Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh - Les Misérables
Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw - Swimmer
Fyzal Boulifa, Gavin Humphries - The curse
Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John Warhurst - Les Misérables
Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers - Skyfall
Helen Mirren
Javier Bardem - Skyfall
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Judi Dench - Skyfall
The british winners are:
Lisa Westcott
Mark Andrews
Jacqueline Durran
Tessa Ross
Sam Mendes
Michael G. Wilson
Barbara Broccoli
Neal Purvis
Robert Wade
John Logan
Juno Temple
Eve Stewart
Anna Lynch-Robinson
Simon Hayes
Andy Nelson
Mark Paterson
Jonathan Allen
Lee Walpole
John Warhurst
Anne Hathaway
Biographies:
Lisa Westcott
Lisa Westcott is an English makeup artist with over 35 films to her credit. She has been nominated for 70th Academy Awards, 1997
Best Makeup — Mrs. Brown (shared with Veronica Brebner and Beverley Brinda)
- 71st Academy Awards, 1998
- Best Makeup — Shakespeare in Love (shared with Veronica Brebner)
- 85th Academy Awards, 2012
- Best Makeup & Hairstyling — Les Misérables (shared with Julie Dartnell)
Mark Andrews
Mark Andrews is a Pixar employee. He was the story supervisor for
The Incredibles, directed the short film
One Man Band and co-wrote the short films
Jack-Jack Attack and
One Man Band.
He studied animation at the Character Animation Program at CalArts. He is also considered to be Brad Bird's "right-hand man". Some of his student films have been featured at MOMA's exhibition
TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures. Unlike other CalArts alumni, he is not a fan of Disney films, and claimed he was a bigger fan of
Kimba the White Lion,
Speed Racer, and
Robotech.
He is father of Maeve Andrews, who voiced Jack-Jack Parr in
The Incredibles.
He replaced Brenda Chapman as director of the 2012 Pixar feature film
Brave.
Jacqueline Durran
Jacqueline Durran is a
British costume designer. She won the BAFTA award for
Vera Drake. She received considerable attention for her work in
Pride & Prejudice (2005 film), for which she received an Academy Award for Best Costume Design nomination and won a Satellite Award. She won an Academy Award for her work on
Anna Karenina.
Sam Mendes
Samuel Alexander "Sam" Mendes, CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English stage and film director. He is best known for directing
American Beauty (1999), which earned him the Academy and Golden Globe Award for Best Director; the crime film
Road to Perdition (2002); the James Bond movie
Skyfall (2012), and his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals
Cabaret (1994),
Oliver! (1994) and
Company (1996), as well as
Gypsy (2003).
In 2000, Mendes was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for "services to drama", and in 2005 received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain.
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade
Neal Purvis (born 9 September 1961) and Robert Wade (born 1962) are English screenwriters, who have co-written the five James Bond films from
The World Is Not Enough to
Skyfall, as well as other works. The two have been called "one of Britain's most successful screenwriting partnerships".
Juno Temple
Juno Violet Temple (born 21 July 1989) is an English actress. She has starred in films such as Atonement, Dirty Girl, Kaboom, St Trinian's, Little Birds, Killer Joe, and The Dark Knight Rises. Juno Temple was born in London, and is the daughter of producer Amanda Pirie and film director Julien Temple.
[1][2] She grew up in Somerset, England, and attended Enmore Primary School, Bedales School, and King's College, Taunton. She has two younger brothers, Leo Temple and Felix Temple. Temple began her career as a child actress in the 1997 film
Vigo: Passion for Life, a film about Jean Vigo.
[3] Another film directed by her father starred Juno in 2000 when she played Emma Southey in Pandaemonium.
Jonathan Allen
Jonathan Allen (born 1966) is a visual artist, writer, and magician based in London. His alter-ego "Tommy Angel", is a fictitious evangelist and magician satirising the genre of Gospel Magic, who Allen portrays in a variety of media including performance, photography, video, and writing.
Film case studies:
SKYFALL:
Skyfall is the twenty-third James Bond film produced by Eon Productions. It was distributed by MGM and Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2012. It features Daniel Craig's third performance as James Bond, and Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the film's antagonist. The film was directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan. Skyfall premiered in London at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 October 2012 and was released in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2012 and the United States on 9 November 2012. It was the first James Bond film to be screened in IMAX venues, although it was not filmed with IMAX cameras. The film's release coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Bond series, which began with
Dr. No in 1962.
