The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

Regista:

Justin Chadwick

Writers:

Peter Morgan (screenplay)
Philippa Gregory (novel)

Data di uscita:

29 febbraio 2008 (USA)

Genere:

Drama | History | Romance

Slogan:

The only thing that could come between these sisters... is a kingdom.

Plot:

Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.

Plot Keywords:

Tudor | Seduction | Historical Drama | English Court | Mother Daughter Relationship

Premi:

1 nomination

Recensioni degli utenti:

Sometimes the Truth is Stranger Than Fiction

Cast

Natalie Portman	...	Anne Boleyn
Scarlett Johansson	...	Mary Boleyn
Eric Bana	...	Henry Tudor
Jim Sturgess	...	George Boleyn
Mark Rylance	...	Sir Thomas Boleyn
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Lady Elizabeth Boleyn
David Morrissey	...	Thomas Howard - Duke of Norfolk
Benedict Cumberbatch	...	William Carey
Oliver Coleman	...	Henry Percy
Ana Torrent	...	Katherine of Aragon
Eddie Redmayne	...	William Stafford
Tom Cox	...	Rider
Michael Smiley	...	Physician
Montserrat Roig de Puig	...	Lady in Waiting
Juno Temple	...	Jane Parker
Iain Mitchell	...	Thomas Cromwell
Andrew Garfield	...	Francis Weston
Lewis Jones	...	Brandon Mark
Corinne Galloway	...	Jane Seymour
Alfie Allen	...	King's Messenger
Tiffany Freisberg	...	Mary Talbot
Bill Wallis	...	Archbishop Cranmer
Joanna Scanlan	...	Midwife
Brodie Judge	...	Young Catherine
Oscar Negus	...	Little Henry
Maisie Smith	...	Young Elizabeth
Daisy Doidge-Hill	...	Young Anne
Kizzy Fassett	...	Young Mary
Finton Reilly	...	Young George
Emma Noakes	...	Maid
Poppy Hurst	...	Poppy Hurst
Constance Stride	...	Mary Tudor
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Rebecca Grant	...	French Courtier

Regia di
Justin Chadwick

Scritto da
Peter Morgan		(screenplay)
Philippa Gregory		(novel)

Prodotto da
Mark Cooper	....	co-producer
Alison Owen	....	producer
Jane Robertson	....	line producer: additional shoot
Scott Rudin	....	producer
Faye Ward	....	associate producer

Musiche originali di
Paul Cantelon

Fotografia di
Kieran McGuigan

Montaggio di
Paul Knight
Carol Littleton

Responsabile casting
Karen Lindsay-Stewart

Scenografie di
John Paul Kelly		(as John-Paul Kelly)

Architetto-scenografo
David Allday		(supervising art director)
Matthew Gray		(as Matt Gray)
Emma MacDevitt
Kevin Phipps

Arredatore
Sara Wan

Costumi di
Sandy Powell

Trucco
Paul Gooch	....	makeup and hair artist
Suzanne Jansen	....	crowd hair stylist
Suzanne Jansen	....	crowd makeup artist
Barbara Olvera	....	hair stylist: Ms. Johansson
Peter Owen	....	wig designer
Lisa Pickering	....	makeup artist
Ivana Primorac	....	makeup and hair designer
Nikita Rae	....	personal makeup artist: Natalie Portman
Andy Seston	....	hair and makeup trainee
Heba Thorisdottir	....	personal makeup artist: Scarlett Johansson
Christine Whitney	....	makeup artist

Direttore di produzione
Tania Blunden	....	post-production supervisor (as Tania Windsor Blunden)
Mally Chung	....	unit manager
Rachel Neale	....	unit production manager

Aiuto regista
Paul Bennett	....	third assistant director
Bryn Lawrence	....	third assistant director
Olivia Lloyd	....	second assistant director
Alex Oakley	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Alexander Oakley)
Samar Pollitt	....	second second assistant director (as Sam Pollitt)
Deborah Saban	....	first assistant director
Joe Barlow	....	assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)
Dan Channing-Williams	....	third assistant director: crowd (uncredited)
Joey Coughlin	....	third assistant director: crowd (uncredited)
Chris Croucher	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Ben Dixon	....	second assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)
Henry Forsyth	....	third assistant director: crowd (uncredited)
Ben Harrison	....	additional second assistant director (uncredited)
Toby Hefferman	....	first assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)
Paul Mindel	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Paul Sacks	....	additional assistant director (uncredited)
Paul Sacks	....	assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)

