Venus Peter
Venus Peter | |
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Directed by | Ian Sellar |
Produced by | Christopher Young |
Written by |
Ian Sellar Christopher Rush |
Starring |
Gordon R. Strachan Ray McAnally David Hayman Sinéad Cusack Caroline Paterson |
Music by | Jonathan Dove |
Cinematography | Gabriel Beristain |
Edited by | David Spiers |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £1,200,000 |
Venus Peter is a 1989 British drama film directed by Ian Sellar and produced by Christopher Young for Young films. The film is an adaptation of the novel A Twelvemonth and a Day by Christopher Rush. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was filmed on the Orkney Islands, in the North of Scotland. The film crew paid members of the Orkney community to act as extras in the film.
In 1999 Richard Mowe, curator of film at the National Museum of Scotland, chose the film as one of his top twenty Scottish films of the century.[2]
Japanese rock band Venus Peter are named after this film.
Cast
- George Anton as Billy
- Louise Breslin as Leebie
- Juliet Cadzow as Princess Paloma
- Peter Caffrey as Father
- Sinéad Cusack as Miss Balsilbie
- Emma Dingwall as Jenny
- Ken Drury as Gowans
- Christopher Fairbank as Blind man
- Cecil Garson as Gollie
- David Hayman as Kinnear
- Sam Hayman as Baby Peter
- Scott Heddle as Peem
- Ray Jeffries as Bank manager
- Sheila Keith as Epp
- Mary MacLeod as Miss Sangster
- Ray McAnally as Grandpa
- Alex McAvoy as Beadle
- Robin McCaffrey as Georgina
- Julia McCarthy as Agnes
- Caroline Paterson as Mother
- Gordon R. Strachan as Peter
- Alan Tall as McCreevie
- Cameron Stout as Bystander
- Lorraine Buchan as Bystander
- Justin Kimmett as Little Boy
References
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Venus Peter". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ↑ Richard Mowe, Top 20 Scottish films of the 20th Century, iofilm Scotland, August 1999
External links
- Venus Peter on IMDb
- Venus Peter at AllMovie
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