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| name = Wish You Were Here

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| distributor = Palace Pictures<ref>{{cite web|title=Wish You Were Here (1987)|website=[[BBFC]]|access-date=27 August 2021|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/wish-you-were-here-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0yotywodq}}</ref>

| distributor = Palace Pictures<ref>{{cite web|title=Wish You Were Here (1987)|website=[[BBFC]]|access-date=27 August 2021|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/wish-you-were-here-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0yotywodq}}</ref>

| released = {{Film date|1987|05||Cannes|1987|07|24|U.S.|1987|12|03|U.K.|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Evening Standard]]|page=38|title=Metro Entertainment Guide|date=2 December 1987}}</ref>

| released = {{Film date|df=y|1987|5||Cannes|1987|7|24|United States|1987|12|3|United Kingdom}}

| budget = £1.2 million<ref>{{cite news|first=Roderick |last=Mann |title=Now Leland Can Spell 'Success'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1 August 1987|pages=E1}}</ref><ref name="org">{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|page=31|title=Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing|website=British Film Institute|date=2005|access-date=29 November 2020|archive-date=12 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912042419/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

| budget = £1.2 million<ref>{{cite news|first=Roderick |last=Mann |title=Now Leland Can Spell 'Success'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1 August 1987|pages=E1}}</ref><ref name="org">{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|page=31|title=Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing|website=British Film Institute|date=2005|access-date=29 November 2020|archive-date=12 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912042419/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

| gross = $12 million<ref name=ww>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=14 December 1998|page=102|title=15 years of production}}</ref>

| gross = $12 million<ref name=ww>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=14 December 1998|page=102|title=15 years of production}}</ref>

| language = English

| language = English

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'''''Wish You Were Here''''' is a 1987 British [[comedy-drama]] film written and directed by [[David Leland]] and starring [[Emily Lloyd]], [[Tom Bell (actor)|Tom Bell]], [[Geoffrey Hutchings]], and [[Jesse Birdsall]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite web |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=24 July 1987 |title=FILM: 'Wish You Were Here' |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE3DA1630F937A15754C0A961948260 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The film follows a girl's coming-of-age in a small coastal town in [[Aftermath of World War II|postwar]] England. It is loosely based on the formative years of British [[Procuring (prostitution)|madam]] [[Cynthia Payne]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Jude |date=17 April 2017 |title=How we made Wish You Were Here |url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/apr/17/how-we-made-wish-you-were-here-emily-lloyd |access-date=10 December 2021 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> The original music score was composed by [[Stanley Myers]].<ref name=NYT/>

'''''Wish You Were Here''''' is a 1987 British [[comedy-drama film]] written and directed by [[David Leland]] and starring [[Emily Lloyd]], [[Tom Bell (actor)|Tom Bell]], [[Geoffrey Hutchings]], and [[Jesse Birdsall]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite web |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=24 July 1987 |title=FILM: 'Wish You Were Here' |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE3DA1630F937A15754C0A961948260 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The film follows a girl's coming-of-age in a small coastal town in [[Aftermath of World War II|postwar]] England. It is loosely based on the formative years of British [[Procuring (prostitution)|madam]] [[Cynthia Payne]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Jude |date=17 April 2017 |title=How we made Wish You Were Here |url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/apr/17/how-we-made-wish-you-were-here-emily-lloyd |access-date=10 December 2021 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> The original music score was composed by [[Stanley Myers]].<ref name=NYT/><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Evening Standard]]|page=38|title=Metro Entertainment Guide|date=2 December 1987}}</ref>

The film received acclaim from critics, winning the [[International Federation of Film Critics]] prize at the [[1987 Cannes Film Festival]], a [[41st British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]] award for [[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] for director Leland, and the Best Actress Award for Lloyd from the [[National Society of Film Critics]].

The film received acclaim from critics, winning the [[International Federation of Film Critics]] prize at the [[1987 Cannes Film Festival]], a [[41st British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]] award for [[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] for director Leland, and the Best Actress Award for Lloyd from the [[National Society of Film Critics]].