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1988 | DIRECTED BY TERENCE DAVIES

Distant Voices, Still Lives

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Distant Voices, Still Lives
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Movie Stats
Year
1988
Runtime
 84 minutes (1 hr 24 mins)
Select Cast
Pete Postlethwaite
Freda Dowie
Angela Walsh
Dean Williams
Lorraine Ashbourne
Sally Davies
Full cast and crew
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First viewed:
8th May 2016
Last viewed:
26th Mar 2026
Total views:
76
Release Dates
US release date
 US release
29th September 1988
37 years 9 months 18 days ago
Netherlands release date
 Netherlands
29th September 1988
37 years 9 months 18 days ago
France release date
 France
16th November 1988
37 years 8 months 1 days ago
Italy release date
 Italy
18th November 1988
37 years 7 months 29 days ago
Finland release date
 Finland
17th February 1989
37 years 5 months  ago
Australia release date
 Australia
16th March 1989
37 years 4 months 1 days ago
Total Grosses
United Kingdom Flag
UK total gross
  £579.3 Thousand
United States Flag
US total gross
  $693.6 Thousand
Global Flag
Global total gross
  $771.7 Thousand
Cinema Tickets Sold
United Kingdom Flag
UK tickets sold
251,861 aprox.
United States Flag
US tickets sold
168,750 aprox.
Global Flag
Global tickets sold
No data
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 30th Sep '88
  • Debut position: 3
  • Highest position: 3
  • Debut gross: £216.3 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 8
US Box Office
  • Release: 29th Sep '88
  • Debut weekend: 28th Jul '89
  • Debut position: 18
  • Highest position: 18
  • Debut gross: $10 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 3
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
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Directed by
terence davies Terence Davies
Starring
Freda DowieMother
terence daviesPete PostlethwaiteFather
Angela WalshEileen
Dean WilliamsTony
Lorraine AshbourneMaisie
Sally DaviesEileen
Nathan WalshTony
Susan FlanaganMaisie
Michael StarkeDave
Vincent MaguireGeorge
Antonia MallenRose
Debi JonesMicky
Chris DarwinRed
Marie JellimanJingles
Andrew SchofieldLes
Anne DysonGranny
Jean BohtAunty Nell
Alan BirdBaptism Priest
Pauline QuirkeDoreen
Matthew LongMr Spaull
Frances DellMargie
Carl ChaseUncle Ted
Roy FordWedding Priest
Terry MeliaMilitary Policeman
John ThomallaMilitary Policeman
John CarrRegistrar
John MichieSoldier
Jeanette MoseleyBarmaid
Ina CloughLicensee
Chris BensonRose's Family
Judith BarkerRose's Family
Tom WilliamsonRose's Family
Lorraine MichaelsRose's Family
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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
3
Weeks top 15
8
Total weeks
8
Total UK Gross:
£579,281
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
Distant Voices, Still Lives
30 Sep 1988
3N
£216,312
£216,312
7 Oct 1988
4▼
£154,509
£417,174
14 Oct 1988
6▼
£59,427
£494,429
21 Oct 1988
7▼
£29,714
£536,029
28 Oct 1988
7▲▼
£11,428
£552,600
4 Nov 1988
8▼
£5,714
£560,314
11 Nov 1988
10▼
£2,198
£577,797
18 Nov 1988
11▼
£1,099
£579,281

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Info
Highest Place
18
Weeks top 15
0
Total Weeks
3
Total US Gross:
$693,563
North American Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
28 Jul 1989
18N
$10,021
$10,021
31 Aug 2018
80N
$2,395
$2,395
7 Sep 2018
100▼
$458
$5,234

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History
No US box office info

* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Release Breakdown
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Genres
Drama
Drama
Music
Music
Popular in these countries
  • Vietnam Vietnam
  • United States United States
  • China China
  • Brazil Brazil
  • Netherlands Netherlands
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom
  • Philippines Philippines
News from around the web
Distant Voices, Still Lives review – vividly present autobiographical masterpiece  The Guardian Thu, 30th August 2018

A World Gone Away Forever: Terence Davies’ Distant Voices, Still Lives  In Review Online Mon, 17th November 2025

Terence Davies on Distant Voices Still Lives, 30 years later  BFI Mon, 3rd September 2018

Terence Davies, ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives’ Director, Dies at 77  The Hollywood Reporter Sat, 7th October 2023

Terence Davies: Time Present and Time Past  Museum of the Moving Image Sun, 21st September 2025

Distant Voices, Still Lives Review  empireonline.com Fri, 30th March 2007

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