Summaries

Gordon Comstock quits his job at an advertising agency in order to write poetry, only to find that poets, like everyone else, need money.

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • love
  • based on novel
  • writer
  • 1930s
  • advertising
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Nov 20, 1997
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Official sites First Look Media
Language English
Filming locations London, England, UK
Production companies BBC Film Arts Council of England Bonaparte Films

Box office

Gross US & Canada $301360
Opening weekend US & Canada $373830

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 41m
Sound mix Dolby
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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