Restoration (Original title)
Dates: 1995 (Copyright), 08 March 1996 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Michael Hoffman
Synopsis: Set in London in 1663 the story follows the rise to royal patronage of profligate physician Robert Merivel and his subsequent downfall when, in a marriage of convenience, he falls in love with the king's mistress. Stripped of his rank he goes out into the world and rediscovers his vocation working in a Quaker asylum.Synopsis: Based on the novel by Rose Tremain. Set in the reign of Charles II, tells the story of a profligate physician who loses his royal patronage when he falls in love with the King's mistress with whom he has contracted a marriage of convenience. Stripped of his rank and forced to leave the country estate he received on their marriage, he finds shelter in a Quaker mental asylum.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 29 December 1995Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 117 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 08 March 1996Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 117 mins Length: 10596 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1995 (Copyright), 08 March 1996 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Michael Hoffman
Synopsis: Set in London in 1663 the story follows the rise to royal patronage of profligate physician Robert Merivel and his subsequent downfall when, in a marriage of convenience, he falls in love with the king's mistress. Stripped of his rank he goes out into the world and rediscovers his vocation working in a Quaker asylum.Synopsis: Based on the novel by Rose Tremain. Set in the reign of Charles II, tells the story of a profligate physician who loses his royal patronage when he falls in love with the King's mistress with whom he has contracted a marriage of convenience. Stripped of his rank and forced to leave the country estate he received on their marriage, he finds shelter in a Quaker mental asylum.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 29 December 1995Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 117 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 08 March 1996Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 117 mins Length: 10596 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(122)
©: Miramax Film Corp., Production Company: Segue Productions, Production Company: Avenue Pictures, In association with: Oxford Film Company, Presents: Miramax Films, Executive Producer: Kip Hagopian, Co-executive Producer: Susan Merzbach, Supervising Producer: Garth Thomas, Produced by: Cary Brokaw, Produced by: Andy Paterson, Sarah Ryan Black, Co-producer: Bob Weinstein, Co-producer: Harvey Weinstein, Donna Gigliotti, Associate Producer: Mark Bentley, Avenue Pictures Executive: Sheri Halfon, Production Manager: Guy Tannahill, Nancy Rae Stone, Production Supervisor: Vincent Winter, Production Co-ordinator: Erica Bensly, Kelly Howard-garde, Supervising Production Accountant: Bob Blues, Location Manager: Sue Quinn, Post-production Co-ordinator: Nik Panic, 1st Assistant Director: Gerry Gavigan, 2nd Assistant Director: Paul Taylor, Richard Styles, 3rd Assistant Director: Gilly Case, Script Supervisor: Maria Apodiacos, Casting: Mary Selway, Patsy Pollock, Assistant Casting Director: Simone Ireland, Jina Jay, Extras Casting Co-ordinator: Clare Moseley, Screenplay by: Rupert Walters, Based on the novel by: Rose Tremain, Director of Photography: Oliver Stapleton, Cinematographer: Ian McMillan, Camera Operator: Mike Proudfoot, 2nd Camera Operator: Chris Tanner, Key Steadicam Operator: John Ward, Steadicam Operator: Peter Cavaciuti, Steadicam Operator: Jan Pester, Focus Puller: Dave Morgan, Focus Puller: John Jordan, Mark Moriarty, Steadicam Focus Puller: Keith McNamara, Clapper Loader: John Ferguson, Clapper Loader: Severin Woxholt, Miles Proudfoot, Gaffer: Alex Scott, Key Grip: Tony Turner, Stills Photographer: David Appleby, Digital Film Effects: Cinesite (Europe) Ltd, Special Effects Supervisor: Peter Hutchinson, Special Effects Senior Technician: David Brighton, Nick Middleton, Special Effects Technician: Stephen Hutchinson, Model Maker: Andy Nicholson, Matte Paintings: Westbury Design, Edited by: Garth Craven, 1st Assistant Editor: Laurie Mcdowell, Daniel Craven, 2nd Assistant Editor: Neil Williams, Kim Gaster, Production Designer: Eugenio Zanetti, Supervising Art Director: Alan Cassie, Art Director: Lucy Richardson, Art Director: Jonathan Lee, Assistant Art Director: Isabel Aguilar, Set Decorator: Eugenio Zanetti, Set Dresser: Marina Morris, Draughtsman: Andy Nicholson, Illustrator: Oscar Chichoni, Storyboard Artist: Jane Clark, Production Buyer: Jess Kitley, Props Master: Tony Teiger, Property Master: Brian Payne, Construction Manager: Andy Evans, Costume Designer: James Acheson, Assistant Costume Designer: Ann Taylor, Wardrobe Supervisor: Joyce Stoneman, Wardrobe Master: Alan Flyng, Colin Wilson, Chief Make-up Artist: Paul Engelen, Make-up Artist: Linda Armstrong, Ken Lintott, Special Make-up Effects & Prosthetics: Animated Extras, Chief Hairdresser: Suzanne Stokes-Munton, Hairdresser: Jeannette Freeman, Hairdresser: Lisa Tomblin, Ronnie Cogan, Titles: General Screen Enterprises, Original Score Composed by: James Newton Howard, Music Conducted by: Artie Kane, Music Conducted by: Rick Wentworth, Robert Ziegler, Orchestrator: Brad Dechter, Geoff Alexander, Music Co-ordinator: Maggie Rodford, Music Editor: Jim Weidman, Music Editor: Robin Clarke, Bob Hathaway, Music Adviser: Anthony Fabian, Choreographer: Quinny Sacks, Kate Flatt, Production Sound Mixer: Simon Kaye, Boom Operator: Tom Staples, Sound Maintenance: Taffy Haines, Re-recording Mixer: John Hayward, Richard Pryke, Supervising Sound Editor: Martin Evans, Dialogue Editor: Mike Crouch, Additional Dialogue Editor: Joe Illing, ADR Editor: Jim Roddan, Foley Editor: Leonard Tremble, Calligraphy Adviser: Gerald Fleuss, Period Medical Adviser: Ron Stenner, Unit Publicist: Linda Gamble, McDonald & Rutter, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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Robert Downey Jr (Merivel), Sam Neill (the King), David Thewlis (Pearce), Polly Walker (Celia), Meg Ryan (Katharine), Ian McKellen (Will Gates), Hugh Grant (Finn), Ian McDiarmid (Ambrose), Mary Macleod (midwife), Mark Letheren (Daniel), Sandy McDade (Hannah), Rosalind Bennett (Eleanor), Willie Ross (man with visible heart), David Gant (Chiffinch), Benjamin Whitrow (Merivel's father), Neville Watchurst (Latin doctor), Bryan Pringle (watchman), Roy Evans (fleeing man), John Quarmby (the chancellor), John Dallimore (the secretary), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (Mr Bung), Janan Kubba (pretty wench), Henrietta Voigts (female patient), Simon Taylor (2nd doctor), Selina Giles (fair lady), Susanne Mckenrick (dark lady), Nick Hutchison (Pinworth), Andrew Havill, Tony Gardner (gallant), David Ryall (Lord Bathurst), Philip Babot, Carol Blade, Ena Cohen, Jessica Cohen, Dylan Davies, Alex Edmonds, Jim Ennis, Stephen Fisher, Russell Gomer, Timothy Hext, Caroline Lamb, Philip Michell, Margarida Morini, Belinda Neave, Frank Rozelaar-Green (Whittlesea dancer), Wendy Griffith, Judy Herbert, Bernadette Iglish, Philippa Luce, Leonni Pallett, Joanne Redfern, Beryl St. John, Wendy Woodbridge (court dancer)