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Barbie (Original title)
Date: 2023 (Copyright)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: Greta Gerwig

Synopsis: Comedy. Barbie and all the assorted Barbies live happily in Barbie Land, with their houses, cars and Kens. When a rift occurs between Barbie Land and the real world, Barbie and Ken become life-size and start exploring Los Angeles in the real world, which alarms Mattel's CEO and his team.

Genre:
Comedy

Subjects:
Barbie, Dolls, Feminism, Beauty
Releases
Date: 21 July 2023Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2:1Runtime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 21 July 2023Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2:1Runtime: 113 mins 54 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros. Pictures International (UK)

Credits (171)
©: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Production Company: Heyday Films, Production Company: LuckyChap Entertainment, Production Company: NB/GG Pictures, Production Company: Mattel, Presents: Warner Bros. Pictures, Executive Producer: Greta Gerwig, Executive Producer: Noah Baumbach, Executive Producer: Ynon Kreiz, Executive Producer: Richard Dickson, Executive Producer: Michael Sharp, Executive Producer: Josey McNamara, Executive Producer: Courtenay Valenti, Executive Producer: Toby Emmerich, Executive Producer: Cate Adams, Produced by: David Heyman, Produced by: Margot Robbie, Produced by: Tom Ackerley, Produced by: Robbie Brenner, Co-producer: Christine Crais, Associate Producer: Jennifer Lane, Warner Bros. Pictures Production Team (Senior Vice President, Physical Production): Jay Rosenwink, Warner Bros. Pictures Production Team (Senior Vice President, Post Production): Afnahn Nadia Khan, Warner Bros. Pictures Production Team (Vice President, Post Production): Tim Grover, Unit Production Manager: Michael Sharp, Unit Production Manager: Beth Timbrell, Production Supervisor: Craig Jamieson, Production Supervisor (LA Unit): Kerri Smeltzer, Production Supervisor (LA - 2nd Unit): Jason Habelow, Production Co-ordinator: Emma Hazell, Production Coordinator (LA Unit): Joanne Ramos, Production Controller: Gary Nixon, Production Accountant: James Broom, Production Accountant (LA Unit): Stacie Motobo, Location Manager (LA Unit): Robin Citrin, Post-production Supervisor: Jennifer Lane, Post-production Co-ordinator: Amanda Dudzinski, 2nd Unit Director: John Sorapure, 2nd Unit Director (Los Angeles): George Cottle, 1st Assistant Director: Josh Robertson, 2nd Assistant Director: David Keadell, Script Supervisor: Jo Beckett, Script Supervisor (2nd Unit): Aisling Hughes, Script Supervisor (LA Unit): Catherine Jelski, Casting by: Allison Jones, Lucy Bevan, Casting Associate: Olivia Grant, Casting Associate (US): Emily Buntyn, Written by: Greta Gerwig, Written by: Noah Baumbach, Based on 'Barbie' by: Mattel, Director of Photography: Rodrigo Prieto, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: John Sorapure, Director of Photography (LA - 2nd Unit): Ian Fox, A Camera/Steadicam Operator: Chris Bain, A Camera/Steadicam Operator (LA Unit): Dana Morris, B Camera Operator: Simon Finney, Digital Imaging Technician: Laura Redpath, Chief Lighting Technician: Lee Walters, Key Grip: Jac Hopkins, Stills Photographer: Jaap Buitendijk, Visual Effects Supervisor: Glenn Pratt, Visual Effects Supervisor (2nd Unit): Ben Loch, Visual Effects Producer: Nick King, Visual Effects Associate Producer: Nick Allen, Visual Effects by: FrameStore, Visual Effects by: UPP, Visual Effects by: Fuse FX, Chicken Bone FX, Special Effects Supervisor: Mark Holt, Edited by: Nick Houy, 1st Assistant Editor: Nicholas Ramirez, 1st Assistant Editor: Sam Hodge, Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood, Supervising Art Director: Dean Clegg, Supervising Art Director (LA Unit): Andrew Max Cahn, Art Director: Mark Swain, Art Director: Dave Doran, Art Director: Gregory Fangeaux, Art Director: Jo Finkel, Art Director: Joe Howard, Art Director: Emma MacDevitt, Art Director: Katrina Mackay, Art Director: Hugh McClelland, Art Director: Alex Walker, Art Director (2nd Unit): Nina Carroll, Art Director (LA Unit): Gordon Stotz, Assistant Art Director: Irene DiMarca, Assistant Art Director: Sonia Kasparian, Assistant Art Director: Jasmine Lean, Assistant Art Director: Laura Miller, Assistant Art Director: Claire Shakespeare, Set Designer: Milly Hanson, Set Designer: Jack Leather, Set Designer: Heather Rackstraw, Set Designer: Dan Warren, Set Decorator: Katie Spencer, Set Decorator (LA Unit): Ashley Swanson, Concept Artist: Eva Kuntz, Concept Artist: Paul Catling, Concept Artist: Kim