Directed by:
John IrvinCinematography:
Peter HannanComposer:
Geoffrey BurgonCast:
Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Richard Johnson, Michael Gambon, Eleanor Bron, Harriet Walter, Jeroen Krabbé, Nigel Hawthorne, Peter Capaldi, Harold Pinter (more)Plots(1)
A children's book author suffers from writer's block. While searching for new ideas, she makes several visits to the turtle tank at the local aquarium, where she gets to know a shy bookstore clerk. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Glenda Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/324/164324250_3e68c0.jpg)
Glenda Jackson
UK
Best movies:
This Sporting Life (1963)
Marat/Sade (1967)
Mary Queen of Scots (1971)
![Ben Kingsley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/054/164054958_bb9e5d.jpg)
Ben Kingsley
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Shutter Island (2010)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
![Richard Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/484/164484366_ad7636.jpg)
Richard Johnson
UK
Best movies:
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
Lady Jane (1986)
A Man for All Seasons (1988) (TV movie)
![Michael Gambon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/089/168089247_xr2eyl.jpg)
Michael Gambon
Ireland
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Eleanor Bron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271544_10475f.jpg)
Eleanor Bron
UK
Best movies:
Black Beauty (1994)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV movie)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979) (theatrical recording)
![Harriet Walter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/297/164297964_223550.jpg)
Harriet Walter
UK
Best movies:
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Atonement (2007)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
![Jeroen Krabbé](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/482/163482418_a71997.jpg)
Jeroen Krabbé
Netherlands
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
For a Lost Soldier (1992)
![Nigel Hawthorne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/075/164075812_f22f1a.jpg)
Nigel Hawthorne
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
The Plague Dogs (1982)
Tarzan (1999)
![Peter Capaldi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/932/157932509_198ece.jpg)
Peter Capaldi
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV movie)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Paddington 2 (2017)
Harold Pinter
UK
Best movies:
Wit (2001) (TV movie)
The Servant (1963)
Rogue Male (1976) (TV movie)
![Gary Olsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/391/161391781_22a401.jpg)
Gary Olsen
UK
Best movies:
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Birth of the Beatles (1979)
![Rosemary Leach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/308/160308998_68c4a1.jpg)
Rosemary Leach
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
Othello (1981) (TV movie)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997) (series)
![Barbara Rosenblat](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/834/162834214_23785d.jpg)
Barbara Rosenblat
UK
Best movies:
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Turtle Diary (1985)
Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
Tony Melody
UK
Best movies:
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) (TV movie)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Turtle Diary (1985)
![Pauline Letts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/459/161459878_aeaf96.jpg)
Pauline Letts
UK
Best movies:
The Trojan Women (1971)
13 (1967)
Turtle Diary (1985)
![Michael Aldridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/543/161543289_91c81e.jpg)
Michael Aldridge
UK
Best movies:
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
The Public Eye (1972)
Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985) (series)
Chuck Julian
Best movies:
Snatch (2000)
Superman (1978)
The War Lover (1962)
Bryan Pringle
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (TV movie)
Jeremy Nicholas
UK
Best movies:
Turtle Diary (1985)
Jubilee (1977)