War Horse (Original title)
Dates: 2011 (Copyright), 25 December 2011 (Release)Countries: USA, IndiaDirector: Steven Spielberg
Synopsis: Drama. The adventures of an English horse sold to the British army during the First World War. The horse is bought at auction by a farmer and used, unsuitably, as a plough horse. The farmer's son, Albert, names the horse Joey. When Albert sadly sees Joey bought by the Army, he vows to see him again. Joey is sent to France and has adventures at the hands of various characters, both British and German, military and civilian. When Albert signs up to fight and is sent to the trenches, it seems that a reunion with Joey may be looming after all.
Genre: War
Subjects: Domestic equines, World War I, Friendships, Farming
Releases
Date: 25 December 2011Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Touchstone Pictures
Date: 13 January 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 146 mins 27 secs - Length: 13180 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)
Author: KENDRICK, James Pages: xviii, 225 pages
Dates: 2011 (Copyright), 25 December 2011 (Release)Countries: USA, IndiaDirector: Steven Spielberg
Synopsis: Drama. The adventures of an English horse sold to the British army during the First World War. The horse is bought at auction by a farmer and used, unsuitably, as a plough horse. The farmer's son, Albert, names the horse Joey. When Albert sadly sees Joey bought by the Army, he vows to see him again. Joey is sent to France and has adventures at the hands of various characters, both British and German, military and civilian. When Albert signs up to fight and is sent to the trenches, it seems that a reunion with Joey may be looming after all.
Genre: War
Subjects: Domestic equines, World War I, Friendships, Farming
Releases
Date: 25 December 2011Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Touchstone Pictures
Date: 13 January 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 146 mins 27 secs - Length: 13180 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)
Credits
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©: LLC DreamWorks II Distribution Co., Production Company: Amblin Entertainment, Production Company: Kennedy/Marshall Company, Presents: DreamWorks Pictures, Presents: Reliance Entertainment, Executive Producer: Frank Marshall, Executive Producer: Revel Guest, Produced by: Steven Spielberg, Produced by: Kathleen Kennedy, Co-producer: Adam Somner, Co-producer: Tracey Seaward, Associate Producer: Kristie Macosko Krieger, Production Manager: Nicholas Laws, Production Supervisor: Samantha Knox-Johnston, Production Supervisor (Wisley): 1, Production Co-ordinator (Devon): Victoria Hawden, Production Accountant: James Richardson, Supervising Location Manager: Mark Somner, Key Location Manager: Martin Joy, Post-production Co-ordinator: Justin Ostensen, Post-production Executive: Mark Graziano, 1st Assistant Director: Adam Somner, Key 2nd Assistant Director: William Dodds, Emma Horton, Script Supervisor: Anna Worley, Casting by: Jina Jay, Screenplay by: Lee Hall, Screenplay by: Richard Curtis, Based on the novel by: Michael Morpurgo, And [based on] the stage play by: Nick Stafford, [Stage Play] Originally Produced by: The National Theatre of Great Britain, [Stage Play] Directed by: Tom Morris, Marianne Elliott, Director of Photography: Janusz Kaminski, 2nd Unit Photography Consultant (Devon): Chris Chapman, Aerial Crew: Flying Pictures, B Camera Operator/Steadicam Operator: George Richmond, C Camera Operator: Simon Baker, A Camera Operator: Mitch Dubin, 1st Assistant Camera: Mark Spath, 1st Assistant Camera: Jonathan Richmond, 2nd Assistant Camera: Tom Taylor, 2nd Assistant Camera: Sebastian Barraclough, 2nd Assistant Camera: Jason Dully, Gaffer: Eddie Knight, UK Gaffer: David Devlin, Visual Effects by: Framestore Limited, Special Effects Supervisor: Neil Corbould, 2nd Special Effects Supervisor: Mike Dawson, Edited by: Michael Kahn, Post Effects Guy: Rob Yamamoto, Production Designer: Rick Carter, Supervising Art Director: Neil Lamont, Senior Art Director: Andrew Ackland-Snow, Art Director: Gary Tomkins, Art Director: Molly Hughes, Art Director: Harriet Storey, Standby Art Director: Oliver Roberts, Standby Art Director: Ashley Lamont, Assistant Art Director: