Deeply (2000)

Director:

Sheri Elwood

Writer:

Sheri Elwood (written by)

Release Date:

10 November 2003 (Mexico)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

All of life is salt water ... tears, sweat and the sea

Plot:

A reclusive woman's unpublished story about a curse, told to a grieving girl, turns out to be something other than a fairy tale.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Death | Play | Writer | Curse

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Kirsten Dunst	...	Silly
Lynn Redgrave	...	Celia
Julia Brendler	...	Claire
Trent Ford	...	James
Brent Carver	...	Porter
Alberta Watson	...	Fiona
Peter Donaldson	...	Dr. Stone
Tara Rosling	...	Rose
Anthony Higgins	...	Adm. Griggs
Jessica Turner	...	Marta Griggs
Gerard Parkes	...	Uncle Peat (as Gerard Parks)
Richard Davidson	...	Young Peat / Voice of Malcolm (voice)
Alexa Gilmour	...	Franny
Mark Day	...	Tough Hal
Daniel Brühl	...	Jay
Emma Smith	...	Silly - Age 3
Emma C. Bonang	...	Franny - Age 3
Molly Dunsworth	...	Silly - Age 6
Philip Arsenault	...	Peat - Age 6
Genevieve Tessier	...	Franny - Age 8
Anna Meira Greunig	...	Silly - Age 12
Edward 'Ted' Mills	...	Peat - Age 12
Cuchulain Flynn	...	Tough Hal - Age 12
Brandon McCarvell	...	Malcolm - Age 12
Linda Busby	...	Fisherwoman
Jeff Wagner	...	Clyde
Mary-Colin Chisholm	...	Beulah (as Mary Colin Chisholm)
Sarah Jane Blenkhorn	...	Girl
Tom Gallant	...	Bootlegger
Nicholas Lachance	...	Malcolm - Age 20
Lyz Plummer	...	Woman
Stacey Smith	...	Singing Mother
Orest Ulan	...	Priest
Glenn Wadman	...	Urban the Fisherman (as Glen Wadman)
Louis Benoît	...	Musician at Party
John Goodman	...	Musician at Party
John Dunsworth	...	Voice of Urban (voice)
Dan Duran	...	Radio Voice (voice)
William Fleming	...	Multi Purpose Male Voice (voice) (as Bill Fleming)

Directed by
Sheri Elwood

Writing credits
Sheri Elwood		(written by)

Produced by
Karen Arikian	....	producer
Carolynne Bell	....	producer
Vibika Bianchi	....	co-producer
Bess Fotopoulos	....	executive producer
John Hamilton	....	executive producer
Andres Jauernick	....	line producer (as Andrés Jauernick)
Stephen Reynolds	....	associate producer
Wolfram Tichy	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Micki Meuser

Cinematography by
Sebastian Edschmid

Film Editing by
Jon Gregory

Casting by
Clare Walker

Production Design by
William Fleming		(as Bill Fleming)
Shelley Nieder

Set Decoration by
Ian Berg

Costume Design by
Jill Aslin

Makeup Department
Jane Bevans	....	key makeup artist
Carol Doren	....	wig maker
Nisha Dubey	....	daily makeup assistant
Alden Hansen	....	assistant hair stylist
Amanda O'Leary	....	assistant makeup artist
Ingrid Ross	....	daily makeup assistant
Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil	....	makeup artist: Kirsten Dunst (as Jo-Anne Smith)
Andrea Streeter	....	daily makeup assistant

