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Little Women (Original title)
Date: 1994 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: Gillian Armstrong

Production company billing: ©1994. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Columbia Pictures presents A DiNovi Pictures production A film by Gillian Armstrong [end] Author: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. A Columbia Pictures release Dolby Stereo SR/SDDS Colour by Technicolor [1.85:1] MPAA: 33406
Synopsis: Adaptation. Tells the story of four teenage girls, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy whoare growing up in mid-Nineteenth century Concord, Massachusetts.Synopsis: A screen adaptation of the novel by Louise May Alcott. Set in New England during the American Civil War, relates the story of the March family, a mother and her four growing daughters.

Genres:
Period drama, Romance
Releases
Date: 21 December 1994Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Stereo SR / SDDSRuntime: 118 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (133)
©: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., A DiNovi Pictures production: Di Novi Pictures, Presents: Columbia Pictures, Author: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., A Columbia Pictures release: Columbia Pictures, Produced by: Denise Dinovi, Co-producer: Robin Swicord, Associate Producer: Warren Carr, Unit Production Manager: Warren Carr, 2nd Unit Production Manager: Joseph E. Foley, Production Co-ordinator: Wendy Patricia Lewis, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Erin Smith, Production Accountant: Margaret A. Mitchell, Assistant Accountant: Paula Marie Duncan, Assistant Accountant: Jane Mckernan, Mandy Butler, Location Manager: Rino Pace, Assistant Location Manager: Tim Haughian, Don Knodel, 2nd Unit Location Manager (Deerfield): Mark A. Dixon, Post-production Supervisor: Rosemary Dority, Assistant to Ms [Gillian] Armstrong: Kara Dillard Baker, Assistant to Ms [Denise] Di Novi: Anne Simonet, Julie Tjaden, Executive for Di Novi Pictures: Michael Andreen, Production Assistant: Kevin Butler, Production Assistant: Kathleen D. Gilbert, Production Assistant: Paul Lougheed, Production Assistant: Laila Palermo, Researcher: Matthew C. Young, 2nd Unit Director: Mark Lewis, Assistant Director (1st): Mark Turnbull, Assistant Director (2nd): Kim Winther, Assistant Director (Additional 2nd): Jim Brebner, Assistant Director (3rd): Pete Whyte, John-Paul Holecka, DGC Trainee: Dave Footman, Script Supervisor: Christine Wilson, Casting by: Carrie Frazier, Shani Ginsberg, Canadian Casting by: Stuart Aikins, Extras Casting (Canada): Sandra Couldwell, Casting Associate (Canada): William Haines, Screenplay by: Robin Swicord, Based on the book by: Louisa May Alcott, Director of Photography: Geoffrey Simpson, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Peter Levy, Camera Operator: Randal Platt, 1st Assistant Camera: Tenzin Lhalungpa, 2nd Assistant Camera: Lisa Robison, Gaffer: Stephen Jackson, Best Boy Electrics: Burton Kuchera, Key Grip: Tim Hogan, 2nd Grip: Ken Woznow, Dolly Grip: John L. Brown, Derek Grieve, Stills Photographer: Joe Lederer, Special Effects: William Orr, Best Boy Special Effects: Lars Lenander, Special Effects Assistant: Tony Lazarowich, Film Editor: Nicholas Beauman, Digital Editing Assistant: Martin Connor, Stein Myhrstad, 1st Assistant Editor: James Ilecic, Noelleen Westcombe, Production Designer: Jan Roelfs, Art Director: Richard Hudolin, Assistant Art Director: Bridget Mcguire, Set Designer: Richard St. John Harrison, Set Decorator: Jim