Angels & Insects
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Philip Haas
Mark Rylance
Patsy Kensit-healy
Kristin Scott Thomas
Jeremy Kemp
Douglas Henshall
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
William Adamson is a naturalist who has spent years of research on insect life in South America. Returning to England in 1858, William is taken under the wing of Reverend Harold Alabaster, an amateur insect collector of great wealth who, like many educated men of his era, finds nature and naturalists all the rage. At the Alabaster country estate, William is instantly smitten with Eugenia, a pampered beauty whom he shyly starts to court and who, much to his suprise, accepts his proposal of marriage. While Eugenia flutters in and out of William's life, like a Queen Bee, he develops a friendship with Matty Crompton, a poor but highly sympathetic relation of the Alabasters' with whom he embarks on an elaborate scientific study that provides all the comfort and encouragement that marriage to Eugenia does not. Entangled in a web of conflicting relationships, William discovers that while he is learned in the ways of the animal kingdom, he still has much to learn about the secrets of the human heart.
Cast
Mark Rylance
Patsy Kensit-healy
Kristin Scott Thomas
Jeremy Kemp
Douglas Henshall
Annette Badland
Saskia Wickham
Anna Massey
Chris Larkin
Crew
Alexander Balanescu
Jill Bennett
Kim Brandstrup
Paul Brown
A.s. Byatt
Ginger Corbett
Lorraine Fennell
Celestia Fox
Belinda Haas
Belinda Haas
Belinda Haas
Philip Haas
Jane Hamilton
Joyce Herlihy
Peter Heslop
Simon Hinkly
Jennifer Kernke
Lindsay Law
Simon Mein
Sarah Monzani
Colin Nicolson
Colin Plenty
Jill Quertier
Alison Riva
Bernard Zitzermann
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Costume Design
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States February 9, 1996
Expanded Release in United States February 16, 1996
Expanded Release in United States February 23, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 1, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 8, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 15, 1996
Released in United States on Video July 16, 1996
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States January 1996
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Hors Concours) August 24 - September 4, 1995.
Due to scheduling conflicts, Peter O'Toole was replaced by Jeremy Kemp prior to the start of production.
Second dramatic feature for filmmaker Philip Haas who marked his feature narrative debut with "The Music of Chance" (USA/1993).
Feature acting debut for Chris Larkin, the son of Dame Maggie Smith and the late Sir Richard Stephens.
Began shooting July 18, 1994.
Completed shooting September 3, 1994.
Released in United States Winter January 26, 1996
Released in United States February 9, 1996 (Los Angeles)
Expanded Release in United States February 16, 1996
Expanded Release in United States February 23, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 1, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 8, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 15, 1996
Released in United States on Video July 16, 1996
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Hors Concours) August 24 - September 4, 1995.)
Released in United States January 1996 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 1996.)
Released in United States Winter January 26, 1996