Frederiksen, Concept Artist: Karl Simon Gustafsson, Concept Artist: Scott McInnes, Andrey Ryabovichev, [Production] Illustrator: David Allcock, Steve Forrest-Smith, Property Master: Steven Morris, Property Master (LA Unit): Angela O'Neill, Visual Researcher: Phil Clark, Construction Manager: Paul Hayes, Construction Manager: Will Stickley, Costume Designer: Jacqueline Durran, Assistant Costume Designer: Vivienne Jones, Assistant Costume Designer: Emily Bowen, Assistant Costume Designer: Eva Roelfs, Costume Concept Artist: Richard Merritt, Costume Supervisor: Charlotte Finlay, Costume Supervisor (LA Unit): Hope Slepak, Make-up & Hair Designer: Ivana Primorac, Make-up Department Head (LA Unit): Maha Mimo, Make-up & Hair Supervisor: Robb Crafer, Makeup Artist to R. [Ryan] Gosling: Victoria Down, Hair Stylist to R. [Ryan] Gosling: Marie Larkin, Hair Department Head (LA Unit): Clare Corsick, Main and End Title Design by: Teddy Blanks, End Credits Coordinator: Helen Beuselinck, Music by: Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, [Score] Orchestrated & Conducted by: Matt Dunkley, Music Supervisor: George Drakoulias, Score Produced by: Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Supervising Music Editor: Suzana Peric, Music Editor: Mick Gormaley, Score Recorded by: Peter Cobbin, Score Recorded by: Kirsty Whalley, Score Recorded by: Alejandro Venguer, Brandon Bost, Score Mixed by: Peter Cobbin, Kirsty Whalley, Choreographer: Jennifer White, Associate Choreographer: Lisa Welham, Sound Designer: Ai-Ling Lee, Sound Designer: Dan Kenyon, Sound Designer: Tobias Poppe, Sound Designer: Nia Hansen, Production Sound Mixer: Nina Rice, Production Sound Mixer (2nd Unit): Chris Ashworth, Production Sound Mixer (LA Unit): Robert Sharman, Re-recording Mixer: Kevin O'Connell, Re-recording Mixer: Ai-Ling Lee, Supervising Sound Editor: Ai-Ling Lee, Supervising Sound Editor: Dan Kenyon, Dialogue/ADR Supervisor: Brian Bowles, Dialogue Editor: Kate Bilinski, Dialogue Editor: Tyler Newhouse, Dialogue Editor: Tony Martinez, Sound Effects Editor: Chris Chae, Sound Effects Editor: Coll Anderson, Sound Effects Editor: Lee Salevan, Sound Effects Editor: Wayne Lemmer, Sound Effects Editor: Bruce Tanis, Stunt Co-ordinator: Roy Taylor, Stunt Coordinator (LA Unit): Ingrid Kleinig, Dialect Coach: Sarah Shepherd, Dialect Coach: Helen Ashton, Dialect Coach (LA Unit): Courtney Young, Unit Publicist: Stu Oakley, Digital Intermediate by: Company 3, Filmed at: Leavesden Warner Bros. 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Cast (82)
Margot Robbie (Barbie), Ryan Gosling (Ken), America Ferrera (Gloria), Kate McKinnon (Barbie doing splits), Issa Rae (Barbie president), Rhea Perlman (Ruth), Will Ferrell (Mattel CEO), Michael Cera (Allan), Ariana Greenblatt (Sasha, Gloria's daughter), Ana Cruz Kayne, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp (Barbie), Kingsley Ben-Adir (Ken), Simu Liu (Ken who can backflip), Ncuti Gatwa, Scott Evans (Ken), John Demetriou (Mattel executive 1), Connor Swindells (Aaron Dinkins, Mattel intern), Sharon Rooney, Nicola Coughlan, Ritu Arya, Dua Lipa (Barbie), Helen Mirren (narrator), Emerald Fennell (Midge), John Cena (Ken), Andrew Leung (Mattel executive 2), Will Merrick (young Mattel employee), Zheng Xi Yong (an even younger Mattel employee), Asim Chaudhry (warehouse employee), Ray Fearon (Dan at the FBI), Erica Ford (Skipper), Hannah Khalique-Brown (growing up Skipper), Mettenarrative (Barbie video girl), Marisa Abela (Teen Talk Barbie), Lucy Boynton (Proust Barbie), Rob Brydon (sugar daddy Ken), Tom Stourton (earring magic Ken), Chris Taylor (Ken emcee), David Mumeni (footrub Ken), Olivia Brody, Isla Ashworth, Eire Farrell, Daisy Duczmal (2001 girl), Genvieve Toussaint (young Sasha), Isabella Nightingale-Mercado (girl making weird Barbie), Manuela Mora, Aida Sexton (girl with Barbie), Millie-Rose Crossley, Anvita Nehru, Kayla-Mai Alvares (advertisement girl), Luke Mullen, Patrick Luwis (guy at the beach), Mac Brandt, Paul Jurewicz, Oraldo Austin, Benjamin Arthur (construction worker), Carlos Jacott, Adam Ray (policeman), George Basil (boutique owner), Ptolemy Slocum (corporate man), Deb Hiett (doctor), James Leon (life-guard), Oliver Vaquer, Tony Noto, Christopher T. Wood (businessman), Ann Roth (the woman on the bench), Annie Mumolo (anxiety mom), Elise Gallup (warning girl), McKenna Roberts, Brylee Hsu, Sasha Milstein (junior high friend), Lauren Holt (time mom), Sterling Jones (Mattel agent), Ryan Piers Williams (el esposo de Gloria), Jamaal Lewis (muscle beach guy), Kathryn Akin (doctor receptionist), Grace Jabbari, Ira Mandela Siobhan, Lisa Spencer, Naomi Weijand, Tom Clark (dancer)