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Bohemian Rhapsody (Original title)
Date: 2018 (Copyright)

Countries: USA, Luxembourg

Director: Bryan Singer

Synopsis: Biographical drama about the life and career of the singer and songwriter Freddie Mercury, lead vocalist of the rock band Queen, that focuses on the band’s rise to fame, Mercury’s pursuit of a solo career, the band’s Live Aid performance in 1985, and Mercury’s diagnosis with AIDS.

Genre:
Biopic

Subjects:
Mercury, Freddie (1946-1991), Queen, Live Aid, AIDS
Releases
Date: 24 October 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 134 mins 23 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 02 November 2018Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 134 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (181)
© (in the U.S. only): Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, © (in the U.S. only): Inc. Regency Entertainment (USA), TSG Entertainment Finance LLC, © (in all other territories): Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, © (in all other territories): Monarchy Enterprises S.a.r.l., TSG Entertainment Finance LLC, Production Company: GK Films, Made in association with: TSG Entertainment, Presents: Twentieth Century Fox, Presents: Regency Enterprises, Executive Producer: Arnon Milchan, Executive Producer: Denis O'Sullivan, Executive Producer: Justin Haythe, Executive Producer: Dexter Fletcher, Executive Producer: Jane Rosenthal, Produced by: Graham King, Produced by: Jim Beach, Co-producer: Richard Hewitt, Unit Production Manager: Jennifer Wynne, Production Co-ordinator: Adele Steward, Financial Controller: Neil Chaplin, Production Accountant: Fraser Grant, Post-production Accountant: Paul B. Gibbs, 1st Assistant Accountant: Alex Kerr, Unit Manager: Bobby Prince, Supervising Location Manager: Camilla Stephenson, Location Manager: Cat Ho, Location Co-ordinator: Rosie McArthur, Assistant Location Manager: Oliver Bradbury, Assistant Location Manager: Owen Hunter, Assistant Location Manager: Danny Potts, Assistant Location Manager: Philippa Sutcliffe, Post-production Supervisor: Miranda Jones, Post-production Co-ordinator: Scarlett Mulraine-Simkin, Archives Research: Camilla Wheeler, Paul Gardner, 2nd Unit Director: Sacred Egg, 1st Assistant Director: Jack Ravenscroft, 2nd Assistant Director: Joe Barlow, Crowd 2nd Assistant Director: Andrew Young, Floor 2nd Assistant Director: Sam Rook, 3rd Assistant Director: Claire Frayn, Crowd 3rd Assistant Director: Gianpiero Vannucci, Script Supervisor: Rowena Ladbury, Casting by: Susie Figgis, UK Casting Associate: Kirsty Kinnear, Screenplay by: Anthony McCarten, Story by: Anthony McCarten, Story by: Peter Morgan, Director of Photography: Newton Thomas Sigel, Director of Photography: Nanu Segal, Rina Yang, A Camera Operator: Peter Robertson, B Camera Operator: Hamish Doyne-Ditmas, Steadicam Operator: Peter Robertson, A Camera 1st Assistant: David Cozens, A Camera 2nd Assistant: James Thomas, Russel Torode, B Camera 1st Assistant: Alan Hall, B Camera 2nd Assistant: Guido Cavaciuti, Digital Imaging Technician: Dan Carling, Central Loader: Max MacGechan, Gaffer: Lee Walters, Key Grip: Gary Hutchings, Video Assist Operator: Steve Casali, Stills Photographer: Alex Bailey, Visual Effects Supervisor: Paul Norris, Visual Effects Producer: Tim Field, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Simona De Angelis, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Georgia Benjamin, Visual Effects by: DNEG, Additional Visual Effects by: Halo, Previsualisation by: Argon, Cyber and Lidar Scanning by: Clear Angle Studios, Motion Capture by: Centroid, Virtual Visual Effects Playback by: The Visual Effects Company, Special Effects Supervisor: Mark Holt, Special Effects Floor Supervisor: Manex Efrem, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Lucy Myers, Graphics by: Matt Curtis, Edited by: John Ottman, Associate Editor: Sascha Dhillon, 1st Assistant Editor: Danielle El Hendi, Visual Effects Editor: Russell Pawson, Visual Effects Editor: Phil Eldridge, Production Designer: Aaron Haye, Supervising Art Director: David Hindle, Art Director: Alice Sutton, Standby Art Director: Rachel Aulton, Standby Art Director: Claire Shakespeare, Assistant Art Director: Charlotte Hutchings, Assistant