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Brooklyn (Original title)
Dates: 2015 (Copyright), 06 November 2015 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland

Directed by/A film by: John Crowley

Synopsis: In the 1950s a young Irish woman in search of work emigrates to New York where she starts a new life. When a family tragedy draws her back home she finds herself caught betwen two countries and the affections she has in each.

Genres:
Romance, Drama

Subject:
Migration
Releases
Date: 12 October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 112 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 27 November 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Lionsgate UK
Date: February 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 112 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (153)
©: Wildgaze Films (Brooklyn) Ltd, ©: Coproductions Item 7 Inc, ©: Parallel Films (Brooklyn) Limited, ©: British Broadcasting Corporation, ©: The British Film Institute, A Wildgaze Films/ Finola Dwyer Productions / Parallel Films / Item 7 co-production: Wildgaze Films, A Wildgaze Films/ Finola Dwyer Productions / Parallel Films / Item 7 co-production: Finola Dwyer Productions, A Wildgaze Films/ Finola Dwyer Productions / Parallel Films / Item 7 co-production: Parallel Films, Item 7, Produced in association with: Ingenious, Produced in association with: BAI - Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Produced in association with: RTÉ, HanWay Films Ltd, Produced with the participation of: Téléfilm Canada, Produced with the support of investment incentives for the Irish film industry provided by the: Government of Ireland, Produced with the participation of: SODEC Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec, Produced with the financial participation of: Crédit d'impôt cinéma et télévision - Gestion SODEC, Produced by: Bun and Ham Productions Limited, Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Production Company: Québec Film and Television Tax Credit, With the support of: MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Made in association with: RTÉ, Made with the support of the: BFI Film Fund, Developed with the support of: BBC Films, Presents: BBC Films, Presents: Téléfilm Canada, Presents: Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board, Presents: SODEC, Presents: BFI, Production Services: Atlantic Pictures, International Sales: HanWay Films Ltd, Executive Producer: Alan Moloney, Executive Producer: Hussain Amarshi, Executive Producer: Christine Langan, Executive Producer: Beth Pattinson, Executive Producer: Thorsten Schumacher, Executive Producer: Zygi Kamasa, Produced by: Finola Dwyer, Produced by: Amanda Posey, Co-producer: Pierre Even, Co-producer: Marie-Claude Poulin, Line Producer: Caroline Levy, Line Producer: Patrick O'Donoghue, Line Producer: Nicole Hilaréguy, Associate Producer for Wildgaze Films: Bennett McGhee, Head of Development: Josephine Davies, Accountant: John Morgan, Researcher: Raphael von Blumenthal, Senior Business Manager: Michael Wood, Head of Legal and Business Affairs: Zoe Brown, Legal and Business Affairs Manager: Nadia Lachman, Marketing Executive: Jacqui Barr, Director of Lottery Film Fund: Ben Roberts, Senior Production and Development Executive: Natascha Wharton, Head of Production: Fiona Morham, Head of Production Finance: Ian Kirk, Business Affairs Manager: Ben Wilkinson, Production Manager: Diane Arcand, Production Manager: Diane Arcand, Production Manager: Lindsay Feldman, Production Co-ordinator: Jane McCabe, UK Production Co-ordinator: Abby Mills, Production Co-ordinator: Jane McCabe, UK Production Co-ordinator: Abby Mills, Production Co-ordinator: Manon Payant, UK Production Co-ordinator: Abby Mills, Production Co-ordinator: Scott Bredengerd, Financial Controller: Louise O'Malley, Production Accountant: Sophie Tebbitt, Accountant: Guy Aumond, Unit Manager: Patrick Legault, Location Manager (boat): Micheline Sylvestre, Location Manager: Gordon Wycherley, Location Manager: Guillaume