Cotton Mary (Original title)
Dates: 1999 (Copyright), 17 December 1999 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ismail Merchant
Synopsis: Drama. Cotton Mary is a middle-aged Indian nurse working in the Indian state of Kerala in the early 1950's, who claims that her father was a British army officer. She sees her chance to gain a footing in a colonial household when she begins working for the lonely wife of a BBC radio correspondent who is often away from home. Before long Mary has practically taken over the running of the house, having made sure that the wife's trusted servant is sacked.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 17 December 1999Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby SRRuntime: 123 mins 26 secs - Length: 11108 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: United International Pictures (UK) Ltd
Dates: 1999 (Copyright), 17 December 1999 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ismail Merchant
Synopsis: Drama. Cotton Mary is a middle-aged Indian nurse working in the Indian state of Kerala in the early 1950's, who claims that her father was a British army officer. She sees her chance to gain a footing in a colonial household when she begins working for the lonely wife of a BBC radio correspondent who is often away from home. Before long Mary has practically taken over the running of the house, having made sure that the wife's trusted servant is sacked.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 17 December 1999Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby SRRuntime: 123 mins 26 secs - Length: 11108 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: United International Pictures (UK) Ltd
Credits
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Co-director: Madhur Jaffrey, Copyright/©: Cotton Productions Limited, Presented by: Merchant Ivory Productions Ltd, [Funding]: Canal+, Universal Pictures, Executive Producer: Paul Bradley, Producer: Nayeem Hafizka, Producer: Richard Hawley, Associate Producer: Rahila Bootwala, Associate Producer: Gil Donaldson, Production Manager: John Scholz, Production Co-ordinator (India): Jayalakshmy Ramachandran, Production Co-ordinator (UK): Gillean Dickie, Production Co-ordinator (New York): Marla Shelton, Production Controller: Sunil Kirparam, Assistant Director (1st): Simon V. Kurian, Assistant Director (2nd): Suraj Varma, Assistant Director (3rd): Luke Jones, Rizwan Chowhan, Script Supervisor: Zoë Morgan, Casting: Celestia Fox, Written by: Alexandra Viets, Director of Photography: Pierre Lhomme, Camera Operator: Jake Polonsky, Stills Photographer: Seth Rubin, Editor: John David Allen, [Editor]: Roberto Silvi, Associate Editor: Jack Tucker, Giorgio De Vincenzo, Production Designer: Alison Riva, Art Director: Charmian Adams, Co-art Director: Suresh Sawant, Property Master: Amar Dogra, Costumes: Sheena Napier, Associate Costume Designer: Shahnaz Vahanvaty, Wardrobe Mistress: Urmilla Lal Motwani, Wardrobe Man: Ravi Pawar, Make-up/Hair (Key): Martina Köhl, Make-up/Hair (Additional): Lori Baker, Opticals and Title Photography: Peerless Camera Company, Music: Richard Robbins, Additional Music: L. Subramaniam, [Music]: Zakir Hussain, Conductor: Harry Rabinowitz, Music Arranger: Geoffrey Alexander, Music Engineer: Kirsty Whalley, Music Recorded at: CTS Studios (Wembley), Sound: Giovanni Di Simone, Boom Operator: Steven Sollars, Re-recording Mixer: John Hayward, Richard Pryke, Supervising Sound Editor: Nigel Mills, Dialogue Editor: Nina Hartstone, ADR Mixer: Kevin Tayler, ADR Editor: Robert Ireland, Foley Mixer: Kevin Tayler, Foley Editor: Peter Holt, Foley Editor: Robin Quinn, Original Soundtrack Available on: Milan Records
Cast
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Greta Scacchi (Lily MacIntosh), Madhur Jaffrey (Cotton Mary, 'Auntie'), James Wilby (John MacIntosh), Sarah Badel (Mrs Evans), Riju Bajaj (Mugs), Gerson da Cunha (Doctor Correa), Joanna David (Mrs Smythe), Neena Gupta (Blossom, Mary's sister), Sakina Jaffrey (Rosie, Mary's niece), Gemma Jones (Mrs Freda Davids), Firdausi Jussawalla (Mr Panamal), Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal (Wellington Hospital matron), Nadira (Mattie), Prayag Raaj (Abraham, Lily's manservant), Captain Raju (Inspector Ramiji Raj), Shobha Vijay (ayah 2), Surekha Sikri (Gwen), Laura Lumley (Theresa MacIntosh), Matteo Piero Mantegazza, Olivia Caesar ('Baba' MacIntosh), Cuckoo Parameswaran (Wellington Hospital nurse 1), Beena Manoj (Wellington Hospital nurse 2), Maggie Arthasery (Wellington Hospital nurse 3), Harshiya Rafiq (Mira), Vinnie D'souza (guitar player), Chinappa (tea worker 1), Ashok Koshy (tea worker 2), Shirly Somasundaram (ayah 1), Jaya George (ayah 3), Philip Tabor (Jack), Luke Jones (Charlie), Susan Malick (Bunny Rogers), Hamza (fisherman), Virendra Saxena (Joseph), Poornima Mohan (receptionist), Caroline Charlety, Ranjini Haridas, Gayatri Krishnan (stylist), Txuku Iriarte Solana (Sylvie D'Costa), Natasha Richardson, Helen ([originally cast])