Art Director: Oliver Williams, Art Department Co-ordinator: Valentina Romano, Set Decorator: Anna Lynch-Robinson, Lead Graphics Designer: Julian Nix, Storyboard Artist: Douglas Ingram, Production Buyer: Krysia Whitty, Property Master: Terence Wood, Construction Manager: Jo Hawthorne, Construction Co-ordinator: Seamus Hawthorne, Costume Designer: Julian Day, Assistant Costume Designer: Shaida Day, Costume Supervisor: Sian Evans, Wardrobe Mistress: Yanika Waters, Make-up and Hair Designer: Jan Sewell, Crowd Make-up and Hair Supervisor: Renata Gilbert, Make-up and Hair Supervisor: Rebecca Cole, Make-up and Hair Artist: Charlie Hounslow-Smith, Key Hair Stylist: Julio Parodi, Wigs by: Alex Rouse Wig Co, Prosthetic Make-up Designer: Mark Coulier, Titles by: Matt Curtis, Laboratory: Kodak, Laboratory: Gauge Film, Colourist: Greg Fisher, Dailies Colourist: Doychin Margoevski, Finishing Editor: Tom Sugden, Gareth Parry, Film Stock: Kodak, Film Stock: Gauge Film, Colour and Finish by: Company 3, Additional Vocals by: Marc Martel, “Doing All Right” Vocal: Tim Staffell, Additional Bass “Another One Bites the Dust”: Neil Fairclough, Additional Piano: Dave Hartley, Music Supervisor: Becky Bentham, Assistant Music Supervisor: Gabby Thompson, Madison Westwood, Executive Music Producer: Brian May, Roger Taylor, Film Music Co-producer: Steve Sidwell, Supervising Music Editor: John Warhurst, Music Editor: Neil Stemp, Recording Engineer: Sam Okell, Music Mixing: Paul Massey, Vocal Coach: Annie Skates, Vocal Coach: David Combes, Vocal Coach: James Spilling, Vocal Coach: Ethan Popp, David Holcenberg, Movement Coach: Polly Bennett, Assistant Choreographer: Liam Luniss, Assistant Choreographer: Victoria Igbokwe, Claira Vaughan, Production Sound Mixer: John Casali, Re-recorded at: Twickenham Studios, Re-recording Mixer: Paul Massey, Re-recording Mixer: Tim Cavagin, Supervising Sound Editor: John Warhurst, Assistant Sound Editor: Louise Burton, Dialogue Editor: Jens Rosenlund Petersen, Sound Effects Editor: Alastair Sirkett, Sound Effects Editor: Alistair Hawkins, Sound Effects Editor: Andy Kennedy, ADR Editor: Jens Rosenlund Petersen, ADR Services by: Goldcrest Post Production Facilities, Goldcrest Post Production Facilities (ADR Mixer): Mike Tehrani, Mark Appleby, ADR by: New York Soundtrack, Soundtrack, New York (ADR Mixer): Mark DeSimone, Soundtrack, New York (ADR Recordist): Kristin Catuogno, ADR by: Shepperton, Shepperton (ADR Mixer): Linda Brenon, Shepperton (ADR Voice Casting): Vanessa Baker, Foley Artist: Peter Burgis, Foley Artist: Zoe Freed, Foley Mixer: Glen Gathard, Foley Mixer: Jemma Riley Tolch, Foley Editor: Adam Bourne, Stunt Co-ordinator: James O'Donnell, Stunt Floor Supervisor: Guy List, Mark Southworth, Dialect Coach: William Conacher, Animals Provided by: Stunt Dogs & Animals Ltd, Unit Publicist: Moira Houlihan, Camera Equipment by: ARRI Rental Services UK, Costumes by: Angels the Costumiers, Costumes by: Carlo Manzi, Costumes by: Movietone, Sophie Millard
Cast (43)
Rami Malek (Freddie Mercury), Lucy Boynton (Mary Austin), Gwilym Lee (Brian May), Ben Hardy (Roger Taylor), Joe Mazzello (John Deacon), Aidan Gillen (John Reid), Allen Leech (Paul Prenter), Tom Hollander (Jim Beach), Mike Myers (Ray Foster), Ace Bhatti (Bomi Bulsara), Priya Blackburn (Kashmira Bulsara), Dermot Murphy (Bob Geldof), Dickie Beau (Kenny Everett), Tim Plester (RT Baker), Jack Roth (Tim Staffell), Max Bennett (David), Felipe Bejarano (Brazilian crewman), Neil Fox-Roberts (Mary's father), Kieran Hardcastle (Heathrow baggage handler), Ross Green (reporter 1), Bruce Mackinnon (reporter 2), Joshua Higgott (reporter 3), Patrick Lally (reporter 4), William Owen (reporter 5), Michelle Duncan (Shelley Stern), Martin Oelbermann (German TV journalist), Ian Gabriel (hospital doctor), Matt Greenwood (young man at clinic), Royce Cronin (TV director), James MacLaren (A&R man), Andrew Bowerman (Smile audience member), Drew P (Live Aid organiser), Jess Radomska (Cheryl), Haf Gibson (Roger's girlfriend 1), Honor Hellon (Roger's girlfriend 2), Rosy Benjamin (Dominique), Leila Crerar (Chrissie), Katherine Newman (Veronica), Peter Howe (engineer at studio), Adam Rauf (young Farrokh (i.e. Freddie Mercury)), Philip Andrew (Mack), John Ottman (live TV director), James Wallace (technical director)