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The Deep Blue Sea (Original title)
Dates: 2011 (Copyright), 17 November 2010 (Production), 25 November 2011 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, Australia

Director: Terence Davies

Synopsis: In 1950s London, the wife of a judge flees her staid marriage to embark on a one-sided affair with a young RAF pilot.

Genres:
Drama, Romance

Subject:
Infidelity
Releases
Date: 25 November 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 98 mins 21 secs - Length: 8851 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Artificial Eye Film Company
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 98 mins 36 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (118)
©: Deep Blue Sea Productions Limited, ©: UK Film Council, Production Company: Camberwell, Production Company: Fly Film, Financed in association with: Fulcrum Media Finance, [Presented] in association with: Protagonist Pictures, Presents: UK Film Council, [Presented] in association with: Lip Sync Productions, Presents: Film4, [Presented] in association with: Artificial Eye, Made with the support of: UK Film Council Development Fund, The UK Film Council Film Fund, International Sales: Protagonist Pictures, Executive Producer: Katherine Butler, Executive Producer: Lisa Marie Russo, Executive Producer: Peter Hampden, Executive Producer: Norman Merry, Produced by: Sean O'Connor, Produced by: Kate Ogborn, Line Producer: Eliza Mellor, Head of the Film Fund: Tanya Seghatchian, Senior Production and Development Executive: Lizzie Francke, Story Editor: Jon Croker, Head of Production: Fiona Morham, Senior Business Affairs Executive: Geraldine Atlee, Head of Production Finance: Vincent Holden, Head of Business Affairs: Harry Dixon, Head of Production: Tracey Josephs, Head of Commercial Development: Sue Bruce-smith, CEO: Ben Roberts, Head of Sales: Charlotte Van Weede, Head of Acquisitions: Jeremy Baxter, Head of Legal and Business Affairs: Simon Osborn, Head of Marketing: Bridget Pedgrift, Managing Director: Louisa Dent, Head of Legal and Business Affairs: Jonathan Perchal, Acquisitions Executive: Ailsa Ferrier, Managing Director: Sharon Menzies, Head of Business Affairs: Alice Clough, Production Executive: Robin Guise, Production Executive: Peter Raven, Production Manager: Monique Mussell, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Sanjay Sharma, Production Accountant: Maxine Stanley, Unit Manager: Chris Johnston, Location Manager: Pat Karam, Post-production Supervisor: Shuna Frood, Post-producer for LipSync Post: Aileen McIntosh, 1st Assistant Director: Anthony Wilcox, 2nd Assistant Director: Chris Croucher, 3rd Assistant Director: Chris Foggin, Script Supervisor: Susanna Lenton, Casting Director: Jane Arnell, Voice Casting: Vanessa Baker, Adapted by: Terence Davies, Based on the play by: Terence Rattigan, Director of Photography: Florian Hoffmeister, Crane Camera Operator: Craig Feather, Focus Puller: Rupert Hornstein, Clapper Loader: Henry Landgrebe, Gaffer: Gary Varney, Rigging Gaffer: Tim Wiley, Key Grip: Dan Rake, Key Grip: Warwick Drucker, Stills Photographer: Liam Daniel, Visual Effects by: LipSync Post, Digital Effects Supervisor: Luke Butler, CG Supervisor: Sam Cox, Executive Visual Effects Supervisor: Sean H. Farrow, Head of Visual Effects: Stefan Drury, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Lucy Tanner, Digital Compositor: Sheila Wickens, Digital Compositor: James Elster, Paul Daiko, Special Effects Supervisor: Colin Gorry, Senior Special Effects Technician: Ed Smith, Special Effects Technician: Jonathan Wilson, Editor: David Charap, On-line Editor: Scott Goulding, Assistant Editor: Gez Morris, Production Designer: James Merifield, Supervising Art Director: David Hindle, Art Director: Sarah Pasquali, Set Decorator: Deborah Wilson, Graphic Designer: Kellie Waugh, Scenic Artist: Ian Cooper, Production Buyer: Deborah Wilson, Property Master: Peter Hallam, Construction Manager: Dan Crandon, Costume Designer: Ruth Myers, Assistant Costume Designer: William McPhail, Hair and Make-up Designer: Lizzie Yianni Georgiou, Key Hair and Make-up Artist: Sophia Knight, Titles by: LipSync Post, Digital Grading by: LipSync Post, Colourist: Stuart Fyvie, Film Processing by: DeLuxe (London), Originated on: Kodak Motion Picture Film, Music Supervisor: Ian Neil, Sound Designer: Tim Barker, Production Sound Mixer: Tim Barker, Sound Maintenance: Chinna Udenze, Re-recording Mixer: Robert Farr, Re-recording Mixer: Yanti Windrich, Dialogue Editor: Andrew Stirk, Sound Effects Editor: Gernot Fuhrmann, Foley Artist: Paul Hanks, Foley Artist: Ian Waggot, Foley Recorded by: Universal Sound, Foley Mixer: Phillip Barrett, Foley Mixer: Simon Trundle, Sound by: LipSync Post, Unit Publicist: Emma Davie, EPK [Electronic Press Kit]: Tracey Larcombe, Filmed with: Panavision Cameras and Lenses, DI Supervisor: James Clarke, Filmed at: 3 Mills Studios
Cast (15)
Rachel Weisz (Hester Collyer), Tom Hiddleston (Freddie Page), Simon Russell-Beale (Sir William Collyer), Ann Mitchell (Mrs Elton), Jolyon Coy (Philip Welch), Karl Johnson (Mr Miller), Harry Hadden-Paton (Jackie Jackson), Sarah Kants (Liz Jackson), Oliver Ford Davies (Hester's father), Barbara Jefford (Collyer's mother), Mark Tandy (Ede and Ravenscroft assistant), Stuart Mcloughlin (singing man in tube), Nicholas Amer (Mr Elton), Nick James (man singing in pub), Jane Giles (woman on tube platform)