The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Original title)
Dates: 2011 (Copyright), 24 February 2012 (Release)Countries: USA, United Arab Emirates, United KingdomDirector: John Madden
Synopsis: A group of British retirees seek a better life abroad by buying a hotel in India where the cost of living is cheaper. Owning a hotel turns out to be harder work than they imagined when they discover teh true condition of what they have bought.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Retirement, India, Hotels
Releases
Date: 04 May 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Date: 04 May 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 123 mins 34 secs - Length: 11121 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Title: 'Old age' films: golden retirement, dispossession and disturbanceAuthor: DOLAN, Josephine Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discusses the emergence of a cycle of recent British films featuring older protagonists, including 'Last Orders' (2001), 'The Mother' (2003), 'Quartet' (2012), 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' (2012) and others. Suggests that although such films address some of the concerns expressed in 'crisis of ageing' discourse, they remain tied to 'troubling' ideologies of neo-colonialism, heteronormativity and post-feminism. Part of the special issue 'Gender, ageing and sexuality in British cinema after Thatcher'.
Dates: 2011 (Copyright), 24 February 2012 (Release)Countries: USA, United Arab Emirates, United KingdomDirector: John Madden
Synopsis: A group of British retirees seek a better life abroad by buying a hotel in India where the cost of living is cheaper. Owning a hotel turns out to be harder work than they imagined when they discover teh true condition of what they have bought.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Retirement, India, Hotels
Releases
Date: 04 May 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Date: 04 May 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 123 mins 34 secs - Length: 11121 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Credits
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© in Brazil, Italy, Japan, Korea and Spain: TCF Hungary Film Rights Exploitation Limited Liability Company, © in all territories except Brazil, Italy, Japan, Korea and Spain: LLC PM/IN Fund, © in all territories except Brazil, Italy, Japan, Korea and Spain: Dune Entertainment III LLC, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Production Company: Blueprint Pictures, Made in Association with: Dune Entertainment LLC, Ingenious Media, Presents: Fox Searchlight Pictures, [Presents] In association with: Participant Media, Imagenation Abu Dhabi, Production Services in India provided by: India Take One Productions, Executive Producer: Jeff Skoll, Executive Producer: Jonathan King, Executive Producer: Ricky Strauss, Produced by: Graham Broadbent, Produced by: Pete Czernin, Co-producer: Sarah Harvey, Co-producer: Caroline Hewitt, Line Producer: Pravesh Sahni, Development Executive: Ben Knight, Production Manager (Jaipur): Rajiv Mehra, Production Manager: Tori Parry, Production Manager: Simon Fraser, Production Supervisor: Trevor Ingman, Production Supervisor: Sanjay Kumar, Key Production Co-ordinator: Polly Jefferies, Production Co-ordinator (Delhi): Supriya Manchanda, Rahul Soni, Production Co-ordinator (Mumbai): Rakesh Singh, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Peter Boothby, Supervising Production Accountant: Craig Barwick, Production Accountant: Deepak Jaitely, 1st Assistant Accountant: Jacky Holding, Amit Rastogi, 2nd Assistant Accountant: John Udall, Shiv Bali, Post Production Accountant: Tarn Harper, Unit Manager: Richard Hill, Location Manager: Bhawani Singh, Assistant Location Manager: Lav Rathore, Assistant Location Manager (Jaipur): Sanju Chaturvedi, Base Camp Manager: Hitesh