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Shame (Original title)
Dates: 2011 (Copyright), 13 January 2012 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, Canada

Director: Steve McQueen

Synopsis: Drama. Brandon, an Irish-American living in New York, has a compulsive addiction to sex and masturbation. When his troubled sister, Sissy, turns up to stay at his apartment, it becomes more difficult to keep his obsession a secret.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Sex addiction, Relationships, New York City
Releases
Date: 01 February 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 100 mins 37 secs - Length: 9067 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Momentum Pictures
Date: March 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (83)
©: New Amsterdam Film Limited, ©: Channel Four Television Corporation, ©: British Film Institute, Production: See-Saw, Presentation: UK Film Council, Film4, In association with: Alliance Films, In association with: LipSync Productions, In association with: HanWay Films Ltd, Made with support of: UK Film Council Development Fund, Filmed with the support of: The New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development, Executive Producer: Tessa Ross, Executive Producer: Robert Walak, Executive Producer: Peter Hampden, Executive Producer: Tim Haslam, Produced by: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Co-producer: Bergen Swanson, Head of Development: Sam Lavender, Head of Business Affairs: Alice Clough, Production and Development Executive: Katherine Bridle, Production Executive: Simone Nicholson, Development Executive: Charles Dorfman, Accountant: Helen Wong, Head of Business Affairs: Harry Dixon, Head of Commercial Development: Susie Bruce-Smith, Business Affair Executive: Tracey Josephs, Head of the Film Fund: Tanya Seghatchian, Senior Production and Development Executive: Lizzie Francke, Head of Production: Fiona Morham, Head of Business Affairs: Will Evans, Head of Production Finance: Vince Holden, Production Executive: Norman Merry, Production Executive: Robin Guise, Production Executive: Peter Raven, Unit Production Manager: Danielle Blumstein, Production Co-ordinator: Charlie Dibe, Production Accountant: Tara Andrus, Post-production Accountant: Neil Cairns, Location Manager: David Velasco, Post-production Supervisor: Emma Zee, Post-production Co-ordinator: Siobhan Boyes, 1st Assistant Director: Atilla Salih Yucer, 2nd Assistant Director: Jolian Blevins, Script Supervisor: Eva Z. Cabrera, Casting Director: Avy Kaufman, Written by: Steve McQueen, Written by: Abi Morgan, Director of Photography: Sean Bobbitt, Camera Operator: Timothy Naylor, Steadicam Operator: Dave Chameides, 1st Assistant Camera: Ludovic Littee, 2nd Assistant Camera: Spencer Gillis, Camera Loader: Nicole Cosgrove, Manny Siverio, Gaffer: Bill Newell, Key Grip: Rob Harlow, Stills Photographer: Abbot Genser, Digital Grading, Sound and Visual Effects by: LipSync Post, Editor: Joe Walker, Production Designer: Judy Becker, Art Director: Charles Kulsziski, Set Decorator: Heather Loeffler, Property Master: Matthew Amenta, Costume Designer: David Robinson, Wardrobe Supervisor: Barbara Hause, SPFX Make-up Artist: Craig Lindberg, Make-up Department Head: Ma Kalaadevi Ananda, Key Make-up Artist: Nick London, Key Hair Stylist: Juanita Townsend, Hair Department Head: Erin Hicks, Titles by: LipSync Post, Composer: Harry Escott, Music Supervisor: Ian Neil, Sound Design Editor: Niv Adiri, Sound Supervisor: Glenn Freemantle, Boom Operator: Anguibé Guindo, Re-recording Mixer: Niv Adiri, Paul Cotterell, Sound Mixer: Ken Ishii, Sound Effects Editor: Ben Barker, Stunt Co-ordinator: Roy Farfel
Cast (24)
Michael Fassbender (Brandon), Carey Mulligan (Sissy), James Badge Dale (David), Nicole Beharie (Marianne), Lucy Walters (woman on subway train), Mari-Ange Ramirez (Alexa), Alex Manette (Steven), Hannah Ware (Samantha), Elizabeth Masucci (Elizabeth), Rachel Farrar (Rachel), Lauren Omer (Loren), Lauren Tyrrell (hostess), Marta Milans (cocktail waitress), Jake Siciliano (Skype son), Robert Montano (waiter), Charisse Merman (live chat woman), Amy Hargreaves (hotel lover), Anna Rose Hopkins (Carly), Chazz Menedez (muscular boyfriend), Carl Low (bouncer), Calamity Chang (late night lover 1), Deedee Luxe (late night lover 2), Stanley Mathis (conductor), Wenne Alton Davis (police officer)
Books held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
Title: Shame
Author: McQueen, Steve  Pages: 107 pages


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Digital materials(4)
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:43:38 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-496490
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:43:38 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-496490-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:40:35 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-496492
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:40:35 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-496492-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file



Video materials(1)
Description: HD Cam SRDuration: 100:35 minutesBFI identifier: N-60126
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape



Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedStock date: 2011BFI identifier: N-60122
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film