Skyfall was positively received by critics and at the box office, becoming the 14th film, as well as the first Bond film, to cross the $1 billion mark worldwide. As of at least early 2013 it is the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing film in the UK, the highest-grossing film in the Bond series, the highest-grossing film worldwide for both Sony Pictures and MGM, and the second highest-grossing film of 2012. The film won several accolades, including the BAFTA Awards for Outstanding British Film and Best Film Music; the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture; and was nominated for five Academy Awards, of which it won two. Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, whilst Adele's theme song won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Skyfall has earned $1.1 billion worldwide, and is the highest-grossing film worldwide for Sony Pictures, the second highest-grossing film of 2012, and the 7th highest-grossing film of all time. On its opening weekend, it earned $80.6 million from 25 markets.
| Directed by | Sam Mendes |
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| Produced by |
- Michael G. Wilson
- Barbara Broccoli
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| Screenplay by |
- Neal Purvis
- Robert Wade
- John Logan
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| Based on | James Bond by
Ian Fleming |
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| Starring |
- Daniel Craig
- Javier Bardem
- Ralph Fiennes
- Naomie Harris
- Bérénice Marlohe
- Albert Finney
- Judi Dench
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| Music by | Thomas Newman |
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| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
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| Studio | Eon Productions |
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| Distributed by |
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Columbia Pictures
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ANNA KARENINS:
Anna Karenina is a 2012 British drama film directed by Joe Wright and adapted by Tom Stoppard from Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel of the same name. The film depicts the tragedy of married aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. Keira Knightley stars in the lead role as Karenina, marking her third collaboration with Wright, while Jude Law and Aaron Taylor-Johnson appear as Alexei Karenin and Vronsky, respectively. Produced by Working Title Films in association with StudioCanal, the film premiered at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival, and was released on 7 September 2012 in the United Kingdom and Ireland and on 9 November in the United States. It also won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
Joe Wright was hired to direct an adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy novel
Anna Karenina, his fourth collaboration with Working Title Films.
[6][8] Wright shot most of his film on a single soundstage at Shepperton Studios in a dilapidated theatre outside London.
[9][10] Italian composer Dario Marianelli composed the film score, while Jacqueline Durran served as the costume designer. Sarah Greenwood was in charge of production design. Wright has worked with all three in past productions, including on the 2005 film
Pride & Prejudice. Further crew members include cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, editor Melanie Ann Oliver, and choreographer Sidi
Larbi Cherkaoui.
[6]
The cast includes Keira Knightley as Anna, Jude Law as her husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as her young love,
[5][12] and Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson as Konstantin Levin, as well as Kelly Macdonald, Olivia Williams, Matthew Macfadyen, Michelle Dockery, and Tannishtha Chatterjee.
[7][13][14][15] Saoirse Ronan and Andrea Riseborough were initially cast in the film, but dropped out and were replaced by Alicia Vikander and Ruth Wilson, respectively. Ronan, stated that her reasoning behind turning down the role of Kitty was the film's long production schedule. It would have required her to turn down movie roles from Fall 2011 to late Spring 2012, in order to film what would have ended up as a supporting role. By turning down the role, she was able to take the lead roles in
Byzantium and
The Host.
[16] The Borgias star Holliday Grainger had a minor role as Baroness Shilton.
In July 2011, Keira Knightley began rehearsals,
[17] in preparation for principal filming which began later in 2011.
[18] Filming began in October 2011.
[8] The film was distributed by Focus Features in North America and by Universal Pictures International for international markets. The film was released on 7 September 2012 in the United Kingdom and 9 November 2012 in the United States.
| Directed by | Joe Wright |
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| Produced by | Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Paul Webster |
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| Screenplay by | Tom Stoppard |
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| Based on | Anna Karenina by
Leo Tolstoy |
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| Starring | Keira Knightley
Jude Law
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Kelly Macdonald |
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| Music by | Dario Marianelli |
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| Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey |
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| Editing by | Melanie Ann Oliver |
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| Studio | Working Title Films |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures (UK)
Focus Features (US |
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THE BEST EXOCTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL:
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a 2012 British comedy-drama film, directed by John Madden. The screenplay, written by Ol Parker, was based on the 2004 novel
These Foolish Things, by Deborah Moggach, and features an ensemble cast consisting of Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and Penelope Wilton, as a group of British pensioners moving to a retirement hotel in India, run by the young and eager Sonny, played by Dev Patel. The movie was produced by Participant Media and Blueprint Pictures on a budget of $10 million.
