Wish You Were Here (1987 film)

Wish You Were Here
US theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Leland
Written byDavid Leland
Produced bySarah Radclyffe
Starring
CinematographyIan Wilson
Edited byGeorge Akers
Music byStanley Myers
Production
companies
Distributed byPalace Pictures[2]
Release dates
  • May 1987 (1987-05) (Cannes)
  • 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) (U.S.)
  • 3 December 1987 (1987-12-03) (U.K.)
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Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£1.2 million[3][4]
Box office$12 million[5]

Wish You Were Here is a 1987 British comedy-drama film written and directed by David Leland and starring Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Geoffrey Hutchings, and Jesse Birdsall.[6] The film follows a girl's coming-of-age in a small coastal town in postwar England. It is loosely based on the formative years of British madam Cynthia Payne.[7] The original music score was composed by Stanley Myers.[6]

The film received acclaim from critics, winning the International Federation of Film Critics prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, a BAFTA award for Best Screenplay for director Leland, and the Best Actress Award for Lloyd from the National Society of Film Critics.

  1. ^ "Metro Entertainment Guide". Evening Standard. 2 December 1987. p. 38.
  2. ^ "Wish You Were Here (1987)". BBFC. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ Mann, Roderick (1 August 1987). "Now Leland Can Spell 'Success'". Los Angeles Times. pp. E1.
  4. ^ "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. 31.
  5. ^ "15 years of production". Variety. 14 December 1998. p. 102.
  6. ^ a b Maslin, Janet (24 July 1987). "FILM: 'Wish You Were Here'". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Clarke, Jude (17 April 2017). "How we made Wish You Were Here". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2021.