Venus Peter
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| Directed by | Ian Sellar |
| Written by | Ian Sellar Christopher Rush |
| Produced by | Christopher Young |
| Starring | Gordon R. Strachan Ray McAnally David Hayman Sinéad Cusack Caroline Paterson |
| Cinematography | Gabriel Beristain |
| Edited by | David Spiers |
| Music by | Jonathan Dove |
Release date | 1989 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £1,200,000 |
Venus Peter is a 1989 British drama film directed by Ian Sellar and produced by Christopher Young for Young films. The film is an adaptation of the novel A Twelvemonth and a Day by Christopher Rush. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was filmed on the Orkney Islands, in the North of Scotland. The film crew paid members of the Orkney community to act as extras in the film.
In 1999 Richard Mowe, curator of film at the National Museum of Scotland, chose the film as one of his top twenty Scottish films of the century.[2]
Japanese rock band Venus Peter, named after this film.
Cast
- George Anton - Billy
- Louise Breslin - Leebie
- Juliet Cadzow - Princess Paloma
- Peter Caffrey - Father
- Sinéad Cusack - Miss Balsilbie
- Emma Dingwall - Jenny
- Ken Drury - Gowans
- Christopher Fairbank - Blind man
- Cecil Garson - Gollie
- David Hayman - Kinnear
- Sam Hayman - Baby Peter
- Scott Heddle - Peem
- Ray Jeffries - Bank manager
- Sheila Keith - Epp
- Mary MacLeod - Miss Sangster
- Ray McAnally - Grandpa
- Alex McAvoy - Beadle
- Robin McCaffrey - Georgina
- Julia McCarthy - Agnes
- Caroline Paterson - Mother
- Gordon R. Strachan - Peter
- Alan Tall - McCreevie
- Cameron Stout - Bystander
- Lorraine Buchan - Bystander
- Justin Kimmett - Little Boy
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Venus Peter". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- ^ Richard Mowe, Top 20 Scottish films of the 20th Century, iofilm Scotland, August 1999
External links
- Venus Peter at IMDb
- Venus Peter at AllMovie
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