Production Management
Andreas Berndt	....	unit manager: Berlin
Vivian Hylton	....	post-production supervisor
Joe Thornton	....	unit production manager
Dirk Wilutzky	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jan Sebastian Ballhaus	....	first assistant director: Berlin (as Sebastian Ballhaus)
Michelle Fitzpatrick	....	second assistant director
William Fleming	....	second unit director (as William T.K. Fleming)
Stephen Reynolds	....	first assistant director
Tonja Schürmann	....	second assistant director: Berlin
Bruce Zwicker	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Mark Arnold	....	daily set dresser
Paul Bates	....	daily carpenter
Blair Bayers	....	daily carpenter
Trevor Benesch	....	daily carpenter
Jenni Blackmore	....	daily painter
Georgina Brown	....	daily props assistant
Marcel Caissle	....	carpenter
Donald Cantley	....	daily carpenter
Kelly Chamberlain	....	key scenic painter
Tom Cooper	....	lead carpenter (as Thomas Cooper)
Charles Corkum	....	carpenter
Rob Croll	....	daily set dresser
Daniel Delaquis	....	second scenic painter
Donard Dunfee	....	carpenter
Sean Emmett	....	daily set dresser
Bernard Faye	....	scenic painter (as Brenard Faye)
Wallace Fitzgerald	....	daily set dresser
Anne Fuller	....	property master
Ann Guitard	....	daily painter
Robert Hardiman	....	daily painter
Martin Jubisch	....	property master: Berlin
Kim Karon	....	assistant art director
John Keck	....	stand-by carpenter
James Kennedy	....	swing
Frank Knüttel	....	second props: Berlin
Bronwen Kyffin	....	daily set dresser
David Langley	....	painter
Michael LeBlanc	....	daily set dresser
Lauren MacNeil	....	daily set dresser
Peter MacWhirter	....	daily props assistant
Ian MeGettigan	....	daily painter (as Ian Megettigan)
Kelli Morehouse	....	second props
Leen Nette	....	daily painter
Tony Owen	....	co-head painter
Colin Paul	....	co-lead set dresser
Robert Rose	....	daily carpenter (as Bob Rose)
Jacques 'Pedro' Routhier	....	art department production assistant
Gordon Sangster	....	construction coordinator
Joseph Sangster	....	daily carpenter
Stefan A. Schiebel	....	daily painter
Bruce C. Shephard	....	construction administrator
Bruce C. Shephard	....	construction buyer
Heather Snider	....	daily painter
Karen Toole	....	co-lead set dresser
Michael A. Tully	....	daily set dresser
James Tumblin	....	co-head painter
Paul Williams	....	daily carpenter
Ward Frank Williamson	....	daily painter
Ken Winter	....	daily set dresser

Sound Department
Sue Baker	....	adr supervisor
Olaf Bretall	....	adr mixer: Berlin
Karl-Heinz Fabian	....	foley artist (as Karlheinz Fabian)
Hubert Henle	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby (as Hubert Haenle)
Klaus Hornemann	....	sound re-recording mixer: Germany
Jörg Höhne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jörg Höhne	....	sound supervisor
Luc Leger	....	adr re-recording engineer
Dimitri Médard	....	boom operator
Richard Nichol	....	production sound recordist
Robin Pohle	....	foley editor
Robin Pohle	....	foley recordist
Steve Pollet	....	adr recordist (as Steve Pollett)
Brian Power	....	adr re-recording engineer
Tim Roberts	....	adr sync
Tom Ruff	....	adr mixer
Günther Röhn	....	foley artist: Germany
Dominik Schleier	....	adr coordinator (as Dominik Kehl)
Dominik Schleier	....	adr supervisor: Berlin (as Dominik Kehl)
Dominik Schleier	....	dialogue editor (as Dominik Kehl)
Carolin Siegers	....	atmosphere editor
Trevor Swanscott	....	adr mixer

Special Effects by
Blair Bayers	....	special effects daily
Scott Chalmers	....	special effects first assistant
Annie Fuller	....	additional on-set special effects
Alan Gary Hodgkinson	....	special effects assistant
Laird McMurray	....	special effects coordinator
Andrew Munro	....	special effects daily
James Murray	....	special effects daily
Daniel E. O'Grady	....	senior technician special effects
Arnold Pentecost	....	special effects assistant
Pierre Ricard	....	special effects third assistant
Doug Snair	....	special effects daily
Shaun Whitford	....	special effects third assistant
Lawrence Willett	....	special effects technician
Jane Zenter	....	special effects daily

