The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
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Directed by	Jack Clayton
Produced by	Richard Johnson Peter Nelson
Written by	Peter Nelson Brian Moore (novel)
Starring	Maggie Smith Bob Hoskins Wendy Hiller
Music by	Georges Delerue
Cinematography	Peter Hannan
Editing by	Terry Rawlings
Distributed by	Handmade Films Ltd.
Release date(s)	23 December 1987
Running time	110 min
Country	UK
Language	English
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is a 1987 drama film made by Handmade Films Ltd. and United British Artists (UBA). It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by Richard Johnson and Peter Nelson with George Harrison and Denis O'Brien as executive producers. The screenplay was by Peter Nelson from the novel Judith Hearne by Brian Moore. The music score was by Georges Delerue and the cinematography by Peter Hannan.

The film stars Maggie Smith as Judith Hearne, Bob Hoskins and Wendy Hiller with Marie Kean, Ian McNeice, Alan Devlin, Prunella Scales, Sheila Reid and Aidan Gillen in his first film appearance.

A fine radio drama adaptaton was produced by BBC Radio 4 in 1995, directed by Michael Quinn.

[edit] Awards

Maggie Smith won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress. She also won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress (tied with Billie Whitelaw for The Dressmaker). Bob Hoskins won the Best Actor award (also for Who Framed Roger Rabbit)