Art Department
Ken Barley	....	hod plasterer (as Kenny Barley)
Mark Goodman	....	stand-by stagehand
David Haberfield	....	hod painter (as Dave Haberfield)
Katy Harvey	....	stand-by art director
Catherine Haugh	....	construction coordinator
Springer Horrill	....	property master (as David Springer Horrill)
Tom Martin	....	construction manager
Dan Maslen	....	storyboard artist
John McGee	....	stand-by carpenter
John O'Brien	....	hod carpenter
Alan Payne	....	graphic artist
Sui Rajakaruna	....	assistant art director
Claire Nia Richards	....	leadman (as Claire Richards)
Sophie Tyler	....	assistant set decorator
David Weller	....	stand-by rigger (as Dave Weller)
Penny White	....	assistant property mistress
Derek Whorlow	....	hod stagehand
Eddie Wolstencroft	....	stand-by painter
Giles Asbury	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Chris Cull	....	property master: additional photography (uncredited)
Laurent Ferrie	....	drapesman (uncredited)
Nick Gottschalk	....	art director: additional photography (uncredited)
Lee Hedges	....	dressing prop daily (uncredited)
Mark Hedges	....	dressing prop daily (uncredited)
Shay Leonard	....	props key (uncredited)
Niall Moroney	....	supervising art director: additional photography (uncredited)
Andrew Palmer	....	junior draughtsman (uncredited)
Stuart Read	....	dressing props: dailies, additional photography (uncredited)
Bill Thomas	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Remo Tozzi	....	set designer (uncredited)
Oli van der Vijver	....	props (uncredited)
Peter Woods	....	chargehand dressing prop (uncredited)
Jackie Yau	....	assistant buyer (uncredited)

Sonoro
Antony Bayman	....	adr recordist
Peter Burgis	....	foley artist
John Casali	....	sound mixer: additional shooting
Ed Colyer	....	sound mixer
James Corless	....	sound mix technician
Andie Derrick	....	foley artist (as Andi Derrick)
Gary Dodkin	....	boom operator: additional photography
Mike Dowson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Edwards	....	adr recordist
Michael Fentum	....	foley editor
Glen Gathard	....	assistant adr & foley mixer
Paul Govey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Arthur Graley	....	foley editor
Ashley Haller	....	sound mix technician
James Harrison	....	sound effects editor
Nigel Heath	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Midgley	....	production sound mixer
Chris Murphy	....	assistant sound: additional photography
Clive Osborne	....	boom operator
Julian Slater	....	supervising sound editor
Ian Wilkinson	....	dialogue editor
Harry Barnes	....	additional foley editor (uncredited)

Effetti speciali
Stuart Brisdon	....	special effects supervisor
Paul Clancy	....	special effects senior technician
Joseph Geday	....	special effects technician
Mark Haddenham	....	special effects senior technician
Steve Knowles	....	senior special effects technician
Ian Lowe	....	senior special effects technician
Terry Palmer	....	special effects technician
Nigel Wilkinson	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects
Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor	....	visual effects producer
Jonathan Attenborough	....	visual effects
Angela Barson	....	visual effects supervisor: MPC
Matthew Bristowe	....	digital lab producer: MPC
Stuart Bullen	....	digital compositor
Luke Butler	....	roto/prep: MPC
Jon Capleton	....	matchmove supervisor
Helen Clare	....	visual effects coordinator: MPC
Michael Elson	....	executive producer: MPC
David Gibbons	....	digital matte painter
Ben Gillingham-Sutton	....	paint and rotoscope artist
Ryan Hutchings	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Owen Jones	....	matchmove artist
John Leonti	....	visual effects
Begoña Lopez	....	digital lab producer: MPC
Marlin McGlone	....	data operative
Elliot Newman	....	digital artist
Tony Peck	....	digital compositor: MPC
Olivier Pron	....	senior digital matte painter
Ollie Rankin	....	crowd sim lead
Steve J. Sanchez	....	digital compositor: MPC
David Swift	....	digital matte artist: MPC
Neil Szymanski	....	data operative
Aaron Taylor	....	data operative: MPC
Adam Walker	....	modeller

