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Akenfield
1974 film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Akenfield is a film made by Peter Hall in 1974, based loosely upon the book Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by Ronald Blythe (1969). Blythe himself has a cameo role as the vicar and all other parts are played by real-life villagers who improvised their own dialogue. There are no professional actors in the piece. Blythe's book is the distillation of interviews with local people. The film is a work of fiction, based on an 18-page story synopsis by Blythe.
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Directed by | Peter Hall |
Screenplay by | Ronald Blythe |
Based on | Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by Ronald Blythe |
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Cinematography | Ivan Strasberg |
Edited by | Rex Pyke |
Music by | Michael Tippett |
Production company | Angle Films |
Distributed by | Angle Films |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £120,094[1] |
Box office | £931[1] |
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