American Friends
movie
An education in love
Released March 22, 1991
Overview
Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and both the women are drawn to him. Back at Oxford he is nevertheless taken aback when they arrive unannounced. Women are not allowed in the College grounds, let alone the rooms. Indeed any liaison, however innocent, is frowned on by the upstanding Fellows.
Cast
Michael Palin
as
Rev. Francis Ashby
Trini Alvarado
as
Elinor Hartley
Connie Booth
as
Caroline Hartley
Alfred Molina
as
Oliver Syme
Bryan Pringle
as
Haskell
Jonathan Firth
as
Cable
Susan Denaker
as
Mrs. Cantrell
David Calder
as
Pollitt
Robert Eddison
as
Rushden - The President
Simon Jones
as
Anderson
Fred Pearson
as
Hapgood
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Ian Dunn
as
Gowers
Crew
Tristram Powell
as
Director
Michael Palin
as
Writer
Tristram Powell
as
Writer
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Steve Abbott
as
Producer
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Patrick Cassavetti
as
Producer
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Philip Bonham-Carter
as
Director of Photography
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George Akers
as
Editor
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Irene Lamb
as
Casting
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Penny Eyles
as
Script Supervisor
Georges Delerue
as
Original Music Composer
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Andrew McAlpine
as
Production Design
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Chris Townsend
as
Art Direction