Hear My Song

Hear My Song
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Chelsom
Screenplay by
Story byPeter Chelsom
Produced byAlison Owen-Allen
Starring
CinematographySue Gibson
Edited byMartin Walsh
Music byJohn Altman
Production
companies
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release dates
  • 7 September 1991 (1991-09-07) (TIFF)
  • 13 March 1992 (1992-03-13) (United Kingdom)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£2.1 million[1]
Box office
  • £739,989 (United Kingdom)[1][2]
  • $4.4 million (United States)[2]

Hear My Song is a 1991 British comedy-drama film directed by Peter Chelsom, who co-wrote the screenplay with Adrian Dunbar, based on the story of Irish tenor Josef Locke. It was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 46th British Academy Film Awards in 1993.[3]

The film stars Ned Beatty (song voice Vernon Midgley,as Locke), Adrian Dunbar, Shirley Anne Field, Tara Fitzgerald, William Hootkins and David McCallum (as police officer).

  1. ^ a b "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s – An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 23.
  2. ^ a b Olins, Rufus. "Mr Fixit of the British Screen". Sunday Times [London, England] 24 Sept. 1995: 9[S]. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 March 2014.
  3. ^ Janet Maslin (19 January 1992). "Hear My Song (1991) Review/Film; Irish Tenor Is Focus Of Intrigue and Blarney". The New York Times.