Directed by:
Tony RichardsonCinematography:
Walter LassallyComposer:
John AddisonCast:
Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah, Michael Bilton, Eunice BlackVOD (1)
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Shelagh Delaney's play 'A Taste of Honey' had already played in the West End and on Broadway when Tony Richardson made his film adaptation, shot on location in Salford and Blackpool. Rita Tushingham made her indelible screen debut as Jo, a young girl who falls pregnant after leaving home and her floozie mother a revelatory performance by Dora Bryan. Jo befriends Geoff, a gentle kind-hearted gay art student, they move in together like two children playing house and - for a while - finding an innocent fragile happiness. Richardson (who co-wrote the screenplay with Shelagh Delaney), always skilled with actors, draws fine performances from the entire cast and A Taste of Honey remains an outstanding example of the British New Wave, and was shot by its star cinematographer Walter Lassally. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1962 - Dora Bryan (Best British Actress)
- 1962 - Shelagh Delaney, Tony Richardson (Best British Screenplay)
- 1962 - Outstanding British Film
- 1962 - Rita Tushingham (Most Promising Newcomer to Film)
- 1962 - Best Film
- 1962 - Murray Melvin (Most Promising Newcomer to Film)
Cannes Film Festival
- 1962 - Murray Melvin, Rita Tushingham (Un Certain Regard - First Regard Prize)
- 1962 - Tony Richardson (Golden Palm - Official Competition)