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Bel Ami (Original title)
Dates: 2012 (Copyright), 07 February 2010 (Production), 09 March 2012 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, Italy

Director: Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod

Synopsis: In Paris a young man manipulates a string of influential women in order to climb the ladder of power.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Social status
Releases
Date: 09 March 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 102 mins 30 secs - Length: 9225 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: StudioCanal Limited

Credits (147)
©: Bel Ami Distribution Limited, Production Company: Red Wave, Production Company: XIX Film, Production Company: Protagonist Pictures, Production Company: Rai Cinema, With the support of: MEDIA Programme of the European Community, Produced by: Ingenious Fuller Partnership LLP, [Produced] On behalf of: Bel Ami Distribution Limited, Production Services in Hungary: Pioneer Pictures, Executive Producer: Simon Fuller, Produced by: Uberto Pasolini, Co-producer: Laurie Borg, Associate Producer: Ceri Hughes, Associate Producer, Hungary: Ildikó Kemény, Head of Film: Nik Bower, Commercial Affairs: Tim O'Shea, Head of Legal and Business: Lesley Wise, On Behalf of Auburn Entertainment: Jim Reeve, Fergus Haycock, On Behalf of XIX Film: Julian Henry, On Behalf of XIX Film: Andy Stinson, On Behalf of XIX Film: Julie Ayers, Carmen Ramos, Unit Production Manager: Kálmán Antal, Production Manager: Jennifer Wynne, Production Co-ordinator: Valentina Coccia, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Alice Syed, Production Co-ordinator: Zsófi Oblath, Production Accountant: Louise O'Malley, Assistant Accountant: David Wilcock, Cashier: Samantha Gardner, Location Manager: Michael Harm, Location Manager: Daniel Whitty, Location Manager: Bea Beliczai, Location Manager: Imre Légmán, Post-production Supervisor: Gisela Evert, Post-production Supervisor: Gisela Evert, Production Assistant: Cara Mcvean, Assistant to Cast: Sheerin Khosrowshahi-Miandoab, Runner/Driver: Marc McGowan, Kerrie Lloyd, Floor Runner: Kate Brown, 1st Assistant Director: Josh Robertson, 2nd Assistant Director: Nick Shuttleworth, Crowd 2nd Assistant Director: Candy Marlowe, 2nd Assistant Director: Bogi Móricz, Base Third Assistant Director: Sandrine Loisy, 3rd Assistant Director: Tom Brewster, 3rd Assistant Director: Gergõ Fülöp, Director's Assistant: Peter Ogunsalu, Script Supervisor: Zoe Morgan, Script Trainee: Marianne Huet, Casting Director: Susie Figgis, Written by: Rachel Bennette, From the novel by: Guy de Maupassant, Director of Photography: Stefano Falivene, Additional Photography: Hagen Bogdanski, 'A' Camera Operator/Steadicam: Stuart Howell, 'A' Camera Operator/Steadicam Operator: Stuart Howell, 'A' Camera Focus Puller: Oliver Loncraine, 'B' Camera Focus Puller: Ian 'Juicy' Coffey, György Horváth, 'A' Camera Clapper Loader: Chris Clarke, 'B' Camera Loader: Tamás Bakos, 'A' Camera Assistant: Adam Dorney, Camera Assistant: András Szöke, Gaffer: John Colley, Gaffer: Zsolt Büti, Key Grip: János Kiss, 'A' Camera Grip: Stuart Godfrey, Trainee Grip: Billy Goddard, 'B' Camera Grip: Lee Godfrey, Video Operator: Dylan Jones, Video Playback Assistant: Christopher Cavanagh, Stills Photographer: Kerry Brown, Digital Visual Effects: LipSync Post, LipSync Post, Visual Effects Supervisor: Sean Farrow, Head of Visual Effects: Stefan Drury, Special Effects Supervisor: Stuart Brisdon, SFX Supervisor: Stuart Brisdon, SFX Technician: Nigel Wilkinson, SFX Supervisor: Péter Szilágyi, Pyrotechnic Supervisor: Ferenc Török, Edited by: Masahiro Hirakubo, Gavin Buckley, 1st Assistant Editor: Neil Williams, Production Designer: Attila F. Kovács, Supervising Art Director: Mark Raggett, Art Director: Dean Clegg, Art Director: Dean Clegg, Art Director: Zsuzsa Borvendég, Standby Art Director: Sarah Stuart, Assistant Art Director: Alexandra Collins, Set Decorator: Anna Lynch-Robinson, Set Decorator: László Makai, Set Decorator: Gábor Nagy, Prop Buyer: James Hendy, Buyer: László Molnár (Gromek), Property Master: Terry Wood, Property Master: Attila Kiss, Construction Manager: Gene D'Cruze, Construction: József Kiss, Costume Designer: Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Assistant Costume Designer: Natalie Humphries, Wardrobe Mistress: Joanna Campbell, Wardrobe Mistress: Karen Beale, Hair and Make-up Designer: Jenny Shircore, Make-up & Hair Artist: Jon Henry Gordon, Make-up & Hair Artist: Joe Hopker, Lizzie Lawson Zeiss, Title and End Credits: Brandt Animation, Music by: Lakshman Joseph De Saram, Rachel Portman, Music Conductor: David Snell, Orchestration: Jeff Atmajian, Orchestration: Lakshman Joseph De Saram, Joseph Portman, Music Arranger: Youki Yamamoto, Music Co-ordinator: Yann McCullough, Music Editor: Yann McCullough, Orchestral Contractor: George Hamer, Director of Choreography & Etiquette: Jane Gibson, Assistant Choreographer: Wendy Woodbridge, Production Sound Mixer: Simon Hayes, Boom Operator: Arthur Fenn, Sound Assistant: James Gibb, Sound Maintenance: Robin Johnson, Re-recording Mixer: Robert Farr, Re-recording Mixer: Robert Farr, Supervising Sound Editor: Robert Farr, Supervising Sound Editor: Robert Farr, Dialogue/ADR Editor: Sam Southwick, Sound Effects Editor: Ian Wilson, Foley Artist: Paul Hanks, Foley Artist: Ian Waggott, Foley Mixer: Simon Trundle, Stunt Co-ordinator: Lee Sheward, Stunt Co-ordinator: Marc Cass, Stunt Co-ordinator: Balázs Farkas, Georg's Double/Stunt Performer: Mark Archer, Stunt Performer: Tony Lucken, Stand-in: Phil Ball, Stand-in: Amy Irvine, Dialogue Coach: Joan Washington
Cast (25)
Robert Pattinson (Georges Duroy), Uma Thurman (Madeleine Forestier), Kristin Scott Thomas (Mme Virginie Rousset), Christina Ricci (Clotilde de Marelle), Colm Meaney (Monsieur Rousset), Philip Glenister (Charles Forestier), Holliday Grainger (Suzanna Rousset), Natalia Tena (Rachel the prostitute), James Lance (François Laroche), Anthony Higgins (Comte de Vaudrec), Thomas Arnold (Louis), Timothy Walker (solicitor), Pip Torrens (Paul the butler), Christopher Fulford (police commissioner), Amy Marston (nanny), Frank Dunne (bishop), George Potts (chief cashier), Eloise Webb (Laurine de Marelle), Ian Stuart Robertson (innkeeper), Balázs Czukor (priest), Rebecca Barrett, Tom Muggeridge, Matthew Cheney, Chloe Trend (dancer), Dorian Lough (narration)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
In: Screen International n1721 March 2010  Page: 65
Title: In ProductionAuthor: COOPER, Sarah Article type: CreditsLanguage: English