The film was released in the United Kingdom on 24 February 2012 and received critical acclaim;
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel opened to strong box-office business in the United Kingdom and continued to build worldwide. It became a surprise box-office hit following its international release, eventually grossing $134 million worldwide, mostly from its domestic run. It was ranked among the highest-grossing 2012 releases in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom and the highest-grossing specialty releases of the year.Several film studios, such as Working Title Films, decided to pass on Parker's pitch, considering it unmarketable.
Principal photography began on 10 October 2010 in India. Most of the filming took place in the Indian state of Rajasthan, including the cities of Jaipur and Udaipur. According to Madden, Rajasthan was selected as "the place to film because the terrain felt right, most particularly the colors felt right. It's just an incredibly rich color palette you find in that part of India. It felt right to us as the setting for the story," he said. Ravla Khempur, an equestrian hotel about an hour and a half outside of Udaipur, was chosen as the site for the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The hotel was originally the palace of a tribal chieftain. Other scenes were shot in Kishangarh, at a watering hole near Amer Fort, the Kanota Fort outside Jaipur and near the Lake Palace Hotel at Lake Pichola.
Madden cited the noise as well as the people's curiosity and hospitality upon producing a camera anywhere among the challenges of filming in India. In the United Kingdom, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel came in second to The Woman in Black at the box office in its first week, earning £2.2 million. It eventually topped the UK box office with £2.3 million in its second weekend on release.
| Directed by | John Madden |
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| Produced by | Graham Broadbent
Peter Czernin |
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| Screenplay by | Ol Parker |
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| Based on | These Foolish Things by
Deborah Moggach |
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| Starring | Judi Dench
Bill Nighy
Penelope Wilton
Maggie Smith
Tom Wilkinson
Ronald Pickup
Celia Imrie
Dev Patel |
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| Music by | Thomas Newman |
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| Cinematography | Ben Davis |
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| Editing by | Chris Gill |
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| Studio | Participant Media
Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ
Blueprint Pictures |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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LES MISERABLES:
Les Misérables is a 2012 British musical drama film produced by Working Title Films and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is based on the musical of the same name by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg which is in turn based on Les Misérables, the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo. The film is directed by Tom Hooper, scripted by William Nicholson, Boublil, Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer, and stars an ensemble cast led by Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, and Amanda Seyfried. The film tells the story of Jean Valjean, an ex-convict who becomes mayor of a town in France. Soon exposed, Valjean agrees to take care of Cosette, the illegitimate daughter of the dying Fantine, but as a fugitive must also avoid being captured again by police inspector Javert. The plot spans 17 years and is set against a backdrop of political turmoil, which in the film culminates in the June Rebellion of France. Development of
Les Misérables based on the stage musical began in the late 1980s. After the musical's 25th Anniversary concert in October 2010, producer Cameron Mackintosh announced that the film resumed development. Hooper and Nicholson were approached in March 2011 and the main characters were cast in 2011. Principal photography commenced in March 2012, and took place in various locations including Greenwich, London, Winchester and Portsmouth in Hampshire, England, as well as Gourdon, in France.
In March 2011, director
Tom Hooper began negotiations to direct
Les Misérables from the screenplay by
William Nicholson.
[54] Production on the film officially began in June that year, with Cameron Mackintosh and Working Title Films co-producing. Having already approached Hooper prior to production with the desire of playing Jean Valjean, Hugh Jackman began negotiations to star in the film alongside
Paul Bettany as Javert.
[55][56] Other stars that became attached to the project were Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter.
[57]
In September 2011, Jackman was officially cast as Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe was cast as Javert. The following month, Mackintosh confirmed that Hathaway would play Fantine. For the role, Hathaway allowed her hair to be cut short into a pixie cut on camera for a scene in which her character sells her hair, stating that the lengths she goes to for her roles "don't feel like sacrifices. Getting to transform is one of the best parts of [acting]." The role also required her to lose 25 pounds.
