Crystal Gazing

Crystal Gazing

Crystal Gazing

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Crystal Gazing

1982

1h 32m

7.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

Experimental drama set in London during the Thatcher administration involving four characters: Neil, a science-fiction illustrator; Kim, a woman rock musician; Vermilion, an analyst of satellite photography; and Julian, an old friend of the illustrator who has just finished his Ph.D thesis on the fairy-tales of Charles Perrault. Their four lives are closely interlinked as events happen to each of them.

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Production Companies

BFI

Cast & Crew

20 members

Acting

Gavin Richards

Neil Holt

Gavin Richards

Sound

Lora Logic

Kim

Lora Logic

Acting

Mary Maddox

Vermilion

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Acting

Jeff Rawle

Julian

Jeff Rawle

Acting

Maggie Shevlin

Narrator

Maggie Shevlin

Acting

Patrick Bauchau

Husband

Patrick Bauchau

Acting

Alan Porter

Magician

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Acting

Keith Allen

Monologist

Keith Allen

Acting

Chuck Hayward

Band Member (as Charles Hayward)

Chuck Hayward

Acting

Ben Annesley

Band Member

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Philip Legg

Band Member

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Acting

Nicholas Le Prevost

Examiner

Nicholas Le Prevost

Acting

James Leahy

Examiner

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Dinah Stabb

Shop Assistant

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Beata Vigh-Anderson

Book Thief

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Acting

Liz Smith

Lady in Pub

Liz Smith

Acting

Roderic Leigh

Fireworks Salesman

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Acting

John Howe

Man on Crossed Line

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Miriam Margolyes

Newsreader

Miriam Margolyes

Acting

Jonathan Eden

Interviewer

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