Showing posts with label Emily Watson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emily Watson. Show all posts

Friday, October 2, 2015

Red Dragon (2002)


"To understand the origin of evil, you must go back to the beginning."


Directed by Brett Ratner
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis
Screenplay by Ted Tally
Based on "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography: Dante Spinotti
Edited by Mark Helfrich
Production company: Dino De Laurentiis Company
Distributed by Universal Pictures, Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Release date: 4 October 2002 (United States)
Running time: 124 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $78 million
Box office: $209.1 million


"Red Dragon" is a crime thriller film directed by Brett Ratner and based on Thomas Harris' novel of the same name. It is a prequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal" which follows a retired FBI agent with psychological gifts who is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer with the help of criminal genius Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.

Monday, September 28, 2015

Everest (2015)


"Never let go"


Directed by Baltasar Kormákur
Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Nicky Kentish Barnes, Tyler Thompson, Brian Oliver
Written by William Nicholson, Simon Beaufoy
Starring: Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Jake Gyllenhaal
Music by Dario Marianelli
Cinematography: Salvatore Totino
Edited by Mick Audsley
Production companies: Cross Creek Pictures, Walden Media, Working Title Films
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: 18 September 2015 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 121 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States, Nepal
Budget: $55 million
Box office: $203.4 million



"Everest" is an adventure drama thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur and written by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy. It shows a climbing expedition on Mt. Everest which is devastated by a severe snow storm.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

War Horse (2011)


"Separated by war. Tested by battle. Bound by friendship."


Directed by Steven Spielberg
Produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Screenplay by Lee Hall, Richard Curtis
Based on "War Horse" by Michael Morpurgo
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Niels Arestrup, Tom Hiddleston, Toby Kebbell, Peter Mullan, Patrick Kennedy
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński
Edited by Michael Kahn
Production company: Touchstone Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
Release date: 25 December 2011 (Canada)
Running time: 146 minutes
Country: United States, India
Budget: $66 million
Box office: $177.6 million

"War Horse" is a war drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and adapted from Michael Morpurgo's 1982 children's novel of the same name. It tells the story of young Albert who enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry.

Monday, January 26, 2015

The Theory of Everything (2014)



"His mind changed our world. Her love changed his."



Directed by James Marsh
Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
Based on "Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen" by Jane Wilde Hawking
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney,David Thewlis, Christian McKay
Music by Jóhann Jóhannsson
Cinematography: Benoît Delhomme
Edited by Jinx Godfrey
Production company: Working Title Films
Distributed by Focus Features, Universal Pictures
Release date: 7 November 2014 (Canada)
Running time: 123 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $15 million
Box office: $58.6 million


"The Theory of Everything" is a biographical romantic drama film directed by James Marsh and adapted from the memoir "Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen" by Jane Wilde Hawking. It tells a story of her relationship with her ex-husband, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, his diagnosis of motor neuron disease, and his success in physics.

Monday, October 6, 2014

The Book Thief (2013)


"Courage beyond words."


Directed by
Brian Percival
Produced by Karen Rosenfelt, Ken Blancato
Screenplay by Michael Petroni
Based on "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nélisse
Narrated by Roger Allam
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Florian Ballhaus
Edited by John Wilson
Production company: Sunswept Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: November 8, 2013(United States)
Running time: 125 minutes
Country: United States, Germany
Budget: $19,000,000
Box office: $76,586,316

"The Book Thief" is a war drama film directed by Brian Percival abd based on the novel of the same name by Markus Zusak. It tells the story of Liesel living with her adoptive German family during the Nazi era. Taught to read by her kind-hearted foster father, the girl begins "borrowing" books and sharing them with the Jewish refugee being sheltered by her foster parents in their home. But what does she do in fact: commits a crime or finds the way to develop herself?