Keep the Aspidistra Flying Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him. Details Casts Videos Galleries Posters Title Keep the Aspidistra Flying Release Date 1997-11-20 Runtime 01 Hours 41 Minutes Genres Comedy Drama Romance Production Companies BBC Film Production Countries United Kingdom Helena Bonham Carter... Rosemary... Richard E. Grant... Gordon Comstock... Julian Wadham... Ravelston... Jim Carter... Erskine... Harriet Walter... Julia Comstock... Lesley Vickerage... Hermione... Barbara Leigh-Hunt... Mrs. Wisbeach... Liz Smith... Mrs Meakin... John Clegg... McKechnie... Malcolm Sinclair... Paul Doring... Ben Miles... Ravenscroft Waiter... Dorothy Atkinson... Dora... A Merry War Trailer 1998 (Trailer) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (960x1440) Original Size (960x1440)