Blanc, Post-production Supervisor: Polly Duval, Post-production Co-ordinator: Christina Legkova, 1st Assistant Director: Charlie Watson, 2nd Assistant Director: Enda Doherty, 2nd Assistant Director: Brigitte Goulet, 3rd Assistant Director: Nick Thomas, 3rd Assistant Director: Kaven Macdonald, Additional 3rd Assistant Director: Evelyne Renaud, Additional 3rd Assistant Director: Anabelle Berkani, Stéphane Byl, Script Supervisor: Rowena Ladbury, Script Supervisor: Rowena Ladbury, Casting by: Fiona Weir, Principals Casting: Lucie Robitalle, NY Casting: Jim Carnahan, Screenplay by: Nick Hornby, Adapted from the novel by: Colm Toibin, Director of Photography: Yves Bélanger, Steadicam Operator: Daniel Bishop, Steadicam Operator: François Archambault, DIT: Paul Deane, Gaffer: James Mcguire, Gaffer: Eames Gagnon, Key Grip: Alain Desmarchais, Grip: Paul Tsan, Grip: Dany Prévost, Stills Photographer: Kerry Brown, Visual Effects by: Windmill Lane Visual Effects, Additional Visual Effects by: Munky, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Brendan Byrne, Graphic Artist: Carl Lessard, Editor: Jake Roberts, Production Designer: François Séguin, Art Director: Irene O'Brien, Art Director: Robert Parle, [Set] Decorator: Manon Thomas, Set Decorator: Jennifer Oman, Key Set Decorator: Louise Tremblay, Graphics Designer: Paul Brady, Buyer: Jennifer Oman, Emma Lowney, Property Master: Nuala McKernan, Costume Designer: Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Assistant Costume Designer: Ellen Cranshaw, Assistant Costume Designer: Carmen Alie, Make-up Designer: Morna Ferguson, Make-up Artist: Marlene Rouleau, Hair Designer: Lorraine Glynn, Hairdresser: Cedric Cote, Title Design by: Matt Curtis, DI Colourist: Asa Shoul, Music by: Michael Brook, Violin Soloist: Julie Rogers, Clarinet Soloist: Martin Robertson, Piano Soloist: Tom Cawley, Conductor: Nick Ingman, Orchestrator: David Glen Russell, Music Supervisor: Kle Savidge, Sound Designer: Glenn Freemantle, Sound Recordist: Claude La Haye, [Production] Sound Mixer: Barry O'Sullivan, Re-recording Mixer: Ian Tapp, Re-recording Mixer: Adam Scrivener, Supervising Sound Editor: Glenn Freemantle, Supervising Dialogue Editor: Gillian Dodders, Dialogue Editor: Ian Morgan, Dialogue Editor: Emilie O'Connor, Sound Effects Editor: Mark Heslop, Sound Effects Editor: Dillon Bennett, ADR Mixer: Mark Appleby, Foley Mixer: Glen Gathard, Foley Editor: Peter Hanson, Dialogue Coach: Brendan Gunn, Unit Publicist: Premier, Unit Publicist: Jonathan Rutter, Digital Intermediate by: Molinare TV & Film, With special thanks to: Jeremy Thomas, Dustin Hoffman
Cast (43)
Saoirse Ronan (Eilis Lacey), Domhnall Gleeson (Jim Farrell), Emory Cohen (Tony Fiorello), Jim Broadbent (Father Flood), Julie Walters (Mrs 'Ma' Kehoe), Jessica Paré (Miss Fortini), Eve Macklin (Diana), Bríd Brennan (Miss Kelly), Fiona Glascott (Rose Lacey), Jane Brennan (Mary Lacey), Nora Jane Noone (Sheila), Jenn Murray (Dolores), Eva Birthistle (Georgina), Michael Zegen (Maurizio), Maeve McGrath (Mary), Emma Lowe (Mrs Brady), Barbara Drennan (shabby woman), Gillian McCarthy (timid woman), Eileen O'Higgins (Nancy), Peter Campion (George Sheridan), James Corscadden (ship waiter), Emily Bett Rickards (Patty), Mary O'Driscoll (Miss McAdam), Samantha Munro (Dorothy), Jane Wheeler (Bartocci customer #1), Adrien Benn (diner waiter), Al Goulem (Mr Rosenblum), Max Walker (young man), Iarla Ó Lionáird (Frankie Doran), Ellis Rockburn (young man at dance), Erika Rosenbaum (Bartocci customer #2), Ellen David (Mrs Fiorello), Christian De La Cortina (Laurenzio), Paulino Nunes (Mr Fiorello), James Digiacomo (Frankie Fiorello), Tadhg McMahon (boy's father), Hudson Leblanc (boy at City Hall), Niamh McCann (Maria), Denis Conway (Mr Brown), Karen Ardiff (Mrs Farrell), Gary Lydon (Mr Farrell), Aine Ní Mhuiri (Mrs Byrne), Mella Carron (girl on deck)
Books held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
Title: Brooklyn
Author: Hornby, Nick  Pages: 108 pages


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