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Effie Gray (Original title)
Dates: 2014 (Copyright), 10 October 2014 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, Italy

Director: Richard Laxton

Synopsis: Drama. The relationship between Effie Gray and her husband, the art critic John Ruskin, whose refusal to sleep with her leads to consternation and strife.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Painting (fine art), Art criticism, Ruskin, John (1819-1900), Marriage
Releases
Date: 10 October 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 108 mins 28 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Metrodome Distribution Ltd

Credits (126)
©: Sovereign Films, ©: High Line Pictures, With the support of: Venezia Opportunità - Camera di Commercio Venezia, Filmed with the support of: The New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development, Presents: Sovereign Films, [Presented] In association with: High Line Pictures, Executive Producer: Robyn Rosenfeld, Executive Producer: Julian Gleek, Executive Producer - Italy: Guido Cerasuolo, Produced by: Andreas Roald, Produced by: Donald Rosenfeld, Line Producer: Sarah Wheale, Line Producer - Italy: Guido Cerasuolo, Associate Producer: Robert Hewison, Associate Producer: Martin Keatman, Associate Producer: O'Brien Kelley, Associate Producer: Marc Abrams, Production Manager: Ryan Bohan, Production Manager: Laura Cappato, Production Co-ordinator: Polly Hope, Production Co-ordinator: Simonetta di Fresco, Production Accountant UK: Tony Miller, [Production] Accountant: Gianni Carpentieri, Location Manager: Pat Karam, Location Manager - Scotland: Mally Chung, Assistant Location Manager: Mark Walledge, Location Manager: Fabrizio Cerato, Location Manager: Stefano Dalla Lana, Post-production Supervisor: Alexis Wiscomb, Post-production Supervisor (USA): Naomi Spiro, Production Secretary: Iona Harris, Assistant Director: Sean Clayton, 1st Assistant Director: Franco Basaglia, 2nd Assistant Director: Consuelo Bidorini, 3rd Assistant Director: Chris Foggin, 3rd Assistant Director: Izzi Shearman, 3rd Assistant Director: Aron Clayton, Script Supervisor: Kim Armitage, Casting by: Celestia Fox, Assistant Casting Director: Cara Beckinsale, Voice and Loop Group Casting: Vanessa Baker, Original Screenplay by: Emma Thompson, Director of Photography: Andrew Dunn, Original Pre-Raphaelite Paintings at Tate Britain Filmed by: Tony Pierce-Roberts, Additional Camera Operator: Ossie McLean, B Camera Operator: Gerry Vasbenter, Focus Puller: Dermot Hickey, B Camera Focus Puller: Rod Marley, Additional Focus Puller: Stephen Burgess, Additional Focus Puller: Olly Tellett, Additional Focus Puller: Sam Renton, Kirsten MacMahon, Clapper Loader: Dean Murray, Gaffer: Andy Long, Gaffer: Elvis Pasqual, Best Boy: Mark Hanlon, Key Grip: Colin Strachan, Key Grip: Werner Bacciu, B Camera Grip: Nick Cupac, Additional Grip: Luke Chisholm, Additional Grip: Simon Thorpe, Simon Muir, Grip: Marco Alzetta, Grip: Enrico Fabris, Grip: Nicola Zangrando, Special Still Photography: David Levinthal, Unit Stills: Nicola Dove, Vita Hewson, Special Effects Supervisor: Neal Champion, Graphics: Kat Law, Editor: Kate Williams, 1st Assistant Editor (USA): Naomi Spiro, 1st Assistant Editor (UK): Rebecca Lloyd, Production Designer: James Merifield, Art Direction: Juliana Overmeer, Paul Chiaradani, Set Decorator: Sara Wan, Artist in Residence: Effie Gray: Alexander Newley, Production Buyer: Charlie Lynam, Prop Master: Craig Cheeseman, Construction Manager: Dan Crandon, Costumes by: Ruth Myers, Assistant Costume Designer: Eleanor Landgrebe, Costume Supervisor: William McPhail, Make-up & Hair Designer: Konnie Daniel, Make-up & Hair Artist: Sian Wilson, Anita Anderson, Make-up & Hair Assistant: Bunny Stanway-Mayers, Titles Produced by: Big Film Design, [Big Film Design] Titles Designer: Randy Balsmeyer, Music by: Paul Cantelon, Orchestra: The Prague Philharmonic, Violin and Piano Performances by: Paul Cantelon, Conductor: David Richard Campbell, Orchestral Scoring: David Richard Campbell, Assistant Score Producer: Jackie Mulhearn, Score Producer: Susan Jacobs, Music Editor: Suzana Peric, Choreographer: Dale Mercer, Raffaele Dessi, [Production] Sound Mixer: Colin Nicolson, Re-recording Mixer: Michael Barry, Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Hsu, Assistant Sound Editor: Luciana Vignola, Dialogue Editor: Branka Mrkic, Sound Effects Editor: Al Zaleski, ADR Recordist: Peter Gleaves, ADR Recordist: Mark Appleby, ADR Editor: Marissa Littlefield, Foley Artist: Marko Costanzo, Foley Engineer: George Lara, Foley Recorded at: Goldcrest Post London, Foley Editor: Kam Chan, Foley Editor: Jamie Baker, Foley Editor: Frank Kern, Stunt Co-ordinator: Andy Bradford, Stunt Co-ordinator: Gianluca Petrazzi, Gondola Stunt Co-ordinator: Marco Mingardi, Stunt Double: Rhod Walls, Stunt Double: Sian Milne, Etiquette Specialist: Jane Gibson, John White, Dialogue Coach: Penny Dyer, Digital Intermediate: Technicolor Creative Services - New York, Digital Intermediate: Technicolor Creative Services - London
Cast (36)
Dakota Fanning (Effie Gray), Emma Thompson (Lady Eastlake), Tom Sturridge (John Everett Millais), David Suchet (Mr Ruskin), Julie Walters (Mrs Ruskin), Greg Wise (John Ruskin), Claudia Cardinale (viscountess), Robbie Coltrane (doctor), James Fox (Sir Charles Eastlake), Riccardo Scamarcio (Rafael), Derek Jacobi (Travers Twiss), Linda Bassett (Anna), Russell Tovey (George), Tom Herriott (William Holman Hunt), Joanna Hole (Mrs McPhail), Pip Torrens (Royal Academy/Times journalist), Polly Dartford (Sophie Gray), Sam Churchill (Dante Gabriel Rossetti), Martin Keatman (Thomas Woolner), Chris Haggart (William Michael Rossetti), Alex Best (James Collinson), George Laing (Frederic Stephens), Patrick Doyle (wedding minister), Peter Farr (Mr Gray, Effie's father), Nicola Draffan (Mrs Gray, Effie's mother), TuTu Jereissati (flower girl), Rupert Ratcliffe (enquiring man), Fawn James, Alain Giorgio Maria Enconomides, Conor Harte (Royal Academy guest), Saskia Keatman (Lady Rondell), Kelly Healey (Lady Dashwood), Frida Baranek (Duchess di Alba), Tiger Lilly Hutchence (young Effie, Borghese Gallery), Iain Marshall (Mr McPhail), Nicholas Jones (Doctor Lee)