Sharma, Assistant Base Camp Manager: S.P. Singh, Location Assistant: Sandeep (Sandy) Singh, Location Assistant: Anil Vanvala, Amit Arora, Location Manager: Amanda Stevens, Assistant Location Manager: Joanna Beckett, Location Assistant: Matt Clarke, Post-production Supervisor: Alistair Hopkins, Assistant to Graham Broadbent: Malina De Carlo, Key Production Assistant: Aarti Bhatia, Set Production Assistant: Raghuvir Joshi, Manhar Shaheed, Cast Assistant: Insiya Hussain, Set Production Assistant: Deepak Nambiar, Cast Assistant: Indira Bairwa, Set Production Assistant: Sanjeev Maurya, Cast Assistant: Manish Sharma, Cast Assistant: Abhiraj S. Shaktawat, Cast Assistant: Asif Khan, Cast Assistant: Yash Wadhwani, Cast Assistant: Neha Goswami, Cast Assistant: Sher S. Shekhawat, Anirudh S. Ranawat, Production Assistant (Udaipur): Mamta Talesara, Cast Assistant: Kriti Singh, Production Assistant (Udaipur): Sandeep Sharma, Production Assistant (Jaipur): Nandita Pareek, Henna Chaudhary, Office Assistant (Jaipur): Rajesh Bhardwaj, Production Runner: Abdul Rashid (Raju), Production Runner: Vishal S. Waghmare, Production Runner: Harchand Singh, Production Runner: Ganesh Singh Bishta, Production Runner: Dungar Singh, Production Runner: Suneel Kumar, Production Runner: Subhash Chauhan, Production Runner: Sanjay Kumar, Production Runner: Claire Walker, Office Runner: Prithvi Raj Sahoo, Office Runner: Prithvi Chauhan, Office Runner: Mithun Kumar, Office Runner: Rakesh Kumar, Office Runner: Ramdev Singh, Mahendra Kumar Chauhan, Runner/Stand-in: Sam Rook, Holly Gardner, Floor Runner: Rob Madden, Base Runner: Rosie Coker, 1st Assistant Director: Deborah Saban, 1st Assistant Director (India): Udayan Baijal, Key Second Assistant Director: Olivia Lloyd, 2nd Assistant Director (India): Freya Parekh, 3rd Assistant Director: Joe Barlow, 3rd Assistant Director: Aditya Tendulkar, 3rd Assistant Director: Samarth Sahni, 3rd Assistant Director: Joey Coughlin, Assistant to John Madden: Nicki Sung, Script Supervisor: Kim Armitage, Casting by: Michelle Guish, Seher Latif, Casting Associate: Munish Sharma, Casting Co-ordinator: Kuldeep Singh, Extras Co-ordinator (Udaipur): Gaurav Malviya, Extras Co-ordinator (Jaipur): Vishnu Arora, Screenplay by: Ol Parker, Based on the novel "These Foolish Things" by: Deborah Moggach, Indian Creative Consultant: Nisha Parti, Director of Photography: Ben Davis, Director of Photography: Mike Eley, B Camera Operator: Alistair Rae, B Camera Loader: G. Krishna Prasad, C Camera Operator: G. Monic Kumar, Steadicam: Sujit Sen, A Camera Focus Puller: Sam Renton, B Camera Focus Puller: G. Kishore Kumar, C Camera Focus Puller: B.V. Ravi Kiran, B Camera Focus Puller: Clive Prior, A Camera Loader: Satish Venkataramana, C Camera Loader: Rananjay Das, Central Loader: Manish M. Ghadge, A Camera Loader: Lewis Hume, B Camera Loader: Tim Phillips, Camera Trainee: Ali Youssef, Lighting Gaffer: Ramesh Sadrani, Rigging Gaffer: Sonny Burdis, Best Boy: Nilesh Gowda, Best Boy: Chandra Mohan Thakur, Best Boy: Nilesh Gowda, Best Boy: Chandresh Gowda, Electrician: Abdul Raheman Shaikh, Electrician: Anwar Shaikh, Electrician: Dinesh Raithatha, Electrician: Ganesh Mahadik, Electrician: Hitesh Sadrani, Electrician: Kamlesh Chand Sharma, Electrician: Kashinath Rahate, Electrician: Mahesh Rahate, Electrician: Mehmood Ali, Electrician: Mark Packman, Electrician: John Antill, Genny Operator: Martin Bloye, A Camera Grip: Paolo Frassan, B Camera Grip: Ninad Nyampally, A Camera Grip: Colin Strachan, B Camera Grip: David Maund, Video Assist Operator: Hemchandra (Hemu) Rai, VRT Assistant: Santosh M. Pawar, Video Assist Operator: Jack Warrender, Still Photographer: Ishika Mohan, Unit Still Photographer: Laurie Sparham, Visual Effects by: Double Negative, VFX Supervisor: Jody Johnson, VFX Producer: Karen Clarke, Fay McConkey, VFX Co-ordinator: Cindy Khoo, TD: Rachael Hender, Compositor: Oliver