen Bates; Siri Neal - Helen Atkinson; Kalvin Palmer - Marshall; Vanessa Pfulger - Vanessa; Stewart Richman - Ernest Atkinson; Jana Sheldon - Guest at Dinner Party; Nadia Siraj - Other Pupil; Jolyon Stephenson - Joe; Hasmin Stremikis - Girl; Garner "Skip" Thomas - Publican; Giles Thomas - RAF Man 2; Ron Thomas - Barman; Tony Vogel - Stan Booth; Josh Wheaton - Other Pupil; Tessa Wilkins - Scott Child; Matyelok Gibbs - Martha Clay
Credit
Megan Graham - Art Director, Deborah Aquila - Casting, Donna M. Belajac - Casting, Lindy Hemming - Costume Designer, Penny Eyles - Continuity, David Brown - First Assistant Director, Stephen Gyllenhaal - Director, Lesley Walker - Editor, Ira Deutchman - Executive Producer, Nik Powell - Executive Producer, Stephen Woolley - Executive Producer, Jane Barrer - Location Manager, Carter Burwell - Composer (Music Score), Linda de Vetta - Makeup, Louise Fisher - Makeup, Norma Hill-Patton - Makeup, Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski - Production Designer, Robert Elswit - Cinematographer, Patrick Cassavetti - Producer, Katy Mcguinness - Producer, Simon Okin - Sound Mixer, Victoria Westhead - Unit Production Manager, Peter Prince - Screenwriter, Simon Richards - First Assistant Camera, Georgia Kacandes - Production Supervisor, Doug DuRose - Properties Master, Robin O'Donoghue - Re-Recording Mixer, Cyd Adams - Second Assistant Director, Prashant Gupta - Still Photographer, Tommy Goodwin - ADR Mixer, Steve Carter - Art Department Assistant, Anna Pinnock - Buyer, Elizabeth Feldbauer - Costumes Supervisor, Staci Blagovich - Extra Casting, Norman Buckley - First Assistant Editor, Karen Eisenstadt - Production Accountant, Rich Schutte - Second Assistant Camera, Margie Sperling - Second Second Assistant Director, James M. Schneider - Set Decorator, Graham Swift - Book Author
