title: Shirley Valentine (movie)
text: Shirley Valentine is a 1989 British romantic comedy-movie. It stars Pauline Collins. Tom Conti plays her lover. Bernard Hill plays her husband. Alison Steadman plays her friend.
  
  It is about a Liverpool housewife whose family gives her too little attention. She travels to Greece and has an affair with a local man.
  
  The screenplay is by Willy Russell. It is based on his 1986 one-character play of the same title.
  
  This movie was released in August 1989 in the United States. The reviews for Shirley Valentine were mixed. The movie received several awards and was nominated for some Golden Globe and Academy Awards.
  
  Main cast 
   Pauline Collins as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
   Tom Conti as Costas Dimitriades
   Julia McKenzie as Gillian
   Alison Steadman as Jane
   Joanna Lumley as Marjorie Majors
   Sylvia Syms as Headmistress
   Bernard Hill as Joe Bradshaw
   George Costigan as Dougie
   Anna Keaveney as Jeanette
   Tracie Bennett as Millandra Bradshaw
   Ken Sharrock as Sydney
   Karen Craig as Thelma
   Gareth Jefferson as Brian
   Gillian Kearney as young Shirley
   Catharine Duncan as young Marjorie
  
  Awards and nominations
   Academy Award for Best Actress (Pauline Collins, nominee)
   Academy Award for Best Original Song (nominee)
   BAFTA Award for Best Film (nominee)
   BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Pauline Collins, winner)
   BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)
   Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (nominee)
   Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Pauline Collins, nominee)
   Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song (nominee)
   British Comedy Award for Top Comedy Film (winner)
   Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress (Pauline Collins, winner) 
   Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (winner)
   Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (nominee)
  
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  1989 comedy-drama movies
  1989 romantic comedy movies
  1989 romantic drama movies
  Adultery in movies
  American comedy-drama movies
  American romantic comedy movies
  American romantic drama movies
  British comedy-drama movies
  British romantic comedy movies
  British romantic drama movies
  1980s English-language movies
  Liverpool, Merseyside
  Movies set in England
  Movies set in Greece
  Movies directed by Lewis Gilbert
  Movies composed by Marvin Hamlisch
  Paramount Pictures movies