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, Mark Williams, and

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. Directed by Michael Hoffman with

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, produced by Rick Stevenson (as Richard Stevenson), the film is about a group of Oxford student partygoers, with elements of a

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. The classical score is by

Rachel Portman Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman,
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(who went on to compose film scores in his own right). The screenplay includes a

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as several of the characters are vying for a role in a student production of ''

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.''

Cast

* Robert Woolley as Edward * Diana Katis as Anne *

as Lord Adrian (credited as Hughie Grant) * Victoria Studd as Lucy *

as Jamie * Simon Shackleton as Justin *

as Imogen * Mark Williams as Wilf * Neville Watchurst as Julian * Michael Hoffman as Alan * Jenny Waldman as Waitress * Ted Coleman as Barman * Stefan Bednarczyk as Pianist (credited as Stefan Bednarcyzk)

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