Atherton, Compositor: Luke Bigley, Compositor: Michaela Danby, Compositor: Jeffrey Koh, Compositor: Enrik Pavdeja, Compositor: Corrine Teo, Christine Wong, Matte Painter: Graham Page, Matchmover: Stella Ng, Prep Artist: Michelle Goh, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Shiva Nanda, Standby Rigger: Dave Gray, Film Editor: Chris Gill, 1st Assistant Editor: Ian Cunningham, 1st Assistant Editor (India): Vivek Pratap, 2nd Assistant Editor: David Garbutt, 2nd Assistant Editor (India): Gurpreet Singh, Production Designer: Alan MacDonald, Supervising Art Director: Peter Francis, Art Director: Dilip More, Art Director: Andrew Rothschild, Standby Art Director: Lizzie Kilham, Assistant Art Director: Mahesh Salgaonkar, Assistant Art Director: Raghu More, Assistant Art Director: Ankita Chutani, Art Department Co-ordinator: Rakesh Dhiman, Set Decorator: Tina Jones, Assistant Set Decorator: Swapnali Das, Assistant to Set Decorator: Olivia Portman, Graphic Designer: Prachi Agrawal, Graphic Designer: Katie Driscoll, Draftsman: Abhishek Raut, Amit Gadshi, Props Buyer: Vasudha Patni, Production Buyer: Sue Morrison, Property Master: Kumar Rajendra, Props Master: Allen Polley, Prop Man: Yogendra Kumar, Prop Man: Ram Milan Chobhay, Prop Man: Suresh Sharma, Neeraj Kumar Singh, Props Storeman: David Chisholm, Dressing Props: Kelvin Cooks, Josh Polley, Standby Props: Mark Fruin, Matthew Broderick, Trainee Props: Elliott Polley, Standby Props: Shambhu Nath, Standby Props: Patanjali Bhati, Art Department Runner: Sawant Singh Rajoriya, Art Department Assistant: Jennifer Griggs, Standby Painter: Mal Zawadzki, Standby Carpenter: Garry Moore, Costume Designer: Louise Stjernsward, Assistant Costume Designer: Rosie Grant, Costume Supervisor: Riyazali R. Merchant, Costume Supervisor: Allison Wyldeck, Costume Assistant: Bharat Mandekar, Costume Assistant: Rati Atkar, Dress Man: Sachin Rahate, Paulas Muntode, Tailor: Deva Putra, Anand Pudumola, Wardrobe Assistant: Jyoti Kanojia, Costume Runner: Vikram (Vicky) Sangela, Costume Trainee: Amanda Cox, Costume Assistant: Jane Leonard, Costume Trainee: Katarina Cappellazzi, Makeup and Hair Designer: Daniel Phillips, Makeup & Hair Supervisor: Beverley Binda, Assistant Makeup: Xavier Peter D'souza, Kamlesh Shinde, Assistant Hairdresser: Luiz Joyce Margaret, Menaka Remei Chinal, Titles by: Matt Curtis, Laboratory: DeLuxe, Lab Contact: Clive Noakes, Paperwork Delivery Co-ordinator: Sara Janasz, Colour and Prints by: DeLuxe, Music by: Thomas Newman, Instrumental Soloist: John Beasley, Instrumental Soloist: George Doering, Instrumental Soloist: Steve Tavaglione, Instrumental Soloist: Pedro Eustache, Jagan Ramamorthy, Vocal Soloist: Hariharan, Suchismita Das, Orchestrations: J.A.C. Redford, Music Editor: Bill Bernstein, Music Editor: Tony Lewis, Music Recorded by: Larry Mah, Orchestra Recorded by: Simon Rhodes, Additional Recording by: Ernest Lee, Music Mixed by: Simon Rhodes, Assistant Engineer: Lewis Jones, Audio Coordination: George Doering, Music Mixed at: Abbey Road Studios, Music Consultant: George Budd, Music Contractor: Leslie Morris, Isobel Griffiths, Music Preparation: Jill Streater Music Prep, Twickenham Sound Dept. Co-ordinator: Vivien Jordan, Sound Recordist: Resul Pookutty, Assistant Sound Recordist: Shalini Agarwal, Additional Sound Mixer: Tarun Kumar Bhandari, Sound Recordist: Peter Lindsay, 2nd Boom/Cableman: Mushtak Shaikh, Boom Operator: Shaikh Ghulam Hussain, Boom Operator: Kate Morath, Sound/Video Assistant: Michael Lee Taylor, Supervising Re-Recording Mixer: Tim Cavagin, Re-Recorded at: Twickenham Film Studios, Re-Recording Mixer: Steve Single, Craig Irving, Supervising Sound Editor: Ian Wilson, Assistant Sound Editor: Robin Knapp, Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: Sam Southwick, Sound Effects Editor: Alastair Sirkett, ADR Recordist: Mark Lafbery, ADR Voice Casting: Marcella Riordan, Foley