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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   8,055 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jim Cartwright (play)
Mark Herman (screenplay)
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Release Date:
4 December 1998 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Finding your own voice can be magic. more
Plot:
The pathetically shy LV lives the life of a recluse listening to her late fathers old records in her room and in the process driving her abusive... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 22 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(9 articles)
Hugh Grant Gets Animated with Britney
 (From WENN. 14 November 2002)

Jane's Trick For Getting Into Character
 (From WENN. 2 October 2000)

User Reviews:
What an incredible performance more (150 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Brenda Blethyn ... Mari Hoff

Jane Horrocks ... LV

Ewan McGregor ... Billy

Philip Jackson ... George
Annette Badland ... Sadie

Michael Caine ... Ray Say

Jim Broadbent ... Mr. Boo

Adam Fogerty ... Bouncer
James Welsh ... Bouncer
Karen Gregory ... Stripper
Fred Feast ... Arthur
Graham Turner ... LV's Dad
George Oliver ... Pawnbroker
Virgil Tracy ... Loan Advisor
Dick Van Winkle ... Money Lender
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (UK) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and brief nudity.
Runtime:
97 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Mike Reid turned down a role. more
Quotes:
Billy: Great tune.
LV: My heart belongs to Daddy.
Billy: Oh I see.
[looks disappointed]
LV: Marilyn Monroe
Billy: OH!
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Movie Connections:
Features "The Judy Garland Show" (1963) more
Soundtrack:
The Last Farewell more

FAQ

What is LV's real name?
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8 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
What an incredible performance, 27 June 2005
7/10
Author: Stan_Ogden from United Kingdom

Jane Horrocks! wow - I had no idea that she is such a tremendous mimic. I was slightly intoxicated whilst watching this film, and assumed that they were using the extracted original vocals of singers such as Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland etc. I was gob-smacked when the closing title said 'Jane Horrocks performed all her own songs'. Christ on crutches.. to call her gift 'a talent' is a travesty. Anyway.. about the film. The acting is mostly excellent (apart from LV's mother who goes right over the top in parts.. although she does manage to make you cringe and really feel her desperation). Michael Caine plays a great dirty minded but likable agent character (the man's a god - watch 'Get Carter'). I felt genuinely sorry for LV - a sweet and agonisingly introverted girl with an amazing ability to mimic other singers. Thank god Jane Horrocks isn't as shy as the character that she portrays in this film - it would be such a shame if her gift had never been exposed this way.

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