Felicia's Journey (1999)

Director:

Atom Egoyan

Writers:

William Trevor (novel)
Atom Egoyan (screenplay)

Release Date:

24 November 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A lonely middle-aged catering manager spends all of his time studying tapes of an eccentric TV chef...

Plot Keywords:

Caterer | Flashback | Eccentric | Ireland | Boy

Awards:

5 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Bob Hoskins	...	Joe Hilditch
Arsinée Khanjian	...	Gala
Elaine Cassidy	...	Felicia
Sheila Reid	...	Iris
Nizwar Karanj	...	Sidney
Ali Yassine	...	Customs Officer
Peter McDonald	...	Johnny Lysaght
Kriss Dosanjh	...	Salesman
Gerard McSorley	...	Felicia's Father
Marie Stafford	...	Felicia's Great Grandmother (as Maire Stafford)
Gavin Kelty	...	Shay Mulroone
Brid Brennan	...	Mrs. Lysaght
Mark Hadfield	...	Television Director
Danny Turner	...	Young Joey Hilditch
Susan Parry	...	Salome
Claire Benedict	...	Miss Calligary
Jean Marlow	...	Mrs. Crimm
Sidney Cole	...	Ethiopian
Barry McGovern	...	Gatherer
Sandra Voe	...	Jumble Sale Woman
Leila Hoffman	...	Bag Lady
Bob Mason	...	Jimmy
Emma Powell	...	Clinic Receptionist
Julie Cox	...	Marcia Tibbits
Nicki Murphy	...	Lost Girl
Kelly Brailsford	...	Lost Girl
Polly York	...	Lost Girl
Gem Durham	...	Lost Girl
Kerry Stacey	...	Lost Girl
Laura Chambers	...	Lost Girl
Bianca McKenzie	...	Lost Girl
Ladene Hall	...	Lost Girl

Directed by
Atom Egoyan

Writing credits
William Trevor		(novel)
Atom Egoyan		(screenplay)

Produced by
Bruce Davey	....	producer
Karen Glasser	....	associate producer
Ralph Kamp	....	executive producer
Robert Lantos	....	co-producer
Paul Tucker	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Mychael Danna

Cinematography by
Paul Sarossy		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Susan Shipton

Casting by
Leo Davis

Production Design by
Jim Clay

Art Direction by
Chris Seagers

Costume Design by
Sandy Powell

Makeup Department
Miri Ben-Schlomo	....	hair assistant (as Miri Ben-Shlomo)
Miri Ben-Schlomo	....	makeup assistant (as Miri Ben-Shlomo)
Stevie Hall	....	hair designer
Morag Ross	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Ted Morley	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew Baker	....	second assistant director
Danny McGrath	....	third assistant director (as Dan McGrath)
David J. Webb	....	first assistant director (as David Webb)

Art Department
Malcolm Bensted	....	storeman
John Bohan	....	construction coordinator
Peter Dorme	....	draughtsman
Gill Ducker	....	production buyer
Paul Duff	....	stand-by carpenter
Heidi Gibb	....	art department assistant
Jo Graysmark	....	location art director
Bill Hargreaves	....	chargehand stand-by props
David Mears	....	stand-by painter
Brian Mitchell	....	stand-by stagehand
Steve Payne	....	dressing props
Graeme Purdy	....	property master
Pippa Rawlinson	....	art department stand-by
Bob Sherwood	....	stand-by props
Jan Spoczynski	....	draughtsman
Robin Heinson	....	chargehand painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Colin Baxter	....	associate sound effects editor
Eric A. Christoffersen	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Ed Colyer	....	adr mixer
Sue Conley	....	dialogue editor
Keith Elliott	....	foley recordist
Keith Elliott	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Harris	....	sound assistant
Peter Kelly	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Timothy Mehlenbacher	....	assistant sound editor
Steve Munro	....	sound designer (as Steven Munro)
Daniel Pellerin	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Pitt	....	sound maintenance engineer
Steve Pollet	....	assistant sound editor
Tim Roberts	....	adr editor
Brian Simmons	....	production sound mixer
David Drainie Taylor	....	dialogue editor
John F. Thompson	....	foley assistant
Rebecca Wright	....	foley assistant
Sharon Zupancic	....	foley assistant

Stunts
Colin Skeaping	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Sophie Baker	....	still photographer
Ian Buckley	....	grip
Chris Dale	....	camera trainee
Shaun Evans	....	clapper loader
Warren Ewen	....	electrician
Chuck Finch	....	gaffer (as Robert 'Chuck' Finch)
Stephen Finch	....	electrician (as Steve Finch)
Graham Hall	....	focus puller
Nigel Kirton	....	Steadicam operator
Brad Larner	....	Steadicam assistant
Simon Lucas	....	electrician
Billy Merrell	....	best boy
David Weller	....	stand-by rigger (as Dave Weller)
George Worley	....	generator operator

Casting Department
Alison Crosbie	....	casting assistant
Pippa Hall	....	casting: youth

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Debbie Scott	....	assistant to costume designer
Sunita Singh	....	wardrobe assistant
Clare Spragge	....	wardrobe supervisor
Clare Spragge	....	costume supervisor (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Michele Francis	....	second assistant editor
Chris Hinton	....	color timer
Lorraine Samuel	....	second assistant editor
Mark Sanger	....	second assistant editor
Mark Stokes	....	second assistant editor
Tai Zimmer	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Daniel Blackman	....	musician: viola
Frederick Chiverton	....	music consultant
Jimmy Duncan	....	composer: song "My Special Angel"
Bridget Hunt	....	musician: violin
Ron Korb	....	musician: flute
Andrew Lockington	....	assistant to composer
Clare Scholtz	....	musician: oboe
Ron Searles	....	music engineer
Ameene Shishakly	....	musician: clarinet
Stephen Stepanic	....	assistant music engineer
Angelique Toews	....	musician: violin
Kirk Worthington	....	musician: cello