Controfigure
Derek Lea	....	stunts
Tony Lucken	....	stunts
Gerard Naprous	....	stunt coordinator
Andy Butcher	....	horse stunts (uncredited)
Paul Hornsby	....	horse stunts (uncredited)
Paul Hornsby	....	horse wrangler (uncredited)
Lee Sheward	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Alex Bailey	....	still photographer
Robert Binnall	....	camera operator
Mark Clayton	....	gaffer
Russell Diamond	....	dolly grip
Paul Donachie	....	camera operator
Jason Dully	....	second assistant camera
Russell Ferguson	....	first assistant camera
Ian Franklin	....	rigging gaffer
Dan Garlick	....	second grip
Nicky George	....	second assistant camera
Benny Harper	....	best boy electric
Peter Hawkins	....	head of department rigger
Rory Moles	....	HD technician
Daniel Nightingale	....	video assist
Alastair Rae	....	assistant camera
Alastair Rae	....	steadicam operator
Olly Tellett	....	first assistant camera
Ian Adrian	....	camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Steve Evans	....	grip (uncredited)
Steve Evans	....	grip: "a" camera, second unit (uncredited)
Steve Evans	....	grip: "c" camera (uncredited)
Mark Hadley	....	assistant camera trainee (uncredited)
Sam Kite	....	key rigging electrician (uncredited)
Glen Milner	....	video playback operator (uncredited)
Barney Piercy	....	camera operator: "c" camera (uncredited)
Barney Piercy	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Luke Redgrave	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit (uncredited)
Paul Snell	....	camera trainee (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sue Casey	....	costumer
Annie Hadley	....	chief pattern cutter
Helen Ingham	....	costumer
Joe Kowalewski	....	assistant costume supervisor
David Otzen	....	costumer
Debbie Scott	....	assistant costume designer (as Deborah Lynn Scott)
Sunita Singh	....	costumer
Clare Spragge	....	costume supervisor
Sheara Abrahams	....	costume trainee (uncredited)
David Bethell	....	costume prop (uncredited)
Barbara Brady	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Simon Brindle	....	costume props (uncredited)
Rob Brown	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Melanie Carter	....	costume maker (uncredited)
Sally Davis	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Caroline Fallon	....	costume production assistant (uncredited)
Oliver Garcia	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Rose Gardner	....	costume trainee (uncredited)
Vidya Krishnamurthy	....	costume assistant: additional photography (uncredited)
Linda Lashley	....	costumer (uncredited)
Charlotte Law	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Jane Law	....	costumes: Eric Bana and Ana Torent (uncredited)
Rachel Lilley	....	costume trainee (uncredited)
Martin Mandeville	....	costume coordinator (uncredited)
Stephen Miles	....	costume maker (uncredited)
Lora E. Revitt	....	junior costume assistant (uncredited)
Sharon Robertson	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Jackie Thomas	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Wyn Vaughan-Humphreys	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Michael Weldon	....	costume assistant: additional photography (uncredited)
Dominic Young	....	costume maker (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Matthew Bristowe	....	digital intermediate supervisor: Moving Picture Company
Hannah Godwin	....	post-production coordinator
Mark Neale	....	first assistant editor
Rob Redford	....	second assistant editor (as Robert Redford)
Ben Renton	....	second assistant editor
Jean-Clement Soret	....	digital colorist: Moving Picture Company
Faye Stevens	....	post-production coordinator
Lorene Dewett	....	apprentice editor (uncredited)
Hanh Nguyen	....	editor trainee (uncredited)

Music Department
Geoff Alexander	....	orchestrator (as Geoffrey Alexander)
Gary Chester	....	score mixer
Matt Dunkley	....	orchestrator
James Shearman	....	conductor
James Shearman	....	orchestrator
Graham Sutton	....	music editor
Youki Yamamoto	....	music programmer
Paul Cantelon	....	musician (uncredited)
Anne Pope	....	score consultant (uncredited)
Miroslav Vilímec	....	musician (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Gary Birmingham	....	transport manager
Jimmy Carruthers	....	transportation co-captain
Alan Emanuel	....	unit driver
Lee Isgar	....	driver: Scarlett Johansson
Roy Kirkman	....	driver

