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The Awakening (Original title)
Dates: 2011 (Copyright), June 2010 (Production), 11 November 2011 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, France

Director: Nick Murphy

Synopsis: Supernatural thriller. In the 1921, a London-based debunker of paranormal phenomena agrees to visit a remote school in the north of England where some boys have allegedly been frightened to death by a ghost, of which there is certain photographic evidence. Her investigation leads her into a realm of mystery and haunting, and she finds her own past has some bearing on the situation at the school.

Genres:
Horror, Thriller

Subjects:
Ghosts, Boarding schools
Releases
Date: 11 November 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 106 mins 32 secs - Length: 9588 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: StudioCanal Limited
Date: 11 November 2011Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 106 mins 32 secs - Dialogue (original): English

Credits (192)
©: StudioCanal, ©: BBC, An Origin Pictures production: Origin Pictures, Supported by: The National Lottery through Creative Scotland, Developed by: BBC, Presents: Studio Canal Features, Presents: BBC Films, [Presented] In association with: Creative Scotland, LipSync Productions, Executive Producer: Jenny Borgars, Executive Producer: Will Clarke, Executive Producer: Olivier Courson, Executive Producer: Norman Merry, Executive Producer: Joe Oppenheimer, Executive Producer: Carole Sheridan, Produced by: David M. Thompson, Produced by: Sarah Curtis, Produced by: Julia Stannard, Co-producer: Joanie Blaikie, Associate Producer: Ed Rubin, Senior Production Executive: Katie Goodson, Nicola Hill, Development Executive: Zander Levy, Production Assistant: Neeral Patel, Legal Services: Billy Hinshelwood, Production Executive: Jane Hawley, Legal & Business Affairs Manager: Livy Sandler, Development Editor: Ed Wethered, Production & Delivery Co-ordinator: James Buckler, Development Executive: Leslie Finlay, Production Manager: Emma Pike, Production Co-ordinator: Jenny Williams, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Andrew Surry, Production Accountant: Peter Eardley, Post-production Accountant: Tarn Harper, Assistant Accountant: Jacqueline McBride, Post-production Assistant Accountant: Tina Ellis, Post-production Supervisor: Alistair Hopkins, Production Runner: Steven Moore, Rushes Runner: Alexander Brodie, Rushes Runner: Jamie Gavin, Rushes Runner: Olivia Gifford, Alfredo Matallana, Floor Runner: Ashley McFarlane, 1st Assistant Director: Toby Ford, 2nd Assistant Director: Alison Goring, 3rd Assistant Director: Christian Otty, Director's Assistant (Scotland): Lucy Cargill, Script Supervisor: Lucy Enfield, Screenplay: Stephen Volk, Screenplay: Nick Murphy, Director of Photography: Eduard Grau, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Pau Esteve Birba, Aerial Photographer: PDG Helicopters, Aerial Camera Operator: Dave McKay, Camera Operator: Pau Esteve Birba, Camera Operator: Eduard Grau, Steadicam Operator: Paul Edwards, Steadicam Operator: Peter Robertson, Steadicam Operator: Mike Scott, 1st Assistant Camera: Derrick Peters, 1st Assistant Camera: Robert Dibble, 2nd Assistant Camera: Maite Sánchez Astiz, Standby Costume: John Laurie, Camera Trainee: Chris Hayden, Standby Costume: Harriet Edmonds, Camera Trainee: Claire Fraser, Costume Construction: Lyndie Macintyre, Costume Trainee: Elizabeth Pittok, Molly Rae Withers, Lighting Gaffer: Andrew Duncan, David Tyler, Best Boy: Keith Hunt, Electrician: Ray Brown, Electrician: Kevin Robertson, Electrician: Martin Palmer, Grip: Rupert Lloyd-Parry, Grip: Tony Sankey, Grip: Robert Etherson, Grip: Mark Morley, Video Assist: Alasdair Boyce, Stills Photographer: Alex Bailey, Period Stills Photographer: Tom Miller, Executive Visual Effects Supervisor: Sean H. Farrow, Head of Visual