Hear My Song
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Chelsom
Screenplay by
Story byPeter Chelsom
Produced byAlison Owen-Allen
Starring
CinematographySue Gibson
Edited byMartin Walsh
Music byJohn Altman
Production
companies
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release dates
  • 7 September 1991 (1991-09-07) (TIFF)
  • 13 March 1992 (1992-03-13) (United Kingdom)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£2.1 million[1]
Box office
  • £739,989 (United Kingdom)[1][2]
  • $4.4 million (United States)[2]

Hear My Song is a 1991 British comedy-drama film directed by Peter Chelsom, who co-wrote the screenplay with Adrian Dunbar, based on the story of Irish tenor Josef Locke. It was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 46th British Academy Film Awards in 1993.[3]

The film stars Ned Beatty (song voice Vernon Midgley,as Locke), Adrian Dunbar, Shirley Anne Field, Tara Fitzgerald, William Hootkins and David McCallum (as police officer).

Plot

Micky O'Neill tries to revive the fortunes of his Liverpool nightclub by promising his patrons he will present a performance by the legendary Irish tenor Josef Locke. After a series of unfortunate bookings (including Franc Cinatra, a Sinatra impersonator), Micky books the mysterious Mr. X, a man who insists he cannot be booked as Joe Locke due to the legal issues that would invariably ensue. The elusive Locke left the United Kingdom during the 1950s to avoid paying taxes, leaving behind "a beauty queen, a Jaguar sportscar, and a pedigree dalmatian, all of them pining". O'Neill's personal and professional life are left in ruin after beauty queen Cathleen Doyle exposes his Mr. X as a fraud. O'Neill returns to Ireland to find the true Josef Locke and bring him back.

Cast

Reception

Hear My Song received positive reviews from critics, as the film holds a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 29 reviews.

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s – An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 23.
  2. ^ a b Olins, Rufus. "Mr Fixit of the British Screen". Sunday Times [London, England] 24 Sept. 1995: 9[S]. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 March 2014.
  3. ^ Janet Maslin (19 January 1992). "Hear My Song (1991) Review/Film; Irish Tenor Is Focus Of Intrigue and Blarney". The New York Times.

External links

Films directed by Peter Chelsom
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