Overview:
As the UK begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.| Status: | Released (1983-05-30) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total |
| Screen: | Ian McEwan |
| Productions: | Greenpoint Films, Goldcrest, Film4 Productions |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 378: Jonathan Pryce - James Penfield
- 13472: Tim Curry - Jeremy Hancock
- 18998: Rosemary Harris - Ann Barrington
- 6637: Frank Finlay - Matthew Fox
- 1174093: Charlie Dore - Susan Barrington
- 79866: David de Keyser - Gold
- 104795: Bill Paterson - Lecturer
Crews
- 36693: Richard Eyre - Director - Directing
- 40772: David Stephenson - Sound Mixer - Sound
- 13008: Trisha Edwards - Property Buyer - Art
- 47696: Michael Pickwoad - Art Direction - Art
- 954409: Simon Relph - Assistant Director - Directing
- 2491778: John Hedges - Construction Manager - Art
- 9022: Redmond Morris - Production Manager - Production
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With rumblings coming from the wires about some Argentine activity on the remote island of South Georgia and Margaret Thatcher’s first administration struggling to deal with the gloomy British economic outlook, jaded radio journalist “Penfield” (Jonathan Pryce) finds himself trying t ....
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