Little Voice (film)
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Little Voice is a 1998 British drama film
with music written and directed by Mark Herman
. The screenplay
is based on the play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
by Jim Cartwright
.
young Laura Hoff, commonly known as Little Voice or LV (Jane Horrocks
), who seems to display many of the symptoms of selective mutism
, an anxiety disorder
similar to social phobia
. Little Voice was given her nickname because of her shy retiring manner. She spends her time obsessively listening to her deceased father's extensive array of vintage recordings by such all-time singing greats as Édith Piaf
, Judy Garland
, and Shirley Bassey
. Impersonating their performances is an escape and her only source of unalloyed joy. Her mother, Mari (Brenda Blethyn
), is a brazen woman who seduces many men, soon discarding them when her lust fades. Her hardest endeavours to find another man notwithstanding, Mari keeps failing to achieve this goal upon which she has set her heart.
A hint that Little Voice might be able to have a social life beyond her mother occurs when the family telephone has to be repaired, and meek assistant telephone installer Billy (Ewan McGregor
) shows interest in her, even returning to the house to deliver information pamphlets. Her life of solitude is turned upside down when Ray Say (Michael Caine
), a manager of third-rate acts, becomes romantically involved with her mother. He hears LV's voice drifting down from her bedroom, he recognises her talent and determines to make her the star she does not long to be. Mari rejects the possibility her Little Voice is musically talented. She finds the music coming from LV's room annoying, and never misses an occasion to berate her daughter quite caustically. Despite Mari's disheartening reprimands, Ray Say prods his manager Mr. Boo (Jim Broadbent
) into showcasing LV at his seedy nightclub, where the girl, overcoming her fear by imagining her father is sitting in the audience, presents a succession of show-stopping numbers which have the crowd clamouring for more. For example, LV's voice is suffused with eroticism as she croons the prurient ballads which had been sung by Marilyn Monroe
in days of yore while performing on stage. She also mimics the sonorous dulcet tones of Shirley Bassey and sings sundry other pieces of music with consummate skill, for instance a piece identified with Marlene Dietrich
with that singer's light German accent.
The first show which Little Voice gives seems to be the auspicious start of an ascent within the music business. Relishing the prospect of his career being given fresh impetus, Ray Say tries to encourage LV with empty promises.
Complications ensue when Little Voice retreats into her private world and refuses to participate in a heavily-hyped second appearance attended by a top London press agent. Ray Say's hopes are extinguished when he realises that his attempts to make LV feel more comfortable about the situation have failed and that success has once again eluded him. Mari's scornful attitude towards Little Voice has not changed, but at least she now recognises her daughter's unique talent. She goads LV into even further performances, but still does not realize the effect she has on Little Voice's behaviour. In the aftermath of Little Voice failing to perform, the family house catches fire, and the conflagration destroys the record collection. Mari wrongly accuses LV of setting the house ablaze, and the two have a big argument. For the first time Little Voice gets angry, grabbing her mother and arguing back, blaming Mari for driving her father to an early death by her hedonistic lifestyle and insatiable philandering. This row is a turning point in the story: Little Voice, "Laura" leaves her mother for good.
Mari is abandoned by all of her friends and family; Ray Say has turned on her, and is himself facing angry debt-collectors. Little Voice's soulmate
, Billy, who is also a pigeon fancier, ultimately saves her both literally and figuratively.
.
In her review in the New York Times, Janet Maslin
said, "Horrocks's phenomenal mimicry of musical grande dames from Marlene Dietrich
to Marilyn Monroe
, lavishing special loving care on Judy Garland, makes a splendid centerpiece for the otherwise more ordinary film built around it."
Roger Ebert
of the Chicago Sun-Times
felt the story was "amusing but uneven" and the film "seems to have all the pieces in place for another one of those whimsical, comic British slices of life. But the movie doesn't quite deliver the way we think it will. One problem is that the Michael Caine character, sympathetic and funny in the opening and middle scenes, turns mean at the end for no good reason. Another is that the romance, and a manufactured crisis, distract from the true climax of the movie. That would be Jane Horrocks' vocal performance . . . she is amazing. Absolutely fabulous."
In Variety
, Derek Elley called it "a small picture with a big heart" and added, "The film has almost everything going for it, with the exceptions of a somewhat lopsided structure in which the climax comes two-thirds of the way through and a romantic subplot that plays like an afterthought. Nevertheless, smooth direction by Mark Herman and juicy performances by a host of Brit character actors . . . ensure an entertaining ride . . . Horrocks, whose combo of gamin physique and big vocal talent make the title role seem unthinkable for any other actress, is a revelation, handling moments of solo emotion and onstage strutting with equal, moving panache."
