Keep the Aspidistra Flying (film)

Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Directed byRobert Bierman
Screenplay byAlan Plater
Based onKeep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
Produced byPeter Shaw
Starring
CinematographyGiles Nuttgens
Edited byBill Wright
Music byMike Batt
Production
companies
Distributed byFirst Independent Films[1]
Release date
  • 21 November 1997 (1997-11-21)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$373,830[2]

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (released in the United States, New Zealand, South Africa and Zimbabwe as A Merry War) is a 1997 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Robert Bierman[3] and based on the 1936 novel by George Orwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Plater and was produced by Peter Shaw.[3] The film stars Richard E. Grant and Helena Bonham Carter.

  1. ^ "Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)". BBFC. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ "A Merry War (1998)". The Numbers. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Keep the Aspidistra Flying". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 15 March 2016.