The Innocent is a 1985 John Mackenzie drama film, starring Andrew Hawley, Liam Neeson and Miranda Richardson, and is set in the Yorkshire Dales just after World War I.[3] The film is about the struggles of a young Yorkshire boy trying to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way.[4] The film was produced by Tempest Films Ltd.[5]
| The Innocent | |
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| Directed by | John Mackenzie |
| Written by | Ray Jenkins |
| Based on | novel The Aura and the Kingfisher by Tom Hart[1] |
| Produced by | Jacky Stoller |
| Starring | Andrew Hawley Liam Neeson Miranda Richardson Kika Markham Tom Bell Kate Foster |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Edited by | Tony Woollard |
| Music by | Francis Monkman |
| Distributed by | Curzon Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £1 million[2] |
Cast
edit- Andrew Hawley as Timothy 'Tim' Dobson
- Kika Markham as Mrs. Dobson
- Kate Foster as Win
- Liam Neeson as John Carns
- Patrick Daley as Eddie King
- Paul Askew as Stanley
- Lorraine Peters as Win's grandmother
- Tom Bell as Frank Dobson
- Richard Hope as Mouth organ player
- Jack Carr as Mill owner
- Clive Wood as Turner
- Miranda Richardson as Mary Turner
- Richard Laxton as Reg Reid
- Denis Lill as Doctor
- Alison Lloyd as Woolshop owner
- Bill Rodgers as Drinksbearer
References
edit- ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 24.
- ^ "The Innocent (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017.
- ^ "The Innocent (1985) - John Mackenzie | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ The Innocent (1985), retrieved 2019-02-28
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