Taglines: A comedy about love, friendship and other natural disasters.
Peter’s Friends movie storyline. It is New Year’s weekend and the friends of Peter (Fry) gather at his newly inherited country house. Ten years ago, they all acted together in a Cambridge University student comedy troupe. Since then they have gone in different directions and career paths.
Peter’s friends are Andrew (Branagh), now a writer in Hollywood; married jingle writers Roger (Laurie) and Mary (Staunton); glamorous costume designer Sarah (Emmanuel); and eccentric Maggie (Thompson), who works in publishing. Joining them are Carol (Rudner), the American TV star wife of Andrew; and the impolite Brian (Slattery), Sarah’s very recently acquired lover. Also accompanying them are Vera, Peter’s long-serving housekeeper (Law), and her son Paul (Lowe).
Peter’s father has recently died, and Peter plans to sell the house after this last party. Andrew and Carol’s marriage is strained by the demands of her fame. Roger and Mary are recovering from a devastating personal tragedy only slowly revealed to the audience: the death of one of their children. A lonely Maggie is determined to persuade Peter they should be more than just friends, and Sarah’s not as happy with her life as she appears.
Peter’s Friends is a 1992 British comedy film written by Rita Rudner and Martin Bergman, directed and produced by Kenneth Branagh and starring Kenneth Branagh, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Phyllida Law, Alex Lowe, Rita Rudner, Tony Slattery, Imelda Staunton and Emma Thompson.
Peter’s Friends (1992)
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Phyllida Law, Alex Lowe, Rita Rudner, Tony Slattery, Imelda Staunton, Emma Thompson
Screenplay by: Rita Rudner, Martin Bergman
Production Design by: Tim Harvey
Cinematography by: Roger Lanser
Film Editing by: Andrew Marcus
Costume Design by: Susan Coates, Stephanie Collie
Art Direction by: Martin Childs
MPAA Rating: R for language, and for some sexuality.
Distributed by: The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release Date: December 25, 1992
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