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The Double (Original title)
Dates: 2013 (Copyright), 04 April 2014 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Richard Ayoade

Synopsis: Drama. An office worker is angered to see the success had by a man who looks just like him.

Genres:
Drama, Comedy, Horror

Subjects:
Doppelgänger, Impersonations, Regulations
Releases
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specifiedRuntime: 93 mins 07 secs - Distributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 04 April 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 92 mins 44 secs - Length: 8346 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: StudioCanal Limited

Credits (78)
©: Channel Four Television Corporation, ©: The British Film Institute, ©: Alcove Double Limited, An Alcove Entertainment Production: Alcove Entertainment, Co-produced by: Attercop Productions, MC Pictures, In association with: Protagonist Pictures, Presents: Film4, Presents: British Film Institute, Made with the support of: BFI Film Fund, Film4, Executive Producer: Michael Caine, Executive Producer: Graeme Cox, Executive Producer: Tessa Ross, Executive Producer: Nigel Williams, Produced by: Robin C. Fox, Produced by: Amina Dasmal, Co-producer: Andy Stebbing, Development: Sam Lavender, Production: Tracey Jospehs, Busiiness Affairs: Harry Dixon, Commerical & Brand Strategy: Sue Bruce-Smith, Director of Lottery Film Fund: Ben Roberts, Senior Production & Development Executive: Natascha Wharton, Head of production: Fiona Morham, Head of Production Finance: Ian Kirk, Senior Business Affairs Executive: Sarah Caughey, Commercial Affairs: Stephen Fuss, Avni Thakrar, Legal and Business Affairs: Lesley Wise, Commercial Affairs: Fergus Haycock, Legal and Business Affairs: Ted Cawrey, Producer: Lydia Ayoade, Unit Production Manager: Simon Fraser, Production Accountant: Craig Barwick, Location Manager: Helene Lenszner, Post-production Supervisor: Richard Lloyd, 1st Assistant Director: Jack Ravenscroft, 2nd Assistant Director: Tom Rye, 3rd Assistant Director: Sarah Mooney, 3rd Assistant Director: Chris Foggin, Script Supervisor: Laura Miles, Casting by: Douglas Aibel, Karen Lindsay Stewart, Written by: Richard Ayoade, Written by: Avi Korine, Story by: Avi Korine, Based on 'The Double' by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Director of Photography: Erik Wilson, Focus Puller: Iwan Prys Reynolds, Clapper Loader: Trevor Speed, Stills Photography: Dean Rogers, Visual Effects Supervisor: Matt Clarke, Executive VFX Producer: Simon Whalley, Visual Effects by: FrameStore, Special Effects Supervisor: Mark Holt, Editor: Nick Fenton, Editor: Chris Dickens, Production Designer: David Crank, Supervising Art Director: Dennis Schnegg, Set Decorator: Barbara Herman Skelding, Costume Designer: Jacqueline Durran, Costume Supervisor: Brendan Handscombe, Hair and Make-up Designer: Jan Sewell, Titles Design: Sharon Lock, 'The Replicator' Colourist: Dave Ludlam, Colourist: Rob Pizzey, Original Score: Andrew Hewitt, Orchestrator and Conductor: Andrew Hewitt, Sound Recordist: Martin Beresford, Boom Operator: Nicholas Gillet, Boom Operator: Lee James, Re-recording Mixer: Nigel Heath, Supervising Sound Editor: James Feltham, Stunt Co-ordinator: Jamie Edgell, Unit Publicist: Zoe Flower, Digital Intermediate provided by: Company 3
Cast (38)
Jesse Eisenberg (Simon/James), Mia Wasikowska (Hannah), Wallace Shawn (Mr Papadopoulos), Noah Taylor (Harris), Yasmin Paige (Melanie), Cathy Moriarty (Kiki), Phyllis Somerville (Simon's mother), James Fox (the Colonel), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (guard/doctor), Tony Rohr (Rudolph), Susan Blommaert (Liz), Jon Korkes (detective), Tim Key (care worker), Lloyd Woolf (investigator), Lydia Ayoade (well-dressed woman/test invigilator), Sally Hawkins (receptionist at ball), J Mascis (janitor), Christopher Morris (workers' services executive), Chris O'Dowd (nurse), Craig Roberts (young Detective), Kierston Wareing (James's funeral date), Gabrielle Downey (strange woman), Bruce Byron (hairy man), Karima Riachy (secretary), Andrew Gruen (man on train), Kim Noble (box man), Morrison Thomas (coughing man), Stuart Silver (waiter), Donal Cox (priest), Andrew Gruen (Simon/James acting double), Rob Munns (stand in 'The Replicator'), PT Kommandor (Jack), Dirk van der Gert (head judge), Liam Bewley (wise judge), Gemma Chan (glamorous judge), Nathalie Cox (Jack's wife), Kim Noble (guard 1), Stuart Silver (guard 2)
Books held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
Title: Double
Author: Ayoade, Richard  Pages: viii, 127 pages


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(8)
Digital materials(6)
Description: DCDM - PDC Portable Digital CarrierDuration: 01:33:34 minutesTIFF - BFI identifier: N-114881
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: DCDM - LTO5Duration: 01:33:34 minutesTIFF - BFI identifier: N-127615
Status: Master


Description: DCDM - LTO5Duration: 01:33:34 minutesTIFF - BFI identifier: N-127615-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: DCP - PDC Portable Digital CarrierDuration: 01:33:00 minutesJPEG2000 - BFI identifier: N-127858
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: DCP - LTO5Duration: 01:33:00 minutesJPEG2000 - BFI identifier: N-127859
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: DCP - LTO5Duration: 01:33:00 minutesJPEG2000 - BFI identifier: N-127859-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file



Video materials(1)
Description: HD Cam SRBFI identifier: N-114893
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape



Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedStock date: 2013BFI identifier: N-147439
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film