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Encyclopedia > Little Voice

Little Voice is a 1998 British film directed by Mark Herman, and adapted from Jim Cartwright's play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Jim Cartwright was born in 1958 and grew up in Farnworth, Lancashire. ...


It stars Jane Horrocks as a shy girl who discovers she has a remarkable talent for recreating the voices of famous singers, including Judy Garland and Shirley Bassey. She is subsequently taken on and promoted by sleazy showbusiness agent, played by Michael Caine. Jane Horrocks (born January 18, 1964) is an English comedian and actress. ... Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American film actress who is considered one of the greatest singing stars of Hollywoods Golden Era of musical film. ... Shirley Bassey in 2000 Dame Shirley Bassey (born January 8, 1937), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). ... Michael Caine Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, CBE (born 14 March 1933), known professionally as Sir Michael Caine, is a British film actor. ...


Caine won a Golden Globe Award for his performance, and Brenda Blethyn was nominated for an Academy Award. However, many critics expressed surprise that Horrocks was not nominated, particularly as the film showcased her uncanny vocal impressions. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Brenda Blethyn (born Brenda Ann Bottle 20 February 1946 in Ramsgate, British actress and an OBE. After studying at the Guildford School of Acting, she went on the London stage, where she won the London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1980 for Steaming. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...


The movie was filmed on location in the seaside town of Scarborough in North Yorkshire. Map sources for Scarborough at grid reference TA0388 The South Bay at Scarborough // Geography Scarborough lies on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. ...


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Little Voice (535 words)
Little Voice, a recluse who spends most of her day in her room listening to old records by one chanteuse or another: Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Marilyn Monroe, Billie Holiday (whom she does way better than Diana Ross ever did).
When she's not listening to them (on vinyl for all you classic album buffs) or watching clips of them on TV, Little Voice (Jane Horrocks) is imitating them, something she does with astounding accuracy and verve for someone with so little voice.
Then, too, the symbolism is a little less than subtle -- the pigeon metaphor, for example, or the use of a bird cage as part of Little Voice's stage set.
'Little Voice' (R) (800 words)
Little Voice is a murky, blurry waif in an English seaside town who somehow never looks up.
So another great miracle of "Little Voice" is that it finds a way to be about that secret stalking horse of so much of the century's mayhem, the abuse of children, without really getting into a pulpit on the subject.
But it's not merely a trick of voice; she has that thing that burns in the night, that thing that even as crude an instrument as a camera can capture – the sheer ability to illuminate the room and turn the darkest of crannies into a clean, well-lighted place.
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