The Reckoning (Original title)Morality Play (Working title)El Misterio De Wells (Alternative title)
Dates: 2001 (Copyright), 04 June 2004 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, SpainDirector: Paul McGuigan
Synopsis: Set in 14th century rural England. A priest, on the run after an adultery scandal, joins a theatre troupe. During a visit to a village they find a deaf woman falsely accused of murder and decide to enact her story to show her innocence.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 2001not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Runtime: 110 mins Length: 9893 Feet
Title: ReviewsAuthor: BAILEY, Andy Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v14 n8 August 2004 Pages: 63-64
Title: ReviewsAuthor: JAYS, David Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Film Review vSpec. n52 Spiderman Pages: 116-117
Title: ReviewsAuthor: MOTTRAM, James Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 9 Feb 2004 Pages: 81-82
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: LOEWENSTEIN, Lael Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Film Review n646 July 2004 Page: 106
Title: New moviesAuthor: MOTTRAM, James Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Cineinforme n729 January 2001 Page: 32
Title: Producción: RodajesArticle type: CreditsLanguage: Spanish
In: Sight and Sound v11 n4 April 2001 Pages: 4-5
Title: Rushes: the bigger picture: not-so-merrie EnglandeArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: MORALITY PLAY is a completely new venture for director Paul McGuigan whose last film was GANGSTER NO. 1.
In: Screen International n1283 3 Nov 2000 Page: 14
Title: [Screen International - n1283 3 Nov 2000: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Announcement that MORALITY PLAY has just gone into shooting.
In: Screen International n1283 3 Nov 2000 Page: 18
Title: International ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v365 n18 24 Oct 2000 Page: 134
Title: ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1281 20 Oct 2000 Page: 44
Title: International ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1051 29 Mar 1996 Page: 31
Title: European ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Dates: 2001 (Copyright), 04 June 2004 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, SpainDirector: Paul McGuigan
Synopsis: Set in 14th century rural England. A priest, on the run after an adultery scandal, joins a theatre troupe. During a visit to a village they find a deaf woman falsely accused of murder and decide to enact her story to show her innocence.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 2001not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Runtime: 110 mins Length: 9893 Feet
Credits
(144)
©/Production Company: Renaissance Films, ©/In association with: KanZaman S.A., MDA Films, Executive Producer: Stephen Evans, Executive Producer: Angus Finney, Produced by: Caroline Wood, Co-produced by: Denise O'Dell, Sarah Halioua, Line Producer: Andrew Warren, Associate Producer: Mark Albela, Unit Production Manager (Spain): Mark Mostyn, Unit Manager (UK): Charlie Thompson, Ross Kirkman, Unit Manager (Spain): Felix Burgos, Production Manager: Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor, Production Manager (Spain): Cristina Zumárraga, Production Supervisor: Yousaf Bokhari, Production Co-ordinator: Jane Templeton, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Melinda Smith, Production Accountant: Mark Beaumont, Production Accountant (Spain): Belén Goni Izaguirre, Location Manager: Adam Richards, Post-production Supervisor: Alistair Hopkins, 2nd Unit Director: Andrew Hulme, Assistant Director (Spain 1st): Yousaf Bokhari, Assistant Director (UK 1st): Mary Soan, Assistant Director (2nd): Matt Baker, Assistant Director (Spain 2nd): Iñaki Beraza, Assistant Director (3rd): Joe Geary, Assistant Director (Spain 3rd): Iñaki Beraza, Extras Co-ordinator: Claudia Toboada Martínez, Script Supervisor: Susanna Lenton, Casting (Director): Jina Jay, Casting (Spain Director): Camilla-Valentine Isola, Casting (Associate Director): Shaheen Baig, Screenplay: Mark Mills, Adapted from the novel 'Morality Play'by: Barry Unsworth, Director of Photography: Peter Sova, Camera Operator: Martin Stephens, Steadicam Operator: Paul Edwards, Steadicam Operator: Keith Sewell, Stills Photographer: Stephen Vaughan, Visual Effects: MillFilm, Inferno Artist: Duncan Horne, Smoke & Mirrors, Special Effects Supervisor (Spain): Reyes Abades, Special Effects Supervisor (UK): Stuart Brisdon, Special Effects Co-ordinator: César Abades, Ángel Alonso López, Special Effects Senior Technician: Mark Haddenham, Special Effects: Reyes Abades Efectos Especiales, Snow Supervisor: John Mason, Model Maker: Sarah Mayfield, Sue Breakwell, Editor: Andrew Hulme, Production Designer: Andrew McAlpine, Art Direction: Jordi Yrla, Supervising Art Director: John Ralph, Art Director: Alan Ashby, Assistant Art Director: Alexandra Walker, Assistant Art Director (Spain): Jesús Lorenzo 'pirra', Set Decorator: Anna Pinnock, Draughtsman: Ian Macfadyen, Draughtsman: Paul Inglis, Mark Bartholomew, Junior Draughtsman: