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Stuart: A Life Backwards
Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
2007 · Directed by David Attwood · 92 min · Drama · TV Movie · 11 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Alexander Masters
- Cinematography: Ulf Brantås
- Edited by: St. John O'Rorke, Pia Di Ciaula
- Music: Rob Lane
- Production design: Donal Woods
- Produced by: Pippa Harris
Cast
- Tom Hardy as Stuart Shorter
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Alexander Masters
- Nicola Duffett as Judith
- Claire-Louise Cordwell as Karen
- Edna Doré as Stuart's Gran
- Frank Mills as Stuart's Granddad
- Candis Nergaard as Sophie
- Felicity Dean as Dido
- Timothy Carlton as Judge Howarth
- Steve King as James Gibbons
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: BBC, HBO Films, Knifedge, Neal Street Productions
- Themes: homeless person, based on novel or book, biography, alcoholism, cambridge, institution, abuse, 1990s
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