Tom & Viv (1994)

Director:

Brian Gilbert

Writers:

Michael Hastings (play)
Michael Hastings (writer) ...
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Release Date:

2 December 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

For better, for worse, forever.

Plot:

In 1915, T.S. (Tom) Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood elope, but her longstanding gynecological and emotional problems disrupt their planned honeymoon...

Plot Keywords:

Philosopher | Flamboyance | Dysfunctional Marriage | England | Atmospheric

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Willem Dafoe	...	Tom Eliot
Miranda Richardson	...	Vivienne Haigh-Wood
Rosemary Harris	...	Rose Haigh-Wood
Tim Dutton	...	Maurice Haigh-Wood
Nickolas Grace	...	Bertrand Russel
Geoffrey Bayldon	...	Harwent
Clare Holman	...	Louise Purdon
Philip Locke	...	Charles Haigh-Wood
Joanna McCallum	...	Virginia Woolf
Joseph O'Conor	...	Bishop of Oxford
John Savident	...	Sir Frederick Lamb
Michael Attwell	...	W.I. Janes
Sharon Bower	...	Secretary
Linda Spurrier	...	Edith Sitwell
Roberta Taylor	...	Ottoline Morrell
Christopher Baines	...	Verger
Anna Chancellor	...	Woman
John Clegg	...	Second Man
James Greene	...	Dr. Cyriax
Lou Hirsch	...	Captain Todd
Edward Holmes	...	Telegraph Boy
Simon McBurney	...	Dr. Reginald Miller
William Osborne	...	Curate
Simon Robson	...	First Man
Hugh Simon	...	Concierge
Derek Smee	...	Mr. Davis
Peter Stockbridge	...	Porter
Judith Sweeney	...	Nurse
Giles Taylor	...	Young Man

Directed by
Brian Gilbert

Writing credits
Michael Hastings		(play)
Michael Hastings		(writer) &
Adrian Hodges		(writer)

Produced by
Paul Colichman	....	executive producer
Miles A. Copeland III	....	executive producer
Harvey Kass	....	producer
John Kay	....	line producer
Marc Samuelson	....	producer
Peter Samuelson	....	producer

Original Music by
Debbie Wiseman

Cinematography by
Martin Fuhrer

Film Editing by
Tony Lawson

Production Design by
Jamie Leonard

Art Direction by
Mark Raggett

Set Decoration by
Jill Quertier

Costume Design by
Phoebe De Gaye

Makeup Department
Jan Archibald	....	key hair stylist
Sian Grigg	....	assistant hair stylist
Morag Ross	....	key makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sean Guest	....	first assistant director
James Haven	....	third assistant director
John Spencer	....	second assistant director

Art Department
George Ball	....	on-set props
Nicola Ball	....	assistant decorator
Alan Chesters	....	construction director
Fiona Daly	....	assistant art director
Martin Duffy	....	carpenter
James P. Foran	....	construction supervisor (as James Foran)
Colin Gray	....	swing gang
Danny Hunter	....	swing gang
John O'Shaughnessy	....	location props
Ken Perkins	....	swing gang
Mike Sotheran	....	painter

Sound Department
Kevin Braithwaite	....	sound trainee
Graham Daniel	....	sound re-recordist
Rodney Glenn	....	sound editor
Peter Glossop	....	production sound mixer
Steve Hancock	....	sound camera operator
Keith Lowes	....	assistant sound editor
Ray Merrin	....	sound re-recordist
William Trent	....	dialogue editor (as Bill Trent)
Martin Trevis	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Derek Langley	....	special effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Dennis Brock	....	gaffer
David Bryant	....	camera operator: "b" camera
David Budd	....	assistant camera
Neil Carr	....	on-set grip
Uinkar 'Bobby' Dhillon	....	clapper loader
Steve Evans	....	grip
Mike House	....	second grip
Ian Madden	....	electrician
Steve Roberts	....	generator operator
Sarah Rollason	....	camera trainee
Colin Vinton	....	electrician
David Worley	....	camera operator
Liam Daniel	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Donald Paul Pemrick	....	casting: USA

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Annie Crawford	....	wardrobe
Jo Korer	....	wardrobe
Simon Murray	....	costume props

Editorial Department
Philip Alton	....	first assistant editor
Melanie Viner-Cuneo	....	second assistant editor
Sylvia Wheeler	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Dick Lewzey	....	music mixer
Debbie Wiseman	....	musical director
Toby Wood	....	assistant scoring engineer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
John Smith	....	driver

Other crew
Stacy Bell	....	press attache
Lesley Cross	....	script supervisor
Rachel Cuperman	....	assistant to producer
Carol Fletcher	....	choreographer
Virginia Gilbert	....	production assistant
Linda Gregory	....	production accountant
Candida Marlowe	....	production assistant
Rachel Neale	....	location manager
Pam Oseransky	....	assistant to producer: USA
Fran Robertson	....	assistant location manager
Julia Ryan	....	production assistant
Amanda Stevens	....	assistant location manager
Michael Mendelsohn	....	financial consultant (uncredited)
Richard Morrison	....	title designer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• British Screen Productions (associate)
• Harvey Kass
• IRS Media
• Samuelson Productions

Distributors

• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Eurocine (Argentina)
• Miramax Films (USA)
• New Era Entertainment (UK)
• TriPictures (Spain)

Special Effects

• Ciné Image
• Film Opticals

Other Companies

• Grip House  grip and lighting equipment

Runtime:

Argentina:115 min | Sweden:126 min | UK:125 min | USA:115 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Iceland:L | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company:

British Screen Productions

Trivia:

Arnold Schwarzenegger was considered for the role of Tom.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Game-On: (#3.2)" (1998)

A powerful message about psychiatric injustice

This film demonstrates how easily the state uses the psychiatric profession to unjustly incarcerate citizens, with full permission of family members, and eventually the victim themselves.

The scene of the "mind police" taking Viv (Miranda Richardson) out of a restaurant in broad daylight, and her struggle that ends with pushing her purse into the hands of a friend as she is brought into submission, is heart-wrenching.