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
with music written and directed by Mark Herman
Mark Herman
Mark Herman is an English film director and screenwriter best known for writing & directing the 2008 film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas....
. The screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
is based on the play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a 1992 play written by English dramatist Jim Cartwright. Sam Mendes directed stars Jane Horrocks and Alison Steadman at the Royal National Theatre before transferring to the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End....
by Jim Cartwright
Jim Cartwright
Jim Cartwright is an English dramatist, born at Farnworth, Lancashire, England. Cartwright's first play, Road, won a number of awards before being adapted for TV and broadcast by the BBC....
.
Plot
Set primarily in a working-class home in Scarborough where the fuses constantly blow and what little food there is in the refrigerator has turned rancid, the film narrates the story of reclusive, shy, agoraphobicAgoraphobia
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder defined as a morbid fear of having a panic attack or panic-like symptoms in a situation from which it is perceived to be difficult to escape. These situations can include, but are not limited to, wide-open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions...
young Laura Hoff, commonly known as Little Voice or LV (Jane Horrocks
Jane Horrocks
Barbara Jane Horrocks is an English voice, stage, screen and television actress, voice artist, musician, and singer. She is best known for her role as "Bubble" in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous as well as her distinctive voice....
), who seems to display many of the symptoms of selective mutism
Selective mutism
Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder in which a person, most often a child, who is normally capable of speech is unable to speak in given situations, or to specific people...
, an anxiety disorder
Anxiety disorder
Anxiety disorder is a blanket term covering several different forms of abnormal and pathological fear and anxiety. Conditions now considered anxiety disorders only came under the aegis of psychiatry at the end of the 19th century. Gelder, Mayou & Geddes explains that anxiety disorders are...
similar to social phobia
Social anxiety disorder
Social anxiety disorder , also known as social phobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by intense fear in social situations causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life...
. Little Voice was given her nickname because of her shy retiring manner. She spends her time obsessively listening to her deceased father's extensive array of vintage recordings by such all-time singing greats as Édith Piaf
Édith Piaf
Édith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads...
, Judy Garland
Judy Garland
Judy Garland was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years and for her renowned contralto voice, she attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage...
, and Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
. Impersonating their performances is an escape and her only source of unalloyed joy. Her mother, Mari (Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Anne Blethyn, OBE is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television and film. Blethyn has received two Academy Award nominations, two SAG Award nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
), is a brazen woman who seduces many men, soon discarding them when her lust fades. Her hardest endeavours to find another man notwithstanding, Mari keeps failing to achieve this goal upon which she has set her heart.
A hint that Little Voice might be able to have a social life beyond her mother occurs when the family telephone has to be repaired, and meek assistant telephone installer Billy (Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...
) shows interest in her, even returning to the house to deliver information pamphlets. Her life of solitude is turned upside down when Ray Say (Michael Caine
Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....
), a manager of third-rate acts, becomes romantically involved with her mother. He hears LV's voice drifting down from her bedroom, he recognises her talent and determines to make her the star she does not long to be. Mari rejects the possibility her Little Voice is musically talented. She finds the music coming from LV's room annoying, and never misses an occasion to berate her daughter quite caustically. Despite Mari's disheartening reprimands, Ray Say prods his manager Mr. Boo (Jim Broadbent
Jim Broadbent
James "Jim" Broadbent is an English theatre, film, and television actor. He is known for his roles in Iris, Moulin Rouge!, Topsy-Turvy, Hot Fuzz, and Bridget Jones' Diary...
) into showcasing LV at his seedy nightclub, where the girl, overcoming her fear by imagining her father is sitting in the audience, presents a succession of show-stopping numbers which have the crowd clamouring for more. For example, LV's voice is suffused with eroticism as she croons the prurient ballads which had been sung by Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....
in days of yore while performing on stage. She also mimics the sonorous dulcet tones of Shirley Bassey and sings sundry other pieces of music with consummate skill, for instance a piece identified with Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films...
with that singer's light German accent.
The first show which Little Voice gives seems to be the auspicious start of an ascent within the music business. Relishing the prospect of his career being given fresh impetus, Ray Say tries to encourage LV with empty promises.
Complications ensue when Little Voice retreats into her private world and refuses to participate in a heavily-hyped second appearance attended by a top London press agent. Ray Say's hopes are extinguished when he realises that his attempts to make LV feel more comfortable about the situation have failed and that success has once again eluded him. Mari's scornful attitude towards Little Voice has not changed, but at least she now recognises her daughter's unique talent. She goads LV into even further performances, but still does not realize the effect she has on Little Voice's behaviour. In the aftermath of Little Voice failing to perform, the family house catches fire, and the conflagration destroys the record collection. Mari wrongly accuses LV of setting the house ablaze, and the two have a big argument. For the first time Little Voice gets angry, grabbing her mother and arguing back, blaming Mari for driving her father to an early death by her hedonistic lifestyle and insatiable philandering. This row is a turning point in the story: Little Voice, "Laura" leaves her mother for good.
