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The
Raggedy Rawney
screenplay
by Bob Hoskins and Nicole De Wilde
A Handmade Films production.
Released in 1988.
Director: Bob Hoskins
Producer: Bob Weis
Associate Producer: Garth Thomas
Executive Producers: George Harrison and Denis
O'Brien
Cinematography: Frank Tidy
Production Designer: Jirí Matolín
Costume Designer: Theodor Pistek
Music: Michael Kamen
Running time: approx. 103 mins
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Cast
(main
characters, in
alphabetical order) |
Jim Carter.....The
Soldier
Veronica Clifford.....The Farmer's Wife
J. G. Devlin.....Jake
Ian Dury.....Weazel
Dexter Fletcher.....Tom
Gawn Grainger.....The Officer
Bob Hoskins.....Darky
Timothy Lang.....Simon
Rosemary Martin.....Becky
Ian McNeice.....The Farmer
Zoë Nathenson.....Jessie
Jennifer Platt.....The Little Girl
Zoë Wanamaker.....Elle
Jane Wood.....Vie |
Production |
| Fleeing from the
army in the midst of a war (in an unspecified location and
period), Tom disguises himself as a young woman. Upon
meeting a band of gypsies, he is mistaken for a kind of witch
known as a 'rawney', and treated with a mixture of awe and
fear. Elle (played by Zoe) and her illegitimate son,
Simon, are shunned by many in the group who believe the boy's
disability to be punishment for his mother's sins. When
the rawney saves Simon from being attacked, Elle takes pity on
this strange new addition to the group. But Jessie, the
gypsy leader's daughter, soon discovers Tom's true identity,
with disastrous consequences. |
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