Effects: Stefan Drury, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Lucy Tanner, Digital Compositor: Simon Leech, Digital Compositor: Emelie Nilsson, Digital Compositor: Angela Rose, David Sjodin, Special Effects: Neal Champion, Special Effects: SFX GB, Graphics: Susan Collin, Graphics: Catherine Carruthers, Standby Rigger: David Berry, Senior Systems Engineer: Jon Stanley, Systems Engineer: Daniel Spain, Film Editor: Victoria Boydell, Assistant Editor: Lea Morement, Post Production Delivery: Alexandra Montgomery, Production Designer: Jon Henson, Supervising Art Director: Nicola McCallum, Art Director: Fiona Gavin, Standby Art Director: Kara Ramsay, Set Decorator: Bobby Wischhusen-Hayes, Draughtswoman: Fiona Dickson, Storyboard Artist: Neil Maguire, Production Buyer: Claire Pidgeon, Prop Master (London): Chris Chandler, Prop Master (Scotland): Jim Elliott, Property Hand: Alan Harley, Paul McNamara, Standby Props: Matt Mooney, Allan Henderson, Props Driver: Robert Ward, Dressing Props (London): Mark Billingham, Gary Martin, Art Department Assistant: Helen Allingham, Construction Manager: Derek Fraser, Supervising Painter: Paul Curren, Painter: George McKay, Painter: Sam Curren, Painter: Iain Geddes, Plasterer: Daniel Oji, Charge Hand: Colin Fraser, Standby Carpenter (England): Tom Walker, Standby Carpenter (Scotland): Colin MacInnes, Carpenter: Brian Boyne, Carpenter: Peter Knotts, Carpenter: James McCallum, Carpenter: David Richmond, Carpenter: Mark White, Costume Designer: Caroline Harris, Costume Designer: Caroline Harris, Assistant Costume Designer: Graham Hunter, Costume Supervisor: Anna Lau, Make-Up and Hair Designer: Daniel Phillips, Hair & Make-Up Supervisor: Tapio Salmi, Make-up Artist: Julie Keenan, Titles & Credits: Peter Anderson Studio, Digital Grading by: LipSync Post, Senior Post Producer: Lisa Jordan, Colourist: Stuart Fyvie, DI Supervisor: James Clarke, Online Editor: Scott Goulding, Senior D-Lab Operator: Daniel Tomlinson, D-Lab Operator: Chris Bentley, Diana Vasquez, Digital RestorationTechnician: Alberto Buron, Technical Support: Scott MacBeth, Technical Support: Rob Ackerman, Ritchie Ferguson, Post-production Engineer: Linden Brownbill, Music: Daniel Pemberton, Solo Viola: Helen Kaminga, Solo Soprano: Jennifer Bern, Music Performed by: The Crouch End Festival Chorus, [Orchestra] Leader: Stephanie Gonley, [Music] Directed by: David Temple, Score Orchestrated & Conducted by: Andrew Skeet, Music Supervisor: Alison Wright, Music Co-ordinator: Gareth Griffiths, Score Produced by: Daniel Pemberton, Score Recorded & Mixed by: Andrew Dudman, Score Recorded & Mixed at: Abbey Road Studios, [Score Recording & Mixing] Assistant: Gordon Davidson, Musicians' Contractor: Cool Music Ltd, Music Services Provided by: Air Edel Associates Ltd, Cool Music Ltd, Production Sound Mixer: Colin Nicolson, Sound by: LipSync Post, Sound Maintenance Engineer: Colin Gregory, Sound Trainee: Andy Walsh, Sound Trainee (London): Garry Davis, Re-recording Mixer: Paul Cotterell, Dialogue and ADR Editor: Ian Wilkinson, Sound Effects Designer: James Harrison, ADR Mixer: Mark Appleby, ADR Mixer: Paul Cotterell, Assistant ADR Mixer: Ben Tat, Yanti Windrich, Foley Artist: Rowena Wilkinson, Foley Artist: Sue Harding, Foley Recordist: Robert Brazier, Foley Editor: Ben Brazier, Health & Safety Advisor: Glynn Henderson, Unit Nurse: Paul Mortimer, Alison MacDonald, Unit Publicist: Ian Johnson, EPK [Electronic Press Kit]: Tracey Larcombe, Catering: The Real Spice of Life Ltd
Cast (11)
Rebecca Hall (Florence Cathcart), Dominic West (Robert Mallory), Imelda Staunton (Maud Hill), Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Tom), Joseph Mawle (Edward Judd), John Shrapnel (Reverend Hugh Purslow), Cal MacAninch (Freddie Strickland), Lucy Cohu (Constance Strickland), Shaun Dooley (Malcolm McNair), Diana Kent (Harriet Cathcart), Richard Durden (Alexander Cathcart)