To Kill a King (Original title)Cromwell & Fairfax (Working title)Cromwell and Fairfax (Working title)
Dates: 2003 (Copyright), 16 May 2003 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, GermanyDirector: Mike Barker
Synopsis: During the English Civil War, Sir Thomas Fairfax, though aristocratic by birth, commands the Parliamentary armies in the Battle of Naseby. In the aftermath of the war, Fairfax finds himself caught between his loyalty to Oliver Cromwell and his love for his aristocratic wife Lady Anne with tensions rising between Fairfax and Cromwell when they disagree about whether to put Charles I on trial for his life.
Genre: Historical drama
Subjects: English Civil War (1642-1651), Battle of Naseby, Capital punishment, Charles I (1600-1649), Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
Releases
Date: 16 May 2003Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 102 mins 26 secs - Length: 9219 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Pathe Distribution
Dates: 2003 (Copyright), 16 May 2003 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, GermanyDirector: Mike Barker
Synopsis: During the English Civil War, Sir Thomas Fairfax, though aristocratic by birth, commands the Parliamentary armies in the Battle of Naseby. In the aftermath of the war, Fairfax finds himself caught between his loyalty to Oliver Cromwell and his love for his aristocratic wife Lady Anne with tensions rising between Fairfax and Cromwell when they disagree about whether to put Charles I on trial for his life.
Genre: Historical drama
Subjects: English Civil War (1642-1651), Battle of Naseby, Capital punishment, Charles I (1600-1649), Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
Releases
Date: 16 May 2003Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 102 mins 26 secs - Length: 9219 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Pathe Distribution
Credits
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©: Fairfax Films Limited, Presented by: FilmFour Limited, Presented in association with: HanWay Films Ltd, Presented in association with: Rockwood Edge, Future Film Financing, Production Company: Natural NYlon Entertainment, Production Company: Screenland Movieworld, [Production Company]: IAC Holdings, Corsan Productions, [International sales]: IAC Film, Executive Producer: Tony Miller, Executive Producer: Peter Watson, Executive Producer: Paul Webster, Executive Producer: Jeff Abberley, Executive Producer: John Chambers, Executive Producer: Tom Parkhouse, Executive Producer: Scott Karol, Executive Producer: Christopher Petzel, Executive Producer: Rudolf G. Wiesmeier, [Executive Producer]: Guy Collins, [Executive Producer]: Keith Cousins, Michael Ryan, Producer: Kevin Loader, Co-producer: Kathy Sykes, Associate Producer: Dougray Scott, Associate Producer: Bradley Adams, Executive Asst (for Natural Nylon Entmt): Kitty Stanbrook, Managing Director (for Hanway): Thierry Wase-Bailey, Chief Operating Officer (for Hanway): Stephan Mallmann, Unit Production Manager: Rachel Neale, Unit Manager: Tom Crooke, Production Co-ordinator: Francesca Castellano, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Wendy Zych, Supervising Production Accountant: Alistair Thompson, Sandra Nixon, Production Accountant: Linda Bowen, Post-production Accountant: Brigitte Ward-Holmes, Location Manager: Angus More Gordon, Location Manager: Simon Crook, Location Manager: Martin Joy, Location Manager: Emma Pill, Location Manager (Oxford): Steven Luker, Assistant Location Manager: Jonathan Hook, Finlay Pile, Post-production (Supervisor): Louise Seymour, Post-production (Consultant): Stephen Barker, Assistant to the Producer: Katie Bullock-Webster, Assistant Director (1st): Richard Styles, Assistant Director (2nd): Phil Booth, Assistant Director (Crowd 2nd): Candy Marlowe, Assistant Director (3rd): Carlos Fidel, Script Supervisor: Sally Jones, Assistant Continuity: Danielle Roberts, Casting: Sarah Trevis, Casting (Assistant): Lucy Bevan, Casting (Extras): 2020 Casting, Casting (ADR Crowd): Synch or Swim, Written by: Jenny Mayhew, Director of Photography: Eigil Bryld, Camera Operator: Philip Sindall, Steadicam Operator: Simon Harding, 1st Assistant Camera: Julian Bucknall, 2nd Assistant Camera: Tim Battersby, Clapper Loader: James Foster, Stills Photography: Laurie Sparham, Digital Visual Effects: Double Negative, DN (Visual Effects Supervisor): Charlie Noble, DN (Visual Effects Producer): Faye Mcconkey, DN (Compositing): Richard Briscoe, DN (Compositing): Nic Hodgkinson, DN (Compositing): Yoko Ishiguro, Alex Ireland, DN (Rotoscoping): Ciaran Crowley, DN (CG Artist): Peter Bebb, DN (CG Artist): Ina Hurst, Paul Franklin, DN (Visual Effects Editorial): Andy Hague, Jen Wood, DN (Scanning/Recording): Neil Miller, DN (Digital Matte Painting): Jim Bowers, Special Effects (Supervisor): Stuart Brisdon, Special Effects (Senior Technician): Mark Haddenham, Special Effects (Technician): Martin Geeson, Special Effects (Trainee): Robin Beavis, Model Maker: Duncan Mcdevitt, Luke Furlonger, Film Editor: Guy Bensley, 1st Assistant Editor: Steve Mercer, 1st Assistant Film Editor: Ben Renton, 2nd Assistant Film Editor: Michael Nollet, Heidi Freeman, Production Designer: Sophie Becher, Supervising Art Director: Chris Lowe, Art Director: James Foster, Standby Art Director: Julia Castle, Assistant Art Director: Paul Inglis, Set Decorator: Penny Crawford, Draughtsman: Charles Leatherland, Junior Draughtsman: Stephen Forrest-Smith, Scenic Artist: Andrew Garnet-Lawson, Scenic Artist: Howard Weaver, Scenic Artist: Russel Flint, Scenic Artist: Elaine Hagan, Storyboard Artist: Tony Chance, Costume Designer: John Bloomfield, Assistant Costume Designer: Ann Beverley, Costume Supervisor: Marion Weise, Wardrobe Master: Andrew Hunt, Wardrobe Assistant: Berenice Wright, Wardrobe Assistant: Tim Guthrie, Wardrobe Assistant: Gordon Harmer, Wardrobe Assistant: Vicci Clark, Wardrobe Assistant: Nick Roche-gordon, Wardrobe Assistant: Lee Croucher, Wardrobe Assistant: Phil Goldsworthy, Wardrobe Assistant: Georgina Gunner, Maedhbh McMahon, Make-up/Hair Designer: Christine Blundell, Make-up Artist: Kevin Alexander, Lesa Warrener, Make-up Artist for Mr Everett: Pat Hay, Prosthetics/Silicones: Animated Extras, Titles: AP, Opticals: Cineimage, Music Composed by: Richard G. Mitchell, Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir, Shakuhachi: Clive Bell, Music Conducted by: Nick Ingman, Orchestra Leader: Gavin Wright, Choir Master: Malcolm Archer, Score Arranged/Produced by: Richard G. Mitchell, Music Supervisor: Becky Bentham, Music Supervisor: Hot House Music Ltd, Musicians Contractor: Isobel Griffiths Ltd, Music Editor: Gerard McCann, Music Engineer: Steve Price, Additional Recording/Mixing: Loudwater Studio, Choral Sound Engineer: Jonathan Lane, Music Associate: Peter Whitfield, Sound Mixer: David Crozier, Sound Recordist: Colin Cooper, Boom Operator: John Casali, Re-recording Mixer: Peter Maxwell, Howard Bargroff, Mixing Studio Assistant: Kath Pollard, Supervising Sound Editor: Ian Wilson, Dialogue Editor: Twydor Davis, Dialogue Editor: Kant Pan, Effects Editor: Alistair Sirkett, ADR Mixer: Ted Swanscott, Foley Artist: Dianne Greaves, Foley Artist: Jack Stew, Foley Mixer: Ted Swanscott, Foley Editor: Trevor Swanscott, Stand-in for Mr Roth: Joe Lacey, Stand-in for Mr Scott: Kevin O'Brien, James Chasey, Stand-in for Mr Everett: James Linton, Stand-in for Ms Williams: Isabella Sabbagh, Horses/Carriages Supplied by: Steve Dent, Dialect/Voice Coach: Sandra Butterworth, Armourer: Rob Grundy, Armourers: Bapty & Co., [Unit Publicist]: Julia Finn, [Assistant Unit Publicist]: Nicole Gregory, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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Tim Roth (Oliver Cromwell), Dougray Scott (Lord General Thomas Fairfax), Olivia Williams (Lady Anne Fairfax), James Bolam (Denzil Holles, Speaker of the House), Corin Redgrave (Lord de Vere), Finbar Lynch (Cousin Henry), Julian Rhind-Tutt (James), Adrian Scarborough (Sergeant Joyce), Jeremy Swift (The Earl of Whitby), Rupert Everett (King Charles I), Steven Webb (boy at Naseby), Jake Nightingale (Captain Pride), Leonard Woodcock (young royalist prisoner), Thomas Arnold (messenger at Naseby), Sam Spruell (king's guard), Julian Rivett (Little), Richard Bremmer (Abraham), Melissa Knatchbull (Lady Margaret Holles), Patricia Kerrigan (Mrs Cromwell), John Paul Macleod (Richard Cromwell), Jonathan Coy (Digby), Mary Roscoe (Lady Whitby), Liam McKenna (guard at safe house), Louise Breckon-Richards (Tom's maid), Oliver Fox (The Earl of York), Magdalen College Choir Oxford (chapel choir), Neil Howman (doubter), Benedict Cumberbatch (royalist), Iain Rogerson (man at execution), Andrew Cryer (Whitehall messenger), Robert Sterne (Whitehall guard), James Puddephatt (merchant), Arthur Cox (Westminster Abbey priest), Bruno Muñoz-Rojas (Spanish ambassador), Ella Barker (Molly Fairfax)