Erickson, Head Scenic Artist: Barry Kootchin, Head Greensman: Mike Siver, Property Master: Jimmy Chow, Assistant Property Master: Catherine Leighton, Neil Mcleod, Construction Co-ordinator: Thomas Wells, Construction Foreman: Mel Christensen, Craig Henderson, Costume Designer: Colleen Atwood, Costume Supervisor (Vancouver): Jennifer Grossman, Costume Supervisor (Los Angeles): Nancy McArdle, Costume Set Supervisor: Deborah Douglas, Make-up: Jan Newman, 1st Assistant Make-up: Connie Parker, Lisa Roberts, Winona Ryder's Make-up: Naomi Donne, Ms [Susan] Sarandon's Make-up: Marilyn Carbone, Mr [Gabriel] Byrne's Make-up: Marilyn Carbone, Hairstylist: James D. Brown, 1st Assistant Hairstylist: Donna Bis, Sherry Linder-Gygli, Wigs Designed/Made by: Peter Owen, Titles Design by: Belinda Bennetts, Animal Logic, Colour Timer: Arthur Cambridge, Opticals: Roger Cowland, Negative Cutter: Karen Psaltis, Filmed with: Panavision Cameras & Lenses, Colour by: Technicolor, Equipment Supplied by: William F. White Ltd, Music by: Thomas Newman, Music Editor: Bill Bernstein, Scoring Mixer: Shawn Murphy, Music Consultant: Bruce Johnson, Music Consultant: Sharal Churchill, Choreographer: Trudi Forrest, Sound Designer: Lee Smith, Production Sound Mixer: Eric Batut, Sound Assistant: Paula Lourie, Sound Assistant: David Grusovin, Simon Martin, Boom Operator: Chris Glyn Jones, Re-recording mixer: Gethin Creagh, Re-recording mixer: Martin Oswin, Phil Heywood, Dialogue Editor: Karin Whittington, Dialogue Editor: Gary O'Grady, Sound Effects Editor: Peter Townend, ADR Editor: Tim Jordan, ADR Editor: John Penders, ADR Sound Services by: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Foley Artist: John Simpson, Post-production Facilities: Spectrum Films (Sydney), Catering by: Location Caterers, Craft Service: Jan Alexander, Transportation Co-ordinator: Scott Irvine, Transportation Captain: Ron James, Head Animal Wrangler: John D. Scott, Animal Wrangler: Jamie Payton, Head Animal Trainer: Dawn Martin-Wiener, Unit Publicist: Anne S. Reilly, Filmed at: North Shore Studios
Cast (55)
Winona Ryder (Jo March), Gabriel Byrne (Friedrich Bhaer), Trini Alvarado (Meg March), Samantha Mathis (older Amy March (aged sixteen)), Kirsten Dunst (younger Amy March (aged twelve)), Claire Danes (Beth March), Christian Bale (Laurie), Eric Stoltz (John Brooke), John Neville (Mr Laurence), Mary Wickes (aunt March), Susan Sarandon ('Marmee' Mrs March), Florence Paterson (Hannah), Robin Collins (carriage boy), Corrie Clark (Belle Gardiner), Rebecca Toolan (Mrs Gardiner), Curt Willington (red haired young man), Billie Pleffer, Louella Pleffer (naughty girl), Janne Mortil (Sally Moffat), Sarah Strange, Ahnee Boyce (Sally's friend), Michele Goodger (Hortense), Marco Roy (Mr Parker), A.J. Unger (Ned Moffat), Janie Woods-Morris, Patricia Leith (Boston matron), Christine Lippa (Mrs Hummel), Kristina West, Nicole Babuick, Jenna Percy (one of Hummel children), Alan Robertson (Dr Bangs), Mar Andersons (Fred Vaughn), Cameron Labine (Averill), Matthew Walker (Mr March), Bethoe Shirkoff (art teacher), Marilyn Norry (Mrs Kirk), Andrea Libman (Kitty Kirk), Tegan Moss (Minnie Kirk), Janet Craig (Miss Norton), Beverley Elliott (Irish maid), James Leard, Charles Baird (office worker), Jay Brazeau (Dashwood), Demetri Goritsas (Bhaer's student), Kate Robbins (opera singer 'Leila'), David Adams (opera singer 'Nadir'), Donal Logue (Jacob Mayer), Scott Bellis (John McCracken), John C. Shaw (Charles Botts), Irene Miscisco (French maid), Peter Haworth (male secretary), Natalie Friisdahl, Kristy Friisdahl (Daisy), Bryan Finn, Sean Finn (Demi)