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Carol (Original title)
Dates: 2014 (Copyright), 27 November 2015 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Director: Todd Haynes

Synopsis: In New York City in the 1950s, a young aspiring photographer working as a department-store clerk falls for an older, married woman. A woman who risks everything she has in a passionate affair.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Lesbians
Releases
Date: 14 October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 118 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 27 November 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: StudioCanal Limited
Date: February 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 119 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 19 March 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 119 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (103)
©: Number 9 Films (Carol) Limited, ©: Channel Four Television Corporation, A Karlsen/Woolley/Number 9 Films/Killer Films production: Karlsen, A Karlsen/Woolley/Number 9 Films/Killer Films production: Wooley, A Karlsen/Woolley/Number 9 Films/Killer Films production: Number 9 Films, Killer Films, In association with: Larkhark Films Limited, Compton Investments, Developed with the assistance of: Film4, Developed with the support of the: BFI Film Fund, Developed with the assistance of: Good Machine, Produced by: Larkhark Films Limited, Presents: Film4, [presented] in association with: StudioCanal, [presented] in association with: HanWay Films Ltd, [presented] in association with: Goldcrest, Dirty Films, Presents: INfilm, Executive Producer: Tessa Ross, Executive Producer: Dorothy Berwin, Executive Producer: Thorsten Schumacher, Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein, Executive Producer: Harvey Weinstein, Executive Producer: Danny Perkins, Executive Producer: Cate Blanchett, Executive Producer: Andrew Upton, Executive Producer: Robert Jolliffe, Produced by: Elizabeth Karlsen, Produced by: Stephen Woolley, Produced by: Christine Vachon, Co-produced by: Gwen Bialic, Head of Production: Joanna Laurie, Head of Development: Kate Lawrence, Business and Legal Affairs: Kate Wilson, Accountant: John Morgan, Production Legal Services: Sheridans, Production Legal Services: Robin Hilton, Production Legal Services: James Kay, Nick Mahara, Head of Production: Gretchen McGowan, Head of Business Affairs: Claire Warnes, Head of Film Finance: Harry Dixon, Head of Production: Tracey Josephs, Head of Editorial: Rose Garnett, Senior Development Editor: Eva Yates, Head of Commercial and Brand Strategy: Susie Bruce-Smith, Brand and Marketing Executive: Hannah Saunders, Head of UK Development: Dan Mcrae, Head of UK Legal and Business Affairs: Stephen Murphy, Unit Production Manager: Gwen Bialic, Unit Production Manager: Karri O'Reilly, Production Co-ordinator: Meredith Nunnikhoven, Production Accountant: Shellie Gillespie, Location Manager: Deirdre Costa, Post-production Supervisor: Gretchen McGowan, Researcher: Jim Warren, 1st Assistant Director: Jesse Nye, 2nd Assistant Director: Kyle Lemire, 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Derek Rimelspach, Script Supervisor: Belle Francisco, Casting by: Laura Rosenthal, Screenplay by: Phyllis Nagy, Based on the novel The Price of Salt by: Patricia Highsmith, Director of Photography: Ed Lachman, A Camera Operator: Craig Haagensen, B Camera Operator: Jeff Barklage, Gaffer: John Deblau, Key Grip: James McMillan, Stills Photography: Wilson Webb, Visual Effects Producer: Chris Haney, Visual Effects Producer: Chris Haney, VFX from: Goldcrest, The Mill, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Kenneth Coulman Jr, Film Editor: Affonso Gonçalves, Assistant Editor: Perri Pivovar, Production Designer: Judy Becker, Art Director: Jesse Rosenthal, Art Department Co-ordinator: Deborah Stratus, Set Decorator: Heather Loeffler, Buyer: Sarah Young, Property Master: Daniel Fisher, Costume Designer: Sandy Powell, Assistant Costume Designer: Meghan Corea, Assistant Costume Designer: Christopher Peterson, Costume Supervisor: David Davenport, Department Head Make-up: Patricia Regan, Make-up Artist: Ashley Flannery, Make-up Artist: Jeni Dinkel, Department Head Hair: Jerry Decarlo, Key Hair Stylist: Anne Taylor, Title Design: Marlene McCarty, Colourist: John Dowdell, Music: Carter Burwell, Music Supervisor: Randall Poster, Production Sound Mixer: Geoff Maxwell, Sounds Designer/Mixer: Leslie Shatz, [Supervising] Sound Effects Editor: James Redding, Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: Eliza Paley, Foley Editor: Lidia Tamplenizza, Special Effects Consultant: Dieter Sturm, Dolby Sound Consultant: Steve F.B. Smith
Cast (35)
Cate Blanchett (Carol Aird), Rooney Mara (Therese Belivet), Sarah Paulson (Abby Gerhard), Jake Lacy (Richard Semco), John Magaro (Dannie McElroy), Corey Michael Smith (Tommy Tucker), Carrie Brownstein (Genevieve Cantrell), Kevin Crowley (Fred Haymes), Nik Pajic (Phil McElroy), Kyle Chandler (Harge Aird), Trent Rowland (Jack Taft), Sadie Heim, Kennedy Heim (Rindy Aird), Amy Warner (Jennifer Aird), Michael Haney (John Aird), Wendy Lardin (Jeanette Harrison), Pamela Haynes (Roberta Walls), Greg Violand (Jerry Rix), Michael Ward (shipping clerk), Kay Geiger (McKinley Motel manager), Christine Dye (landlady), Deb G. Girdler (motel clerk), Douglas Scott Sorenson (make party guest), Ken Strunk (Ritz bartender), Mike Dennis (Frankenberg security guard), Ann Reskin (Florence), Annie Kalahurka (embarassed mom), Linnea Bond (Drake hostess), Steve Andrews (New York Times clerk), Tanya Smith (Fred Haymes' secretary), Ryan Gilreath (NYC waiter), Chuck Gillespie (Oak Room waiter), Jeremy Parker (Dorothy), Giedre Bond (party girl #1), Taylor Marie Frey (party girl #2)
Books held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
Title: Film and domestic space: architectures, representations, dispositif
Author: Baschiera, Stefano  Pages: xii, 241 pages

Title: Lesbian cinema after queer theory
Author: Bradbury-Rance, Clara  Pages: xiv, 194 pages