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Keep the Aspidistra Flying   1997         R, 100 min. Genre: Drama aka: A Merry War Director: Robert Bierman   Cast: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Carter, Harriet Walter, Julian Wadham, Lesley Vickerage, Liz Smith, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, John Clegg, Maggie McCarthy   Based on George Orwell's story, this film is about an aspiring poet, Gordon Comstock (Richard E. Grant), working in the advertising field as a copywriter, who decides to become a full-time poet, but not without major problems.