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Peter's Friends (1992) is a British comedy-drama film written by Rita Rudner and her husband Martin Bergman, and directed and produced by Kenneth Branagh.

It starred Hugh Laurie, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Imelda Staunton, Richard Briers, Stephen Fry, Rita Rudner, Tony Slattery, Phyllida Law, Alex Lowe, Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh.

Story

It involves a party held by Peter (played by Fry) at his luxurious country house in which the friction between the various guests—his college friends from ten years previously—creates a good deal of comic tension until Peter finally declares that he has a serious announcement to make. The film deals with themes of friendship, marriage, fidelity, materialism, and coping with death and loss. It has often been referred to as a British The Big Chill.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack featured many artists from the 1980s, including Tears for Fears (whose song Everybody Wants to Rule the World was heard over the opening credits of the film), The Pretenders and Bruce Springsteen. Notably the film includes a small cameo by Salman Rushdie in which he signs a copy of his own controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.

Trivia

Most of the cast are actually old college friends who attended Cambridge together. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, and Tony Slattery were involved in the Footlights together. Laurie and Thompson dated while at university.

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