Visual Effects by
Thorsten Binte	....	visual effects supervisor
Petra Decker	....	animation supervisor
Michael Hosenfeld	....	animation artist
Thomas Mandl	....	visual effects coordinator
Andreas Mattijat	....	compositing artist
Thomas Mulack	....	digital visual effects producer
Markus Schneider	....	compositing artist
Nele Schürmann	....	digital rotoscoping

Stunts
Val McDow	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
David Albiston	....	director of photography: second unit (as Dave Albiston)
Angus Kenneth Beaton	....	daily electrician
Ian Bibby	....	director of photography: second unit
Jason Buxton	....	second assistant camera
Ian Cambell	....	best boy electric
Richard Colp	....	third grip
Jannine Corkery	....	camera trainee
Rob Eshelby	....	generator operator
Johnny Feurer	....	first assistant camera
Peter Fraser	....	daily grip
Matthias Gehrigk	....	electrician: Berlin
Guy Godfree	....	daily electrician
Braden Haggerty	....	underwater focus puller
Pauline Heaton	....	director of photography: underwater unit
Boris Heiland	....	best boy lighting
Chris Higginson	....	daily first assistant camera
Mark Hryma	....	camera operator: helicopter unit
Warren Jeffries	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Glenn König	....	key grip
Jeremy Mauger	....	best boy grip
Todd Murchie	....	underwater gaffer
Dennis J. Murphy	....	electrician
Michael Ottmann	....	electrician: Berlin
Josh Pelham	....	key grip
Jeff Petro	....	camera loader: helicopter unit
Thompson Rahr	....	daily electrician
Christopher Reardon	....	still photographer (as Chris Reardon)
Axel Renner	....	electrician: Berlin
Alexander Sachariew	....	clapper loader: Berlin
Jordan Schella	....	daily electrician
Jordan Schella	....	lighting technician
Dean Skerrit	....	camera operator: EPK (as Dean Skerret)
Rainer Stonus	....	gaffer
Andrew Tench	....	additional still photographer
Robert Zimmerman	....	daily first assistant camera

Casting Department
Sarah Bird	....	casting: UK
John Dunsworth	....	casting: Halifax
Sheila Lane	....	casting: Nova Scotia
Wolfgang Läubner	....	extras casting: Berlin (as Wolfgang Laubner)
Clare Walker	....	casting: Toronto

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Millie Breakspear	....	daily costume assistant
Charlene Corkum	....	daily costume assistant
Nirah Jordan	....	daily costume assistant
Helena Marriott	....	cutter
Ulrike Plehn	....	wardrobe: Berlin
Diana Redmond	....	daily costume assistant
Sian Morris Ross	....	assistant costume designer
James A. Worthen	....	costume set supervisor (as Jim Worthen)

Editorial Department
Jayne Belliveau	....	post-production assistant: Germany
Joachim Bierbaum	....	color timer
Gary Fluxgold	....	assistant editor
Heidi Heisuck	....	second assistant editor
Jennifer Macfarlane	....	post-production coordinator
Cornelia Miller	....	negative cutter
Mirjam Schwerk	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Berthold Bell	....	music consultant
Louis Benoit	....	musician: party music
Regina Elling	....	musician: timber flute and tin whistles
John Goodman	....	musician: party music
John Goodman	....	musician: party music
Willy Hoischen	....	musician: viola and violin
Gabi Lang	....	musician: celtic harp
Micki Meuser	....	musician: guitar and bass
Johannes Schiefner	....	musician: tin whistles and uilleann pipes
Torralf Schuh	....	musician: bodhrán

