Distant Voices, Still Lives
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Terence Davies
Freda Dowie
Pete Postlethwaite
Angela Walsh
Dean Williams
Lorraine Ashbourne
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A portrait of a Catholic working class family in Liverpool in the 1940s and 1950s.
Director
Terence Davies
Cast
Freda Dowie
Pete Postlethwaite
Angela Walsh
Dean Williams
Lorraine Ashbourne
Debi Jones
Marie Jelliman
Sally Davies
Nathan Walsh
Susan Flanagan
Michael Starke
Vincent Maguire
Antonia Mallen
Chris Darwin
Andrew Schofield
Anne Dyson
Jean Boht
Alan Bird
Pauline Quirke
Matthew Long
Frances Dell
Carl Chase
Roy Ford
Terry Melia
John Thomalla
John Carr
John Michie
Jeanette Moseley
Ian Clough
Chris Benson
Judith Barker
Thomas Williamson
Lorraine Michaels
Crew
Mike Abrahams
David Allen
Jan Archibald
Jan Archibald
Ron Barber
George Barbero
Toby Benton
Richard Bridgwood
Geoff Burlinson
Moya Burns
Pat Carus
Rupert Castle
Tim Church
Harriet Cox
Geraldine Creed
Terence Davies
William Diver
William Diver
Patrick Duval
Richard Ede
Matthew Evans
Christine Felce
Joy Fielding
Penny Fielding
Ian Francis
Kevin Fraser
David Gamble
Sheila Gillie
Maggie Gormley
Alastair Gow
Gil Hallifax
Pat Harkins
Mamoun Hassan
David Hill
Jennifer Howarth
Monica Howe
Roy Hudd
Kevin Huse
Malcolm Huse
Jocelyn James
Priscilla John
Alf Joint
Gerry Jones
Gerry Jones
Martin Kenzie
Sheryl Leonardo
Robert Lockhart
Colin Maccabe
Alex Mackie
Max Marrable
Melanie Matthews
Tony Mccaffrey
Mick Mccarthy
Susan Mclenachan
Andrew Melhuish
Elizabeth Moss
Elizabeth Moss
Caren Moy
Marc Munden
Simon Murray
Gary Nagle
Colin Nicolson
Clive Noakes
Denis Norden
Jill Pack
Nicholas Penn
Chris Polden
Andy Powell
Glynn Purcell
Geoffrey Quick
Steve Race
Jeremy Read
Liz Reddish
Tommy Reilly
Frank Reynolds
Gillian Reynolds
Richard Roberts
Sholto Roeg
Nobby Roker
Lesley Rouvray-lawson
Lesley Rouvray-lawson
Colin Rutter
Peter Sainsbury
Lesley Sanders
Lesley Sanders
Hank Schumacher
Eric Scruby
Eric Scruby
Aileen Seaton
Aileen Seaton
Jenny Shircore
Larry Sider
Claire Hughes Smith
Mark Stevenson
Olivia Stewart
Lil Stirling
Sarah Swords
Sarah Thwaites
Ian Turner
Miki Van Zwanenberg
Bill Venables
Bill Weston
Lynne Whiteread
Gary Willis
Aad Wirtz
Arthur Wooster
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of seventeen international prizes, including the International Critics Prize at Cannes and the Golden Leopard at Locarno.
Released in United States Summer July 28, 1989
Limited re-release in United States August 31, 2018
Released in United States on Video February 8, 1990
Released in United States April 1986
Released in United States 1988
Released in United States August 1988
Released in United States September 1988
Released in United States September 17, 1988
Released in United States 1989
Released in United States July 1989
Released in United States August 1989
Released in United States January 1992
Shown at Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) (British Film Institute: Five Years of New Cinema, 1986-1990) in New York City April 12-23, 1991.
Shown at Dublin Film Festival October 26-November 4, 1988.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 24-September 4, 1988.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 29 & October 2, 1988.
Shown at Locarno Film Festival August 1988.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 8-17, 1988.
Shown at Boston Film Festival September 17, 1988.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 11-June 4, 1989.
Shown at Wellington Film Festival July 7-22, 1989.
Shown at Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund August 19-25, 1989.
Sholto Roeg is the child of director Nicolas Roeg.
Began shooting September 16, 1985.
Completed shooting during fall 1987.
The first section, "Distant Voices," was shot in London and Liverpool in the autumn of 1985; the second, "Still Lives," was filmed with the same cast two years later.
Released in United States Summer July 28, 1989
Limited re-release in United States August 31, 2018 (New York)
Released in United States on Video February 8, 1990
Released in United States April 1986 (Shown at Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) (British Film Institute: Five Years of New Cinema, 1986-1990) in New York City April 12-23, 1991.)
Released in United States 1988 (Shown at Dublin Film Festival October 26-November 4, 1988.)
Released in United States 1988 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 29 & October 2, 1988.)
Released in United States August 1988 (Shown at Locarno Film Festival August 1988.)
Released in United States September 1988 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 1988.)
Released in United States September 1988 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 8-17, 1988.)
Released in United States 1988 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 24-September 4, 1988.)
Released in United States September 17, 1988 (Shown at Boston Film Festival September 17, 1988.)
Released in United States 1989 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 11-June 4, 1989.)
Released in United States July 1989 (Shown at Wellington Film Festival July 7-22, 1989.)
Released in United States August 1989 (Shown at Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund August 19-25, 1989.)
Released in United States January 1992 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (British Independents) in Park City, Utah January 16-26, 1992.)