Prick Up - L'importanza di essere Joe
Trama
Nella Londra degli anni Sessanta Joe Orton (Oldman) è un drammaturgo di successo, ma la sua vita privata è un disastro. Da anni vive con Kenneth Halliwell, scrittore frustrato che in realtà è coautore non riconosciuto di tutte le sue opere. Il loro amore va avanti tra liti, recriminazioni e tradimenti finché un giorno Kenneth fracassa la testa di Joe con un martello e si suicida.
(1987) Dramma
Data rilascio : 17/04/1987
regia di Stephen Frears
Cast
Gary Oldman - Joe Orton
Alfred Molina - Kenneth Halliwell
Vanessa Redgrave - Peggy Ramsay
Wallace Shawn - John Lahr
Lindsay Duncan - Anthea Lahr
Julie Walters - Elsie Orton
James Grant - William Orton
Frances Barber - Leonie Orton
Janet Dale - Mrs Sugden
Dave Atkins - Mr Sugden
Margaret Tyzack - Madame Lambert
Eric Richard - Education Officer
William Job - RADA Chairman
Rosalind Knight - RADA Judge
Angus MacKay - RADA Judge
Linda Spurrier - RADA Instructor
Charlotte Wodehouse - Janet
Helena Michell - Orton's Friend
Sean Pertwee - Orton's Friend
Liam De Staic - Brickie
Charles McKeown - Mr Cunliffe
Selina Cadell - Miss Battersby
Bert Parnaby - Magistrate
Antony Carrick - Counsel
Neil Dudgeon - Policeman
Richard Wilson - Psychiatrist
Christopher Guinee - Publisher
Stevan Rimkus - Kenneth
Michael Müller - BBC Actor 1
Anthony Douse - BBC Actor 2
John Kane - Director
Steven Mackintosh - Simon Ward
Garry Cooper - Actor 1 – Mr Sloane
Roger Lloyd Pack - Actor 2
Joanne Connelly - Stage Manager
John Moffatt - Wigmaker
Philippa Davies - Peggy Ramsey's Secretary
David Cardy - Brian Epstein
Julie Legrand - Gallery Owner
Noel Davis - Philip
Jane Blackburn - Woman in Gallery 1
Stella Richman - Woman in Gallery 2
Neville Phillips - Man in Gallery
Jonny Phillips - Youth Outside Lavatory
Richard Ireson - Man Outside Lavatory
Ahmed Elgheur - Moroccan Boy 1
Moktar Dagmouni - Moroccan Boy 2
Sian Thomas - Marilyn Orton
Stephen Bill - George Barnett
Karl Johnson - Douglas Orton
David Bradley - Undertaker
Simon Adams - Undertaker's Boy
James Duggan - Labourer
Max Stafford-Clark - Awards Chairman
Mark Brignal - Beatles Chauffeur
Joan Sanderson - Anthea's Mother
Neville Smith - Police Inspector
Spencer Leigh - Constable
John Salthouse - Chauffeur
Robin Hooper - Mortuary Attendant
Derek Jarman - Patrick Proktor (uncredited)
Derek Lyons - Library Patron (uncredited)