Stuart: A Life Backwards

Sep 23, 2007

1h 32m

★ 7.4

Overview

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

HBO Films

Knifedge

Neal Street Productions

Stuart: A Life Backwards Trailers

Cast

Stuart Shorter

Tom Hardy

Alexander Masters

Benedict Cumberbatch

Judith

Nicola Duffett

Karen

Claire-Louise Cordwell

Stuart's Gran

Edna Doré

Stuart's Granddad

Frank Mills

Sophie

Candis Nergaard

Dido

Felicity Dean

Judge Howarth

Timothy Carlton

James Gibbons

Steve King

Ruth

Joanna Maude

John

Trevor Sellers

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