Altro personale
Sheara Abrahams	....	production assistant
Lorraine Bagshaw	....	locations runner
Linzi Baltrunas	....	location scout
Samantha Barber	....	script supervisor assistant
Samantha Barber	....	script supervisor: second unit
Mona Benjamin	....	production coordinator: additional shooting
Charles Bodycomb	....	armorer
Roisin Carty	....	dialogue coach
Francesca Castellano	....	production coordinator
Vicky Chapman	....	location assistant
Tom Crooke	....	location manager
Rebecca Davis	....	daily location assistant
Gayle Dickie	....	production assistant
Farnaz Donovan	....	assistant accountant
Isabelle Duvoisin	....	press attache: France
Caroline Fallon	....	production assistant
Elton Farla	....	unit medic
Paul Fischer	....	utility stand-in
Polly Fletcher	....	payroll accountant
Linda Gamble	....	unit publicist
Owain Gillard	....	liaison: film commission
Synnöve Godeseth	....	location assistant
Tania Gordon	....	crowd runner: dailies
Tanya Gordon	....	production assistant
Paul Harris	....	choreographer
Jo Harrop	....	assistant production coordinator: Los Angeles
Will Haynes	....	runner
Dan Hillsdon	....	assistant accountant
Emily Hobbs	....	set runner
Jérôme Jouneaux	....	press attache: France
Martin Joy	....	location manager
Nathan Kelly	....	assistant: Mr. Rudin
Rowan Laidlaw	....	assistant to co-producer
Jennifer Lambert	....	nurse
Jamie Lengyel	....	location manager: additional photography
Sandrine Loisy	....	set production assistant: Dailies
Jill McCullough	....	dialect coach
James McGrady	....	floor runner: additional photography
Louise Melzack	....	locations runner
Sanaz Missaghian	....	assistant production coordinator
Camilla Naprous	....	assistant horse master
Gerard Naprous	....	horse master
Finlay Pile	....	assistant location manager: additional photography
Holly Pullinger	....	accommodation coordinator
Gill Raddings	....	animal handler
Matthieu Rey	....	press attache: France
Lee Robertson	....	assistant location manager
Isaac Sananes	....	assistant accountant
Marianne Savoye	....	adaptation: French version
Keleigh Slaight	....	production coordinator: Studio
Jayne Spooner	....	script supervisor
Kelly Taylor-Dias	....	assistant production coordinator: additional photography
Rebecca Wolf	....	assistant accountant
Alex Molden	....	production runner: additional photography (uncredited)
Anna Turner	....	locations runner (uncredited)

Production Companies

• BBC Films
• Focus Features
• Relativity Media
• Ruby Films
• Scott Rudin Productions

Distributors

• Blue Sky Media (2008) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Broadmedia Studios (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• EDKO Film (2008) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Focus Features (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Imagem Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (all media)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch Distribution (2008) (France) (theatrical)

Effetti speciali

• Moving Picture Company (MPC) (visual effects) (as DifitalFilm Tree)

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• Ann Koska / Sally King  extras casting
• Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra  music performed by
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Guild of British Camera Technicians  
• Hackenbacker Audio Post Production  sound post-production
• L. V. T.  subtitles: French version
• Mobile Mouthful  catering
• Moving Picture Company (MPC)  titles and digital grading
• Natural Addiction  craft service
• Panavision UK  Panavision Genesis HD Camera provided by
• Set Meals  catering
• Shepperton Studios  sound re-recorded at
• Synxspeed  post-production facilities (foreign dub)
• Synxspeed  sound post-production (foreign dub)
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Alias:

Altra donna del re, L' (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual content and some violent images.

Durata:

115 min

Nazionalità:

USA | UK

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Divieti:

Singapore:NC-16 | Ireland:15A | Canada:G (Québec) | Germany:12 | Brazil:14 | South Korea:15 | Taiwan:PG-12 | UK:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43291) | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:M | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-7 | Australia:M | France:U

Luoghi delle riprese:

Bath, Somerset, England, UK

Company:

BBC Films

Curiosità:

At the outset of their relationship with Henry, the movie characterizes Mary as being innocent and morally upright. Actually, she had spent time in France, was reputed to have had several affairs. One of Henry's reasons for not wanting her except as a consort is that she was regarded as a "whore".