Tom Whitehead, Scenic Artist: David Packard, Storyboard Artist: Jane Clark, Sculptor: Martin Smeaton, Stephen Hicklin, Props Master: Danny Hunter, Construction Manager: Alan Chesters, Costumes Designed by: Yvonne Blake, Assistant Costume Designer: José Vico, Costume Supervisor: Suzy Freeman, Mask Maker: Sergio Hernández, Salvador Mateu, Play Costumes: Salvador Mateu, Mikel Mateu, Armour [Supplied by]: English Arms & Armour, Chainmail/Helmets [Supplied by]: Global Effects Inc, Chief Make-up Designer: Sarah Monzani, Make-up Artist: Caroline Frazer, Make-up Artist: Sue Ignatius, María del Carmen Clavel, Crowd Make-up Artist: Carmela Pérez, Ana Belén Galiano Pérez, Chief Hair Designer: Simon Thompson, Hairdresser: Graham Pownall, Maureen McGill, Crowd Hairdresser: Sergio Pérez Bebel, José Juez Daganzo, Hair Extensions: Jenny Calist, Title Design: Luke Pendrell, Title Design: Dylan Kendle, Titles/Opticals: Cineimage, Cin (Title/Optical Supervisor): Steve Boag, Cin (Camera/Grading): Charles Green, Digital Output: Cinesite (Europe) Ltd, Original Score: Mark Mancina, Adrian Lee, Orchestrator: Brian Gascoigne, Orchestra Contractor: Isobel Griffiths, Music Programmer: Ric Featherstone, Music Editor: Julian Macdonald, [Music] Recording Engineer: Pete Lewis, Steve Price, Music Mixer: Steve Parr, Sound Recordist: Antonio Bloch, Boom Operator: Sara Fijo, Re-recorded by: Dean Humphries, Re-recorded by: Jens Christensen, Tim Alban, Supervising Sound Editor: Matt Grime, Supervising Dialogue Editor: Keith Marriner, Dialogue Editor: Susan French, ADR (NY Recordist): Jody Nazzaro, ADR (NY Mixer): Leslie Mona-Mathis, ADR Editor: Steve Schwalbe, Foley Artist: Melissa Lake, Foley Artist: Ricky Butt, Foley Artist: Jason Swanscott, Foley Artist: Ruth Sullivan, Foley Editor: Graeme Stoten, Foley Editor: Ed Bulman, Stunt Co-ordinator: Miguel Pedregosa, Medieval Researcher: Elizabeth Gemmill, Special Thanks: Peter Berry, Special Thanks: Ashley Rowe, Special Thanks: Simon Crawford Collins, Andalucía Film Commission, [Original Director circa 1996]: Sam Mendes, [Producer]: David Parfitt, [Co-producer]: Mark Albela, [Original Screenplay - circa 1996]: Rupert Walters, Dialogue Coach: Sally Grace, Dialogue Coach (Vincent Cassell): Vernice Klier, Animal Wrangler: Rafael Molina, Horse Wrangler: Luis Miguel Mateos, Sebastian Pereira, Horses [Supplied by]: Animales y Carruajes, Debbie Kaye, Unit Publicist: Phil Symes
Cast
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Willem Dafoe (Martin), Paul Bettany (Nicholas), Brian Cox (Tobias), Gina McKee (Sarah), Simon McBurney (Stephen), Elvira Mínguez (Martha), Ewen Bremner (Brother Simon Damian), Matthew Macfadyen (King's Justice), James Cosmo (Lambert), Tom Hardy (Straw), George Wells (Springer), Mark Benton (sheriff), Niall Buggy (priest), Luke de Woolfson (Daniel), Vincent Cassel (Lord Robert de Guise), Marián Aguilera (Nicholas' lover), Trevor Steedman (jealous husband), Richard Durden (Town Justice), Hamish McColl (innkeeper), Julian Barratt (gravedigger), Luisa Requena Baron (baker), Pedro Martínez De Dioni (carpenter), Tom Georgeson (Flint), Simon Pegg (gaoler), María Berganza (Thomas Wells' mother), Rafa Izuzquiza (Thomas Wells' father), José Luis Martínez (man at play), Valerie Pearson (woman at play), Balbino Lacosta (Chamberlain), Heathcote Williams (undertaker), David Luque (captain of the guard), Najwa Nimri, Jared Harris ([originally cast?])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(12)
In: Screen International n1445 19 Mar 2004 Page: 19Title: ReviewsAuthor: BAILEY, Andy Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v14 n8 August 2004 Pages: 63-64
Title: ReviewsAuthor: JAYS, David Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Film Review vSpec. n52 Spiderman Pages: 116-117
Title: ReviewsAuthor: MOTTRAM, James Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 9 Feb 2004 Pages: 81-82
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: LOEWENSTEIN, Lael Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Film Review n646 July 2004 Page: 106
Title: New moviesAuthor: MOTTRAM, James Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Cineinforme n729 January 2001 Page: 32
Title: Producción: RodajesArticle type: CreditsLanguage: Spanish
In: Sight and Sound v11 n4 April 2001 Pages: 4-5
Title: Rushes: the bigger picture: not-so-merrie EnglandeArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: MORALITY PLAY is a completely new venture for director Paul McGuigan whose last film was GANGSTER NO. 1.
In: Screen International n1283 3 Nov 2000 Page: 14
Title: [Screen International - n1283 3 Nov 2000: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Announcement that MORALITY PLAY has just gone into shooting.
In: Screen International n1283 3 Nov 2000 Page: 18
Title: International ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v365 n18 24 Oct 2000 Page: 134
Title: ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1281 20 Oct 2000 Page: 44
Title: International ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1051 29 Mar 1996 Page: 31
Title: European ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English