Supervisor: Phillip Barrett, Foley Artist: Paul Hanks, Foley Artist: Ian Waggott, Foley Mixer: Simon Trundle, Sound Dept. Runner: Max Walsh, Action Vehicle Co-ordinator: Trilok Nowlakha, Stunt Co-ordinator: Sham Kushal, Travel & Accommodation Co-ordinator: Pradeep Arora, Technical Support: Vipin Kumar Gupta, Travel Co-ordinator (Udaipur): Kush Kelwa, Lokendra Singh Rathore, Film Courier: Monal Dhutia, Ashok Nuvendra (Nikki), Kodak India: Mr Solomon, Reliance: Mr Rajiv Bedi, Completion Guarantee provided by: International Film Guarantors, Production Legal Services: Wiggin LLP, Health & Safety Representative: Mick Hurrell, Dolby Consultant: James Shannon, Unit Doctor (Udaipur): Dr Hemant Porwal, Unit Doctor (Jaipur): Dr Pankaj Pandya, Unit Medic: David Morley, Unit Publicist: Linda Gamble, Transportation Captain: Raju Atkar, Facility Vehicles: Andy Dixon Facilities, Transportation Manager: M.P. Singh, Transportation Co-ordinator: Dean Moran, Walkie Talkies: Jeetendra Kumar, Digital Intermediate Facility: DeLuxe 142 Features, Digital Colourist: Adam Glassman, Digital Online Editor: Justin Tillett, Digital Intermediate Head of Department: Patrick Malone, Digital Intermediate Supervisor: Marie Fernandes, Digital Intermediate Assistant Supervisor: Cheryl Goodbody, Digital Film Technical Supervisor: Laurent Treherne, Systems Administrator: Neil Harrison, Digital Intermediate Assistant: Aurora Shannon, Data Wrangler: Dan Helme, Catering: Lal Bag, Catering: Ashoka, Catering: Red Peppers, Caterer: Bon Appetit
Cast
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Judi Dench (Evelyn Greenslade), Bill Nighy (Douglas Ainslie), Penelope Wilton (Jean Ainslie), Dev Patel (Sonny Kapoor), Celia Imrie (Madge Hardcastle), Ronald Pickup (Norman Cousins), Tom Wilkinson (Graham Dashwood), Maggie Smith (Muriel Donnelly), Patrick Pearson (Graham's Colleague), Hugh Dickson (Judge), James Rawlings (estate agent), Liza Tarbuck (staff nurse), Paul Bhattacharjee (Dr Ghujarapartidar), Lucy Robinson (Judith), Simon Wilson (Madge's son-in-law), Sara Stewart (Madge's daughter), Ramona Marquez, Raoul Marquez (Madge's grandchildren), Glen Davies (taxi driver), Jay Villiers (Evelyn's son), Paul Bentall (Evelyn's lawyer), Loo Brealey (hairdresser), Catherine Terris (Graham's cleaner), Richard Cubison (Douglas' golf partner), Josh Cohen (paramedic), Joshua Cole (airport security guard), Bhuvanesh Shetty (Muriel's physiotherapist), Honey Chhaya (young Wasim), Shubhrajyoti Barat (public records official), Narendra Kumar (rickshaw driver/Graham), Hem Acharya (boy playing cricket), Kailash Vijay (rickshaw driver/Evelyn), Tena Desae (Sunaina), Sid Makkar (Jay), Seema Azmi (Anokhi), Vishnu Sharma (Mr Maruthi), Lillette Dubey (Mrs Kapoor), Denzil Smith (Viceroy Club secretary), Jagdish Sharma (maharajah), Sandeep Lele (Viceroy Club barman), Diana Hardcastle (Carol), Neeraj Kadela (market salesman), S.N. Purohit (tap shop owner), Shiv Palawat (tea room waiter), Mahesh Udeshi (doctor at clinic), Neena Kulkarni (Gaurika), Rajendra Gupta (Manoj), Gagan Mishra (restaurant owner), A.R. Rama (rickshaw driver/Jean)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Journal of British cinema and television v13 n4 2016 Pages: 571-589Title: 'Old age' films: golden retirement, dispossession and disturbanceAuthor: DOLAN, Josephine Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discusses the emergence of a cycle of recent British films featuring older protagonists, including 'Last Orders' (2001), 'The Mother' (2003), 'Quartet' (2012), 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' (2012) and others. Suggests that although such films address some of the concerns expressed in 'crisis of ageing' discourse, they remain tied to 'troubling' ideologies of neo-colonialism, heteronormativity and post-feminism. Part of the special issue 'Gender, ageing and sexuality in British cinema after Thatcher'.