Errori:

Factual errors: Details of some historical characters and events have been changed to fit the dramatic narrative.

Citazioni:

Anne Boleyn: [on Mary's wedding night] You afraid?
Mary Boleyn: A little.
Anne Boleyn: I should be able to tell you how it will be tonight; give you advice on what to do. I failed you as an elder sister.
Mary Boleyn: No one could wish for a better sister.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-03-01)" (2008)

Colonna sonora:

Westron Wynde

Sometimes the Truth is Stranger Than Fiction

A quick glimpse at the Tudor family line on Wikipedia will yield hundreds of years of made-for-movie material, but none quite as compelling as the story of Anne Boleyn. Pair a classic story with airy language, beautiful sets and costumes, and some A-list names and you have Oscar magic in the making. Right? Well, not always. We've seen it before and we're not necessarily impressed with royalty anymore. The Other Boleyn Girl offers new perspectives and dramatic angles on the saga of wives that is Henry VIII's legacy, but nearly drowns in melodrama.

And it's not entirely the movie's fault. Boleyn Girl follows the story of both Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson) Boleyn and their relationship with the English court. King Henry VIII (Eric Bana) has trouble producing a male heir, so the Boleyn family offers their daughter Anne to bed. When Henry has a hunting accident due to Anne's carelessness, he is nursed and subsequently charmed by innocent Mary. But Mary is already married, so the King promotes her husband and sends the couple to court where he can meet with Mary whenever he pleases. Mary falls in love with Henry and becomes his mistress. Anne, the elder sister, is scorned by what she believes is her sister's ultimate betrayal, and plots revenge. The two continue on in these roles for some time, swapping places in bed with Henry and spurting out babies while their relatives egg them on. This isn't quite how things went down in reality, but the changes are minor and seem necessary to condense the timeline and create at least one sympathetic character.

The Other Boleyn Girl fares best when it's exploring the relationship between Anne and Mary. This isn't the first story of sister rivalry, but the dynamic between Anne and Mary is extraordinarily well-played. Their previous roles and their public images make Portman and Johansson perfect fits. We believe Portman to be intelligent and coy, and Johansson to be naive and desired. More - we believe these roles might be easily reversed. As sisters, their relationship is deeply disturbing: they love each other, they hate each other, they're unable to escape the expectations placed upon them by their family. As an older sister (with an admittedly not-as-screwed-up relationship), I found this portrayal very realistic - rich with emotion and complex meaning.

I wish I could say the rest of the movie was as artful. There's constant allusion and foreshadowing to the Boleyn demise through use of visual and editing metaphors. If some details were twisted, other details might have been cut out - too many tear-filled scenes means that this eventually feels like a soap opera. At one point in the movie, Anne is sent off to France and comes back wearing a very distracting "B" charm, which she sports until the end of the movie. When I finally finished inventing what else "B" might stand for (besides Boleyn, there are plenty of other fits), I wondered about Anne's character. She's now praised as being changed and thus back in play, but I don't see it - she was smart and ambitious before, and only gained a bit of wit during her trip to France - certainly not the drastic change everyone seemed to be making it out to be. There are some very poorly done scenes where supporting cast spell out the politics of the situation for you. This is a little condescending and probably unnecessary, if not repetitive. The costumes are beautiful, but the matching dresses become unbelievable and even plain in places. PETA must have a field day with this movie and its use of fur and meat. You won't get to see Scarlett Johansson naked in this movie, in case you were wondering - just lots of fuzzy sex montages, weirdly full of backlit hair and fur. Katherine of Aragon (Henry VIII's first wife) is given some of the most powerful lines in the movie, but they're delivered with such woodenness that my disappointment must be made known.

The Other Boleyn Girl could be so much more. As a hyper-dramatic costume flick, it does stand out. There's more than meets your eye, and the costarring performances are not to be missed. There's a lot of material to cover in this story, but a simplified script would have helped keep this film farther away from melodrama. Especially with a true story as wild as this, there's not a lot that needs to be changed or added to grip the viewer. Any embellishments verge on destroying believability and creating situations we can't relate to.