Project Detail

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Name: Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Director: Robert Bierman
Released: 1998
Duration: 101 mins

Synopsis

Grant and Bonham-Carter star as a quirky 1930's couple with very modern ideas in an off-beat tale of love, poetry and garden plants. The romantic comedy, shot entirely on location around London, centres around the unconventional relationship between an eccentric budding poet and his long-suffering girlfriend. While Comstock strives to embrace poverty and his 'art', Rosemary works furiously (against all odds) to keep her career and their relationship on the rails. Their odd, but touching, romance revolves around Comstock's bizarre passion to escape that dreaded symbol of middle-class 'respectability' - the aspidistra.

Details

Year: 1998
Type of project: Features
Running time: 101 mins
Format: 35mm Kodak
Director: Robert Bierman
Producer: John Wolstenholme, Robert Bierman
Director of Photography: Giles Nuttgens
Principal cast: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham-Carter
Executive Screen Writer: Alan Plater

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Aspidistra Productions Ltd c/o Sargent Disc Ltd Pinewood Studios Pinewood, Iver, Bucks SL0 0NH Tel: 01753 630 300 Fax: 01753 655 881

Sales Company

Overseas Filmgroup Inc Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles Tel: 310 855 1199 Fax: 310 855 0956

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