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A Very Open Prison
85%
Movie
55m
AI Analysis
A Very Open Prison (1995) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of A Very Open Prison (1995) — a movie tagged as Comedy and TV Movie with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~55 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate A Very Open Prison 85% (2 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
AI verdict
A Very Open Prison is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
85%
from 2 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1995-12-09
- Runtime
- 55m
- TMDB rating
- 8.5
- TMDB ID
- 529277
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What is A Very Open Prison about?
The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor
Is there an AI analysis for A Very Open Prison?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie A Very Open Prison?
The official runtime for A Very Open Prison is approximately 55 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Tom Wilkinson
David Hanratty

Ronald Pickup
Brian Silcott

Stephen Tompkinson
Jeremy Craig

Emily Mortimer
Amanda Ellis

Peter Wingfield
Dominic Casement

Michael Hordern
Lord Langland

Geoffrey Whitehead
Chief Constable Christie

John Fortune
Prime Minister

Celia Imrie
Victoria Bridgewater

Julian Fellowes
Sir Mortimer Fawkes

Michael Fenton Stevens
John Bentley

William Hoyland
Arthur Hare

Trevor Cooper
Landlord

Jason Barry
Vince Mawhinney

David Sterne
Ricky Dorrell

Andy Hamilton
Eddie
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Susannah Hitching
Inspector Lisa Sutcliffe

Rory Bremner
Voice Over
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