Little Voice (1998)

Regisseur:

Mark Herman

Drehbuchautoren:

Jim Cartwright (play)
Mark Herman (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

4. Dezember 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Romanze | Musik

Werbezeile:

Finding your own voice can be magic.

Plot:

The pathetically shy LV lives the life of a recluse listening to her late fathers old records in her room and in the process driving her abusive...

Plot Keywords:

Singing | Singer | Telephone Repairman | Fire | Ghost

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 22 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

I Never Thought I`d Enjoy This

Besetzung

Brenda Blethyn	...	Mari Hoff
Jane Horrocks	...	LV
Ewan McGregor	...	Billy
Philip Jackson	...	George
Annette Badland	...	Sadie
Michael Caine	...	Ray Say
Jim Broadbent	...	Mr. Boo
Adam Fogerty	...	Bouncer
James Welsh	...	Bouncer
Karen Gregory	...	Stripper
Fred Feast	...	Arthur
Graham Turner	...	LV's Dad
George Oliver	...	Pawnbroker
Virgil Tracy	...	Loan Advisor
Dick Van Winkle	...	Money Lender

Alternativ:

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (UK) (working title)
Stimme ihres Lebens, Die (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and brief nudity.

Länge:

97 Min

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #35929) | Netherlands:MG6 | Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIB | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Argentina:Atp

Drehorte:

Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Firma:

Miramax Films

Dies und das:

Jane Horrocks sang all her own songs.

Dialogzitate:

Billy: But when you see 'um fly and better yet, come back well... It's dead exciting!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Enthält ausschnittsweise "Bruce's Price Is Right" (1995)

Soundtrack:

The Wonder of You

I Never Thought I`d Enjoy This

To be blunt the only reason I watched LITTLE VOICE was because there was absolutely nothing else on and I was expecting some sort of substandard Mike Leigh film . And I wasn`t expecting my opinion to be swayed either as the opening credits rolled , based on a stage play and full of actors with " Eee by gum " northern accents and with a foul mouthed mother bullying her painfully introverted daughter this had all the hallmarks of a tedious 90 minutes , but the more the film went on the more I became engrossed . I`ve never seen Jim Cartwright`s play so I can`t comment if Mark Herman`s script is an improvement but what a great script it is , something that touches your heart and makes you smile . The scene with LV singing a medley is uplifting while the scenes with " Take Fat " and Trigger Smith - Knife thrower will make you laugh outloud . This is a great feel good movie with a great cast , Michael Caine and Jim Broadbent are very good ( Well they do have three Oscars between them ) , Ewan McGregor gives one of his better performances and Brenda Blethyn deserved her Oscar nod , but standing head and shoulders above the entire cast is Jane Horrocks as LV . The fact that she wasn`t Oscar nominated in the title role is one of the biggest travesties in recent academy award history

Just to sum up this is a great film . British cinema experienced an upturn in the 1990s with the likes of THE CRYING GAME , FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL , and THE FULL MONTY , but these films are as overrated as much as LITTLE VOICE is underrated . LITTLE VOICE is one of the best Brit flicks from the most recent golden age of British cinema