Mari is abandoned by all of her friends and family; Ray Say has turned on her, and is himself facing angry debt-collectors. Little Voice's soulmate
Soulmate
A soulmate is believed by some to be the person with whom one has a feeling of deep or natural affinity, similarity, love, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, or compatibility. A related concept is that of the twin flame or twin soul, which is thought to be the ultimate soulmate...
, Billy, who is also a pigeon fancier, ultimately saves her both literally and figuratively.
Production
The film was filmed on location in the seaside town of Scarborough in North YorkshireNorth Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
.
Cast
- Brenda BlethynBrenda BlethynBrenda Anne Blethyn, OBE is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television and film. Blethyn has received two Academy Award nominations, two SAG Award nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
as Mari Hoff - Jane HorrocksJane HorrocksBarbara Jane Horrocks is an English voice, stage, screen and television actress, voice artist, musician, and singer. She is best known for her role as "Bubble" in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous as well as her distinctive voice....
as Laura 'Little Voice' Hoff - Michael CaineMichael CaineSir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....
as Ray Say - Ewan McGregorEwan McGregorEwan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...
as Billy - Jim BroadbentJim BroadbentJames "Jim" Broadbent is an English theatre, film, and television actor. He is known for his roles in Iris, Moulin Rouge!, Topsy-Turvy, Hot Fuzz, and Bridget Jones' Diary...
as Mr. Boo - Philip JacksonPhilip Jackson (actor)Philip Jackson is an English actor, known for his many television and film roles, most notably as Chief Inspector Japp in the television series Poirot and as Abbot Hugo, one of the recurring adversaries in the cult 1980s series Robin of Sherwood. Jackson was born in Retford, Nottinghamshire...
as George - Annette BadlandAnnette BadlandAnnette Badland is an English actress best known for her work in children's television.-Biography:Her training took place at East 15 Acting School, London...
as Sadie
Soundtrack
The following songs are performed by Horrocks:- "The Man that Got AwayThe Man that Got Away"The Man that Got Away" is a popular song, published in 1953 and was written for the 1954 version of the movie A Star Is Born. The music was written by Harold Arlen, and the lyrics by Ira Gershwin...
" by Harold ArlenHarold ArlenHarold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, having written over 500 songs, a number of which have become known the world over. In addition to composing the songs for The Wizard of Oz, including the classic 1938 song, "Over the Rainbow,” Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the...
and Ira GershwinIra GershwinIra Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.... - "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)" by Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman, and Roger Ramirez
- "Over the RainbowOver the Rainbow"Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...
" by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg - "Chicago" by Fred FisherFred FisherFred Fisher was a German-born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher. Fisher founded Fred Fisher Music Publishing Company in 1907. He was born as Albert von Breitenbach in Cologne...
- "Big SpenderBig Spender"Big Spender" is a song written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical Sweet Charity, first performed in 1966. It is sung, in the musical, by the dance hostess "girls"; it was choreographed by Bob Fosse for the Broadway musical and the film...
" by Cy ColemanCy ColemanCy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.-Life and career:He was born Seymour Kaufman on June 14, 1929, in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Ida was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason...
and Dorothy FieldsDorothy FieldsDorothy Fields was an American librettist and lyricist.She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films... - "I Wanna Be Loved By You" by Harry RubyHarry RubyHarry Ruby was a Jewish American songwriter and screenwriter.After failing in his early ambition to become a professional baseball player,...
, Herbert StothartHerbert StothartHerbert Stothart was a song writer, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was also nominated for nine Oscars, winning Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz.-Biography:...
, and Bert KalmarBert KalmarBert Kalmar was a Jewish American lyricist.He was born in New York, New York. He ran away from home at the age of 10 to become a magician at a tent show, and retained an interest in magic all his life. He never got much of an education, but decided to make a career in show business... - "Sing As We Go" by Harry Parr DaviesHarry Parr DaviesHarry Parr-Davies was a Welsh composer and songwriter.He was born Harry Parr Davies in Briton Ferry, Neath, South Wales and was a musical prodigy, having composed whole operettas by the time he was in his teens. He came to the attention of composer Sir Walford Davies, who encouraged him to study...
- "Falling in Love Again" by Frederick Hollander and Samuel Lerner
- "Get HappyGet Happy (song)"Get Happy" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler.It was the first song they wrote together, and was introduced by Ruth Etting in The Nine-Fifteen Revue in 1930....
