Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

Prick Up Your Ears | United Kingdom

Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, to study at RADA, and enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat in the 1960s. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as 'What the Butler Saw' and 'Loot', Halliwell begins to feel alienated and the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain.

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Director

Stephen Frears

Stars

Gary Oldman
Joe Orton

Alfred Molina
Kenneth Halliwell

Vanessa Redgrave
Peggy Ramsay

Frances Barber
Leonie Orton

Lindsay Duncan
Anthea Lahr

Julie Walters
Elsie Orton

Wallace Shawn
John Lahr

Janet Dale
Mrs. Sugden

Dave Atkins
Mr Sugden

Garry Cooper
Mr. Sloane Actor

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Keywords

based on novel, biography, gay relationship, lgbt, 1960s, london england, england, gay, playwright, drama school, gay

Production

Zenith Productions, British Screen Productions, civilhand, Civilhand

Actor

Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Frances Barber, Lindsay Duncan, Julie Walters, Wallace Shawn, Janet Dale, Dave Atkins, Garry Cooper, Roger Lloyd Pack, Sean Pertwee, Helena Michell, Selina Cadell, Neil Dudgeon, Richard Wilson, Steven Mackintosh, Karl Johnson, David Bradley, Joan Sanderson, Spencer Leigh, Neville Smith, John Salthouse, David Cardy, John Moffatt, Charles McKeown, Margaret Tyzack, James Grant, Eric Richard, William Job, Rosalind Knight, Angus MacKay, Linda Spurrier, Charlotte Wodehouse, Bert Parnaby, Liam De Staic, Antony Carrick, Christopher Guinee, Stevan Rimkus, Michael Müller, Anthony Douse, John Kane, Joanne Connelly, Noel Davis, Philippa Davies, Julie Legrand, Jane Blackburn, Stella Richman, Jonny Phillips, Richard Ireson, Ahmed Elgheur, Moktar Dagmouni, Sian Thomas, Stephen Bill, Max Stafford-Clark, Simon Adams, Mark Brignal, Robin Hooper, Derek Jarman

Creators

Mick Audsley (Editor), Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski (Production Design), Bob Ringwood (Costume Design), Stephen Frears (Director), Debbie McWilliams (Casting), Oliver Stapleton (Director of Photography), Stanley Myers (Original Music Composer), Alan Bennett (Writer), Zakaria Alaoui (Production Manager), Philip Elton (Art Direction), John Lahr (Novel), Ann Wingate (Production Manager), Andrew Brown (Producer), Peter Owen (Wig Designer), Tony Jackson (Sound Recordist), Elaine Carew (Makeup Supervisor), Sally Harrison (Hairstylist), Brian Trenerry (Sound Editor), Rosie Straker (Boom Operator), Simon Moseley (Floor Runner), Lorraine Goodman (Production Coordinator), David Morgan (Focus Puller), Penny Eyles (Script Supervisor), Peter Maxwell (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Ray Barrett (Construction Manager), Lee Cleary (Second Assistant Director), Martin Duncan (Genetator Operator), Annabel Ware (First Assistant Editor), Deborah Harding (Production Secretary), Patrick Wheatley (Wardrobe Supervisor), Michael Zimbrich (First Assistant Director), Dominic Seal (Electrician), Ray Perry Sr. (Property Master), John Spottiswood (Scenic Artist), Jonathan Earp (Assistant Camera), Britt Harrison (Assistant Camera), Jeanne Vertigan (Property Buyer), Joan Washington (Dialogue Coach), Sarah Quill (Still Photographer), Malcolm Davies (Gaffer), Simon Hayter (Boom Operator), Joanna Campling (Unit Publicist), Adam Walton (Third Assistant Director), Julie Sheppard (Assistant Art Director), Judi Lee-Headman (Boom Operator), Katrina Sheldon (Dialogue Editor)

Alternative titles

Susurros en tus oídos (AR)

Release dates

17.04.1987 (US)
04.08.2017 (GB)