The Innocent (1985 film)

The Innocent
Directed byJohn Mackenzie
Written byRay Jenkins
Based onnovel The Aura and the Kingfisher by Tom Hart[1]
Produced byJacky Stoller
StarringAndrew Hawley
Liam Neeson
Miranda Richardson
Kika Markham
Tom Bell
Kate Foster
CinematographyRoger Deakins
Edited byTony Woollard
Music byFrancis Monkman
Distributed byCurzon Film Distributors
Release date
  • 1985 (1985)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£1 million[2]

The Innocent is a 1985 John Mackenzie drama film, starring Andrew Hawley, Liam Neeson and Miranda Richardson, and is set in the Yorkshire Dales just after World War I.[3] The film is about the struggles of a young Yorkshire boy trying to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way.[4] The film was produced by Tempest Films Ltd.[5]

Cast

  • Andrew Hawley as Timothy 'Tim' Dobson
  • Kika Markham as Mrs. Dobson
  • Kate Foster as Win
  • Liam Neeson as John Carns
  • Patrick Daley as Eddie King
  • Paul Askew as Stanley
  • Lorraine Peters as Win's grandmother
  • Tom Bell as Frank Dobson
  • Richard Hope as Mouth organ player
  • Jack Carr as Mill owner
  • Clive Wood as Turner
  • Miranda Richardson as Mary Turner
  • Richard Laxton as Reg Reid
  • Denis Lill as Doctor
  • Alison Lloyd as Woolshop owner
  • Bill Rodgers as Drinksbearer

References

  1. ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "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. 24.
  3. ^ "The Innocent (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Innocent (1985) - John Mackenzie | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  5. ^ The Innocent (1985), retrieved 2019-02-28


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