A Taste of Honey (film)

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A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey DVD Cover
Directed by	Tony Richardson
Produced by	Tony Richardson
Written by	Shelagh Delaney (play and screenplay) Tony Richardson (screenplay)
Starring	Dora Bryan Robert Stephens Rita Tushingham
Music by	John Addison
Distributed by	British Lion Films
Release date(s)	September, 1961 30 April 1962
Running time	UK: 117 min
Language	English
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A Taste of Honey is a 1961 film adaptation of the play of the same name by Shelagh Delaney. Delaney adapted the screenplay herself, aided by director Tony Richardson, who had previously directed the first production of the play. The film features Rita Tushingham as Jo, Dora Bryan as her mother, Murray Melvin as Geoffrey, and Paul Danquah as Jimmy.

[edit] Awards

The film won four BAFTA awards: Richardson won Best British Screenplay (with Delaney) and Best British Film, Bryan won Best Actress and Tushingham was named Most Promising Newcomer. Tushingham and Melvin were Best Actress and Actor at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. In America the film won Tushingham a 1963 Golden Globe for Most Promising Female Newcomer and got Richardson a 1963 Directors Guild of America award nomination. Delaney and Richardson also won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award.

[edit] Trivia

In the film's opening scenes of street life in Salford, two young children are seen playing. One of them, the 7 year old Hazel Blears, grew up to become the local MP for Salford and a Cabinet Minister.