In November 2011, Eddie Redmayne joined the cast as Marius Pontmercy. It was also reported that the shortlist of actresses for the role of Éponine included Scarlett Johansson - who also auditioned for the role of Fantine -, Lea Michele, Taylor Swift, and Evan Rachel Wood In January 2012, the press reported that Taylor Swift had been officially offered the part, but Swift later revealed that these reports were not entirely accurate. At the end of the month, Cameron Mackintosh made a special appearance during the curtain call of the
Oliver! UK tour at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, announcing that the tour's Nancy, Samantha Barks, who had played Éponine in the West End production and in the 25th Anniversary concert, would reprise the role in the film. Barks had been auditioning for 15 weeks up to that point.As of 22 February 2013,
Les Misérables earned $146,061,865 in North America and $233,300,000 in other territories for a worldwide total of $379,361,865. In North America,
Les Misérables opened on 25 December 2012 in 2,808 theatres placing first at the box office with $18.1 million. This amount broke the record for the highest opening day gross for a musical film, previously held by
High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and was also the second highest opening day gross for a film released on Christmas Day. It earned $27.3 million in its opening weekend, placing third behind
Django Unchained and
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
The film was released in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2013 and earned £8.1 ($13.1) million in its opening weekend, making it the largest opening weekend for a musical film, as well as Working Title.
| Directed by | Tom Hooper |
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| Produced by | Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Debra Hayward
Cameron Mackintosh |
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| Screenplay by | William Nicholson
Alain Boublil
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Herbert Kretzmer |
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| Based on | Les Misérables by
Alain Boublil
Claude-Michel Schönberg |
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| Starring | Hugh Jackman
Russell Crowe
Anne Hathaway
Amanda Seyfried
Eddie Redmayne
Helena Bonham Carter
Sacha Baron Cohen |
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| Music by | Claude-Michel Schönberg |
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| Cinematography | Danny Cohen |
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| Editing by | Melanie Ann Oliver
Chris Dickens |
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| Studio | Working Title Films
Cameron Mackintosh Ltd.[2]
Relativity Media[2] |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS:
Seven Psychopaths is a 2012 British black comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Martin McDonagh. It stars Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson and Christopher Walken. The film marks the second collaboration between McDonagh and Farrell, following 2008's In Bruges.
The first casting announcements were made on 12 May 2011. The film was made through the production company HanWay.
Mickey Rourke dropped out of
The Expendables 2 to star in the film. He later dropped out of
Seven Psychopaths after having disagreements with McDonagh, calling him a "jerk-off." He was later replaced by Woody Harrelson. On the incident, McDonagh said "I was fine with it. Mickey's a great actor [...] I've known Woody [Harrelson] for years and years, and he was a perfect choice for this, too. He's got those great dramatic elements, which he's shown in
Rampart recently, and he's always been a fantastic comedian. You need that in this — someone who can be out-and-out funny, but also turn sinister on a dime."
Filming was completed late 2011. The first set photos were revealed on 11 November 2011.The North American release date was 12 October 2012.
Seven Psychopaths was released on 12 October 2012, and opened in 1,480 theaters in the United States, grossing $1,360,000 on its opening day and $4,275,000 on its opening weekend, ranking No. 9 with a per theater average of $2,889. On its second weekend, it dropped down to No. 11 and grossed $3,273,480, with a per theater average of $2,212. By its third weekend it dropped down even more to No. 15 and made $1,498,350, with a per theater average of $1,494.
| Directed by | Martin McDonagh |
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| Produced by |
- Martin McDonagh
- Graham Broadbent
- Peter Czernin
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| Written by | Martin McDonagh |
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| Starring |
- Colin Farrell
- Sam Rockwell
- Woody Harrelson
- Christopher Walken
- Tom Waits
- Abbie Cornish
- Olga Kurylenko
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| Music by | Carter Burwell |
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| Cinematography | Ben Davis |
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| Editing by | Lisa Gunning |
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| Studio |
- Film4
- British Film Institute
- Blueprint Pictures
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| Distributed by |
- CBS Films (United States)
- Momentum Pictures (United Kingdom
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