James Collins, Assistant Art Director: Carmen Ruiz de Huidobro, Set Decorator: Lee Sandales, Graphic Artist: Christopher Lunney, Conceptual Artist: Stephen Forrest-Smith, Storyboard Artist: Josh Sheppard, Storyboard Artist: Phil Keller, Buyer: Kate Venner, Property Master: David Cheesman, Specialist [Art Department] Researcher: Celia Barnett, Construction Manager: Paul Hayes, Costume Designer: Joanna Johnston, Assistant Costume Designer: Jeremy Turner, Assistant Costume Designer: Holly Waddington, Costume Supervisor: David Crossman, Wardrobe Supervisor: Marion Weise, Military Wardrobe Master: Neil Murphy, Wardrobe Master: William Steggle, Wardrobe Mistress: Amanda Trewin, Make-up Designer: Lois Burwell, Make-up & Hair Co-ordinator: Francesca Budd, Key Make-up Artist: Polly Earnshaw, Make-up Artist: Jennifer Hegarty, Make-up Artist: Audrey Doyle, Chief Hairdresser: Jon Henry Gordon, Key Hair Stylist: Rupert Simon, Hair Stylist: Josy Howard, Hair Stylist: Carla Vincenzino, Main and End Titles by: Scarlet Letters, Prints by: DeLuxe, Music by: John Williams, Flute Solos by: Louise Di Tullio, Trumpet Solos by: Tim Morrison, Choral Conductor/"The Scarlet and the Blue": Terry Edwards, Orchestrations: Eddie Karam, Music Scoring Mixer: Shawn Murphy, Sound Designer: Gary Rydstrom, Production Sound Mixer: Stuart Wilson, Re-recording Mixer: Gary Rydstrom, Re-recording Mixer: Tom Johnson, Supervising Sound Editor: Richard Hymns, ADR Recordist: Adam Horley, ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves, ADR Recorded at: Goldcrest Post London, Foley Supervisor: Luke Dunn Gielmuda, Stunt Co-ordinator: Rob Inch, Equine Artistic Adviser: Alexandra Bannister, Military Adviser: Andrew Robertshaw, Military Adviser: David Kenyon, Master Armourer: Simon Atherton, Supervising Armourer: Nicholas Komornicki, Horse Master: Bobby Lovgren, The producers with to thank: The Imperial War Museum, The producers wish to thank: Peter Jackson, The producers wish to thank: Samantha Perahia, The producers wish to thank: Colin Brown, Bath & Castle Combe Choir
Cast
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Emily Watson (Rose 'Rosie' Narracott), David Thewlis (Lyons), Peter Mullan (Ted Narracott), Niels Arestrup (grandfather), Tom Hiddleston (Captain Jim Nicholls), Jeremy Irvine (Albert Narracott), Benedict Cumberbatch (Major Jamie Stewart), Toby Kebbell (Colin, Geordie soldier), David Kross (Gunther), Nicholas Bro (Friedrich), Rainer Bock (Brandt), Patrick Kennedy (Lieutenant Charlie Waverly), Céline Buckens (Emilie), Geoff Bell (Sergeant Sam Perkins), Matt Milne (Andrew Easton), Robert Emms (David Lyons), Eddie Marsan (Sergeant Fry), Hinnerk Schönemann (German solder in No Man's Land), Gary Lydon (Si Easton), Liam Cunningham (army doctor), Sebastian Hülk (German officer at farm), Gerard McSorley (market auctioneer), Tony Pitts (Sergeant Martin), Irfan Hussain (Sergeant Major Singh), Pip Torrens (Major Tompkins), Philippe Nahon (French auctioneer), Jean-Claude Lecas (butcher), Justin Brett (motorbike rider), Seamus O'Neill (Devon farmer 1), Pat Laffan (Devon farmer 2), Michael Ryan (British trench soldier 1), Peter McNeil O’Connor (British trench soldier 2), Tristan Pütter (German trench soldier 1), Gunnar Cauthery (German trench soldier 2), Julian Wadham (trench captain), Anian Zollner (senior German officer), 185 (junior German officer), Hannes Wegener (German officer), David Dencik (base camp officer), Edward Bennett (cavalry recruiting officer on stone), Johnny Harris (infantry recruiting officer), Philip Hill-Pearson (wounded soldier), Tam Dean Burn (medic in trench), Alan Williams (hospital orderly), Thomas Arnold (shouting German soldier), Maximilian Brüeckner, Markus Tomczyk (German artillery officer), Peter Benedict (German officer on bridge), Callum Armstrong (bagpiper), Roy Holder (Fred Goddard), Paul Alexander (Dave Hill), Maggie Ollerenshaw (Narracott's neighbour), Beth Ogden (David Lyons' girlfriend), Martin D. Dew (Lyons' cronie), Michael Morpurgo (man in town), Clare Morpurgo (woman in town)
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
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Title: Darkness in the bliss-out: a reconsideration of the films of Steven SpielbergAuthor: KENDRICK, James Pages: xviii, 225 pages