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Hunky Dory

Hunky Dory

20116.01h 50m

Overview

In the heat of the summer of 1976, drama teacher Vivienne fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on an end-of-term version of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Directed by Marc Evans
Written by Laurence Coriat
Produced by John Finn, Dan Lupovitz
Box Office0Revenue: $140K

Top Cast

Minnie Driver

Minnie Driver

Vivienne Mae

Aneurin Barnard

Aneurin Barnard

Davey

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Danielle Branch

Stella

Kimberley Nixon

Kimberley Nixon

Vicki

George MacKay

George MacKay

Jake

Robert Pugh

Robert Pugh

Headmaster

Tom Rhys Harries

Tom Rhys Harries

Evan

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Kristian Gwilliam

Hoople

Adam Byard

Adam Byard

Lewis

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Kayleigh Bennett

Dena

Themes & Keywords

high school1970smusicaldrama teacher

About Hunky Dory

Hunky Dory is a music, comedy film released in 2011 exploring themes of high school, 1970s, musical, drama teacher. Directed by Marc Evans, it stars Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard, Danielle Branch. In the heat of the summer of 1976, drama teacher Vivienne fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on an end-of-term version of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

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