Transportation Department
Tim de Malmanche	....	unit driver
Peter Devlin	....	unit driver
Willie Fonfe	....	transportation coordinator
Keith Horsley	....	unit driver
Ian Clarke	....	vehicle technician (uncredited)
Sean Thornton	....	picture vehicle technician (uncredited)

Other crew
Alison Bage	....	unit nurse
Naoise Barry	....	co-location manager: Ireland
Debbie Brodie	....	home economist
Neil Chaplin	....	production accountant
Marilyn Clarke	....	production coordinator
Andrew Cooke	....	co-location manager: Birmingham
Ira Curtis-Coleman	....	specialist video (as Ira Curtis Coleman)
Nick Daubeny	....	location manager
Penny Dyer	....	dialogue coach
Sammy Fonfe	....	utility stand-in
Anya Gripari	....	floor runner
Cheryl Leigh	....	script supervisor
Alison Odell	....	assistant to director
Alison Odell	....	assistant to producer
Sammy Pasha	....	assistant: Bob Hoskins (as Sammy Pascha)
Michaela Piper	....	publicist
Louisa Rawlins	....	production office assistant
Lyndy Rist	....	assistant accountant
Valerie Rosewell	....	assistant accountant
Mark Somner	....	co-location manager: London
Sophie Tucker	....	floor assistant
Simone Urdl	....	assistant: Mr. Egoyan
Sarah Walden	....	contact: London
Bonnie F. Watkins	....	assistant: Mr. Davey
Johanna Weinstein	....	title designer
Janet Willis	....	tutor
Andrew Rosen	....	production assistant: Alliance Atlantis (uncredited)
Simon St. Laurent	....	opticals: Film Opticals (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Alliance Atlantis Communications
• Icon Entertainment International
• Marquis Films Ltd.
• Movie Network, The (TMN)
• Screenventures XLIII

Distributors

• Eurocine (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2000) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Communications (Canada)
• Argentina Video Home (2001) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Arthaus Filmverleih (Germany)
• Artisan Entertainment (USA)
• BIM Distribuzione (Italy)
• Bac Films (France)
• EDKO Film (Hong Kong)
• Europa Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
• Filmes Lusomundo (Portugal)
• Herald Film Company (Japan)
• Icon Entertainment International (non-USA)
• RTL Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Effects Associates

Other Companies

• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• Action Cars  action cars
• Angels & Bermans  costume rental
• Artmedia Loops Ltd.  adr voice casting
• Busters Catering  catering
• Central England Film Commission  thanks
• Chris Stone Audio  archival music
• City of Birmingham  thanks
• Columbia Pictures Industries  sequence from "Salome" Courtesy of
• Deluxe Post-Production  post-production facilities
• Film Opticals  opticals
• Francont Film  negative cutting
• International Film Guarantors  completion guarantee provided by
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• Manta Eastern Sound Ltd.  music recorded at
• Marriott Harrison  legal services
• Movie Lot, The  security
• Movie Network, The (TMN)  produced with the participation of
• Near North Entertainment  insurance
• Newmarket Capital Group  production financing provided by
• Panavision Grips  grip equipment and cranes
• Renown Freight  freight
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Sound by DeLuxe  sound re-recorded at
• St. Mary's Church, Clogheen, Co. Tipperary  thanks
• Stena Line Ferries  thanks
• Telegraph Group Limited  thanks
• Town of Glanworth, Co. Cork  thanks
• West Midlands Police  thanks
• Willie's Wheels  facilities vehicles

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements and related disturbing images

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

Canada | UK

Language:

English | Irish Gaelic | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Brazil:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:L | Hungary:16 | Netherlands:16 | Mexico:B

Filming Locations:

Paddington Street Gardens, Marylebone, London, UK

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Quotes:

Felicia:Purity itself can surely wash the pain away.

Movie Connections:

References Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Soundtrack:

My Special Angel

A very fine performance from Hoskins; Egoyan trying something new.

Egoyan has disappointed me many previous times, although his "Next of Kin" remains one of my all-time favorite films. Not in a thousand years would I have expected a film like this from Egoyan. We've left Canada, for god's sake; a lovely country, some very talented and multi-talented people there, especially most -- it often seems to me -- of Hollywood's greatest actors and actresses. But to travel across the Atlantic -- Egoyan hasn't done that before. And this plot is character-driven (like "Next of Kin") -- and not always shouting at you "Hey, I'm a strange and brilliant director presenting all this odd stuff for you." Egoyan's penchant for films within films and pictures within pictures and other eccentricities don't distract,this time -- they remain, but much diminished, muted. And it works. Tremendously well, in fact. Families -- that's what Egoyan does best, what he knows most deeply -- how wonderful it is when they work, how deeply we need their sustenance. But how terrible, cruel, sometimes funny, but more often monstrous the effects parents have on their children in so many cases. Hoskins has been so great, so often before, can it really be surprising he's especially excellent here? A fine film; the old Peter Lorre film "M" comes to mind, his role somewhat comparable to Hoskins' here -- but many differences exist between these works. "Felicia's Journey" is amazingly beautiful to watch, idyllic at times; we see Felicia's inner and outer beauty first through our own eyes, then increasingly through Hoskins' character's odd lens. There's beautiful countryside to view. We have both hope and menace -- something slightly askew -- a spicy mix. The mundane, the commonplace are pleasantly present, but murder and madness hover very near. Entirely, hypnotically compelling; that's the best summation. And wonderful.