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Six former college friends, with two new friends, gather for a New Year's Eve weekend reunion at a large English countryside manor after ten years to reminisce about the good times now long gone.

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Roger Anderson
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Andrew Benson
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Peter Morton
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Sarah Johnson
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Maggie Chester
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Mary Anderson
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Lord Morton
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Vera
Alex Scott ...
Young Paul
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Mr. Gooch
Hetta Charnley ...
Woman at the Airport
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Carol Benson
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Ben Charleston
Ruby May Musto ...
Ben Charleston
Ann Davies ...
Brenda
Magdalena Buznea ...
Old Lady
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Brian
Alex Lowe ...
Paul
Chris Pickles ...
Chauffeur
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Brian's Wife
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Directed by

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Kenneth Branagh

Written by

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Rita Rudner ... (written by) &
Martin Bergman ... (written by)

Produced by

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Martin Bergman ... co-producer
Kenneth Branagh ... producer
Stephen Evans ... executive producer
David Parfitt ... line producer

Cinematography by

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Roger Lanser

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Andrew Marcus

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Simon Cozens ... second assistant editor
Kerry Kohler ... associate editor
Lucy Maunsell ... first assistant editor
Mark Waddell ... color timer
Bob Wenokur ... studio post-production representative (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Tim Harvey

Art Direction by

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Martin Childs

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Susan Coates
Stephanie Collie

Makeup Department

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Peter Frampton ... makeup supervisor
Martin Samuel ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Mark Cooper ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Christopher Newman ... first assistant director
Carl Oprey ... third assistant director
Keith Young ... second assistant director

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Brian Aldridge ... property manager
Micky Bacon ... property master
Celia Bobak ... property master
Martin Kingsley ... property manager
Alf Newvell ... rigger
Terry Newvell ... stagehand
Trevor Nicol ... carpenter
Stephen Pearton ... carpenter
Andy Soane ... property chief
Brian Western ... painter

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Mark Auguste ... sound editor
Orin Beaton ... sound assistant
Gary Beckerman ... jobfit sound trainee
Jeremy Child ... assistant sound editor
David Crozier ... production sound mixer
Martin Evans ... sound editor
Dominic Lester ... re-recording mixer
Bettina McCaul ... assistant sound editor
Robin O'Donoghue ... re-recording mixer
Andrew Sissons ... sound maintenance
Tommy Goodwin ... adr mixer (uncredited)

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Pete Hanson ... studio manager: CFC (uncredited)
Mark Nelmes ... digital artist (uncredited)
Janek Sirrs ... digital artist (uncredited)
David Smith ... optical cameraman (uncredited)

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Angela Conway ... jobfit camera trainee
Clive Coote ... still photographer
Kevin Edland ... best boy
John Higgins ... gaffer
Chris Mortley ... electrician
Terry Mulligan ... electrician
Toby Plaskitt ... grip
Andy Shuttleworth ... steadicam operator
Simon Starling ... clapper loader / second assistant camera
Gary Turnbull ... focus puller

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Lisa Shanley ... wardrobe assistant
Fiona Smithies ... wardrobe assistant
Nancy Thompson ... wardrobe mistress

Location Management

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Paul Shersby ... location manager

Music Department

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Bob Bryan ... vocal coach
Clive Farrell ... music supervisor
Gavin Greenaway ... musical director

Script and Continuity Department

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Annie Penn ... script supervisor (as Annie Wotton)

Transportation Department

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Peter Allison ... driver
Mike Crawley ... driver
Richard Moore ... driver

Additional Crew

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Liz Barron ... production accountant
Joyce Branagh ... unit runner
Hugh Cruttwell ... production consultant
Graham Kern ... montage openeing title sequence design & production
Randal McDonell ... production assistant
Iona Price ... production coordinator
Al Senter ... production notes
Neris Thomas ... production secretary
Tamar Thomas ... assistant: Mr. Branagh
Peter Thompson ... press representative
David Toguri ... choreographer
John Trevithick ... unit runner (as Jonathan Trevithick)
Richard Turner ... financial controller
Sarah Valentine ... publicity and marketing assistant
J. David Williams ... financier

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Plot Summary

Upon the passing of his wealthy father and learning that his father made arrangements to provide comfortably for his long time servant, the housekeeper/cook Vera, and her son Paul, Peter is free to decide what to do with his father's vast country estate without having to worry about what would happen to Vera and Paul if he did sell. What Peter decides first and foremost is to host a New Year's Eve party at the estate with his best friends from Cambridge, a group of six, including himself, who performed together in an acting troupe, the last time being exactly ten years ago upon their graduation, that one a bawdy performance also at a New Year's party at the estate for and unappreciated by Peter's father and his conservative friends, before the six went their separate ways into adulthood. What happens at this gathering will be affected by the issues with which each person is now facing, including the secret Peter has been keeping, it the reason he felt the want to get his friends together at this time. Hollywood TV writer Andrew, Peter's best friend, is accompanied by Carol, his vacuous American television star wife, their marriage buckling under the strain of her quest for greater fame. Married jingle writers Roger and Mary are still dealing with the death of one of their twin babies nine months ago, Mary who has now turned into the most overprotective mother at the expense of all else, arguably including their marriage. Theater costume designer Sarah is accompanied by brash actor Brian, her latest boyfriend of two weeks, he who is just the latest type in her choice of the wrong man, that type in being unattainable, in Brian's case he being already married. And mousy cat lady Maggie, who works for a publishing company, in her loneliness pines for one of her friends, namely Peter, the one that is available - sort of. Written by Huggo

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Taglines Kenneth Branagh's New Comedy About Love, Friendship And Other Natural Disasters See more »
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Also Known As
  • Les amis de Peter (France)
  • Peter's Friends - Freunde sind die besten Feinde (Germany)
  • Los amigos de Peter (Spain)
  • Els amics d'en Peter (Spain, Catalan title)
  • ピーターズ・フレンズ (Japan, Japanese title)
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  • 101 min
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Budget $5,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Peter Morton has an Apple Macintosh computer, but does not own a television. Stephen Fry was actually the second person in the U.K. to purchase a Mac PC, after Douglas Adams bought the first two. See more »
Goofs At the beginning of the film, Mary and Roger's nanny Brenda refers to Mary as "Mrs. Anderson", but according to the credits, Mary and Roger's last name is Charleston See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Hoffa/Trespass/Chaplin/Lorenzo's Oil/Peter's Friends (1992). See more »
Soundtracks What's Love Got To Do With It See more »
Quotes [offering to give Maggie a make-over]
Carol: Maggie, you are a very pretty girl.
Maggie: No, I'm not.
Carol: Yes, you are.
Maggie: No, I'm not.
Carol: Yes! But you make Mother Teresa look like a hooker.
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