Transportation Department
Magnus Bimberg	....	driver: Berlin
Mac Day	....	transportation captain
Michell Desnoyers	....	driver (as Michelle Desnoyers)
Gerard Gagnon	....	daily driver
Neil Halverson	....	daily driver (as J. Neil Halverson)
Duncan Harper	....	daily driver
J.J. Joudrey	....	driver
Bob MacIsaac	....	head driver
Gerald T. Mills	....	daily driver
John Graham Patriquin	....	daily driver
Rodger Pike	....	daily driver
Brian Douglas Sears	....	daily driver
Dave Sloan	....	driver
John van Noord	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Noel Baker	....	story editor
Deborah Breeze	....	tutor
Georgina Brown	....	assistant: Lynn Redgrave
Karlie Chandler	....	stand-in
Shaun Clarke	....	location manager
Coralee Corkum	....	stand-in
Jennifer Crane	....	production assistant
Jamie Creaser	....	boat wrangler
Lioba Cremer	....	legal affairs
Jocelyn Cunningham	....	dialect coach
Tara Elwood	....	assistant to producer: Canada
Jason Finck	....	location production assistant
Walter Flower Jr.	....	boat wrangler
William Flower	....	marine coordinator
Michael Gray	....	boat wrangler
Neil Halverson	....	diver
Neil Halverson	....	marine assistant
Shauna Hatt	....	production coordinator
Angelique Jensen	....	stand-in
Genevieve Kierans	....	unit publicist
Brenda Kulvietis	....	accountant
Selena Landon	....	production assistant
Kevin Loagland	....	assistant caterer
Kim Lohnes	....	craft service assistant
Gary Messervey	....	security coordinator
Susan Morin	....	caterer
Jarrett Murphy	....	assistant location manager
Tolke Palm	....	assistant to producer: Germany
Becky Parsons	....	set production assistant
Micahel Pellerin	....	stand-in
Rosemary Porter	....	craft service
Alex Pugsley	....	creative consultant
H.J. Radau	....	legal affairs
Carrie Redpath	....	production secretary
Thomas Rietdorf	....	production accountant: Germany
Tom Savage	....	production assistant
Bruce C. Shephard	....	daily assistant locations
Blake Starratt	....	first assistant production accountant
Mark Stehli	....	location manager: Berlin
Claudia Sun	....	script supervisor
Rosa Umbach	....	production accountant: Germany
Jeffrey J. Wagner	....	boat wrangler
Thomas Wilk	....	title designer
Gernot Zeglien	....	location scout: Berlin
Jennifer Zimmer	....	set production assistant

Production Companies

• Bellwood Stories
• TiMe Film- und TV-Produktions GmbH
• VIP Babelsberger Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG

Distributors

• Al!ve AG (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Capelight Pictures (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Murena International (2009) (Russia) (all media)
• Odeon Films (Canada)
• mediacs AG (2003) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Effectory GmbH (cgi visual effects)
• Watervisions (underwater photography)

Other Companies

• AON/Ruben-Winkler Entertainment Insurance  insurance services
• ATMO Audio Produktion  sound effects
• Casablanca  editing facilities
• Eyes Post Group  transfers
• Film Leaders Inc.  adr services
• Geyer Werke  opticals
• Salter Street Digital  adr services
• Studio Babelsberg  sound mixing
• Studio Mitte GmbH  post-production facilities
• TV-Synchron Berlin  adr services
• Trackworks Inc.  adr services
• William F. White International  grip and lighting equipment
• dB Post Production  adr services

Also Known As:

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Mexico:B | Australia:M | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Bellwood Stories

Trivia:

The film's tagline, "All of life is salt water... tears, sweat, and the sea," is a quote from Dylan Thomas.

Quotes:

Celia:I try a thousand breaths in a day, kid. I just wasted about eighteen on you.

Beautiful Movie

I was touched by this moving film. Kirsten Dunst gives one of her best performances as a girl struggling to understand the world around her and the hidden secrets of her town. Relative newcomer Trent Ford shows promise in his pivotal role. A must see.