" by Harold Arlen and Ted KoehlerTed KoehlerTed L. Koehler was an American lyricist.-Life and career:Koehler was born in Washington, D.C. He started out as a photo-engraver but was attracted to the music business, where he started out as a theater pianist for silent films. He moved on to write for vaudeville shows and Broadway, and he also...
Critical reception
Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 85% based on 34 reviews.In her review in the New York Times, Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin is an American journalist, best known as a film and literary critic for The New York Times. She served as the Times film critic from 1977–1999.- Biography :...
said, "Horrocks's phenomenal mimicry of musical grande dames from Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films...
to Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....
, lavishing special loving care on Judy Garland, makes a splendid centerpiece for the otherwise more ordinary film built around it."
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.Ebert is known for his film review column and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The...
of the Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship paper of the Sun-Times Media Group.-History:The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city...
felt the story was "amusing but uneven" and the film "seems to have all the pieces in place for another one of those whimsical, comic British slices of life. But the movie doesn't quite deliver the way we think it will. One problem is that the Michael Caine character, sympathetic and funny in the opening and middle scenes, turns mean at the end for no good reason. Another is that the romance, and a manufactured crisis, distract from the true climax of the movie. That would be Jane Horrocks' vocal performance . . . she is amazing. Absolutely fabulous."
In Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
, Derek Elley called it "a small picture with a big heart" and added, "The film has almost everything going for it, with the exceptions of a somewhat lopsided structure in which the climax comes two-thirds of the way through and a romantic subplot that plays like an afterthought. Nevertheless, smooth direction by Mark Herman and juicy performances by a host of Brit character actors . . . ensure an entertaining ride . . . Horrocks, whose combo of gamin physique and big vocal talent make the title role seem unthinkable for any other actress, is a revelation, handling moments of solo emotion and onstage strutting with equal, moving panache."
Awards and nominations
- Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAcademy Award for Best Supporting ActressPerformance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...
(Brenda Blethyn, nominee) - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyGolden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyThe Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951...
(Michael Caine, winner) - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyGolden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyThe Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1950...
(Jane Horrocks, nominee) - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureThe Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year....
(Brenda Blethyn, nominee) - BAFTA Alexander Korda Award for Best British FilmBAFTA Award for Best FilmThis page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language and Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for each year, in addition to the retired earlier versions of those awards...
(nominee) - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleBest Actor in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.-Superlatives:...
(Michael Caine, nominee) - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleBest Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :...
(Jane Horrocks, nominee) - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleBest Actress in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film...
(Brenda Blethyn, nominee) - BAFTA Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayBAFTA Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayThe British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Adapted Screenplay has been presented to its winners since 1968:-1980s:1983: Heat and Dust – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala*Betrayal – Harold Pinter...
(nominee) - BAFTA Award for Best SoundBAFTA Award for Best SoundThe British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Sound has been presented to its winners since 1968 and sound designers of all nationalities are eligible to receive the award.-Winners 1968-present:...
(nominee) - Satellite Award for Best Picture - Musical or ComedySatellite Award for Best Picture - Musical or ComedyThe Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy is one of the annual awards given to motion pictures by the International Press Academy.- 1990s :- 2000s :- 2010s :...
(nominee) - Satellite Award for Best Adapted ScreenplaySatellite Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayThe Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an annual award given by the International Press Academy.- 1990s :- 2000s :- 2010s :...
(nominee) - Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedySatellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyThe Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.- 1990s :- 2000s :- 2010s :...
(Michael Caine, nominee) - Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or ComedySatellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyThe Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy is one the Satellite Awards, given annually by the International Press Academy.- 1990s :- 2000s :- 2010–2019 :...
(Jane Horrocks, nominee) - Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Musical or ComedySatellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureThe Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture is one of the Satellite Awards presented annually by the International Press Academy.- 1990s :Best Supporting Actress – Drama*1996: Courtney Love - The People vs...
(Brenda Blethyn, nominee) - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (nominee)
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture (Jane Horrocks, nominee)
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture (Brenda Blethyn, nominee)
- London Film Critics CircleLondon Film Critics CircleThe London Film Critics' Circle is the name by which the Film Section of The Critics' Circle is known internationally.The word London was added because it was thought the term Critics' Circle Film Awards lacked meaning — for people in LA for example — and the Film Section wished its annual Awards...
Award for British Supporting Actor of the Year (Michael Caine, winner) - British Independent Film AwardBritish Independent Film AwardsThe Moët British Independent Film Awards is an annual award ceremony celebrating achievement in independently funded British film and cinema. Nominations and jury are announced at the beginning of November with the award ceremony taking place in late November or early December.-History:The British...
for Best Actor (Michael Caine, nominee) - British Independent Film Award for Best Actress (Jane Horrocks, nominee)