The Affair of the Necklace (2001)

Director:

Charles Shyer

Writer (WGA):

John Sweet (written by)

Release Date:

30 November 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History

Tagline:

This summer, one woman wins.....

Plot:

In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.

Plot Keywords:

Queen | Cardinal | Necklace | Revolution | Marie Antoinette

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Hilary Swank	...	Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
Jonathan Pryce	...	Cardinal Louis de Rohan
Simon Baker	...	Rétaux de Vilette
Adrien Brody	...	Count Nicolas De La Motte
Brian Cox	...	Minister Breteuil
Joely Richardson	...	Marie-Antoinette
Christopher Walken	...	Count Cagliostro
Hayden Panettiere	...	Young Jeanne
Simon Kunz	...	Minister of Titles
Paul Brooke	...	Monsieur Bohmer
Peter Eyre	...	Monsieur Bassenge
Frank McCusker	...	Abel Duphot
Simon Shackleton	...	Louis XVI
Hermione Gulliford	...	Nicole Leguay d'Oliva
Geoffrey Hutchings	...	President D'Aligre
James Vaughan	...	Magistrate Titon
Jonathan Newth	...	Magistrate de Marce
Kristina Bill	...	Irène de Valois
James Larkin	...	Darnell de Valois
Diana Quick	...	Madame Pomfré
Helen Masters	...	Madame Campan
Victoria Shalet	...	Colleen
Christophe Paou	...	Pierre Charron
Michel D'Oz	...	Marquis de Favras (as Michael D'Oz)
Donna Flandrin	...	Dowager in Boat
Liz Baker	...	Dowager in Boat
Dick Brannick	...	Gamekeeper
Daisy Bevan	...	The Princess Royal
Thomas Dodgson-Gates	...	The Dauphin
Caroline Loncq	...	Madame de Largo
Illona Linthwaite	...	Madame Briffault
Miranda Pleasence	...	Rosalie
John Grillo	...	Dr. Legear
Mélodie Berenfeld	...	Mademoiselle Subur
Ben Miles	...	Baron Courchamps
Niky Wardley	...	Madame de Neiss
Bill Thomas	...	Tailor
Emma Wride	...	Tailor's Daughter
Stephen Noonan	...	Camille Desmoulins
Emma Pike	...	Mademoiselle in Pink
William Chubb	...	Gendarme
Hallie Meyers-Shyer	...	Demonstrating Girl
Jocelyn Linder	...	Angry Demonstrator
John Comer	...	Angry Demonstrator (as John Commer)
Angus Wright	...	Sanson
Christopher Logue	...	Sir Hargrave
Cate Fowler	...	Lady Standish
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Skye McCole Bartusiak	...	Dove (scenes deleted)
Eva Aichmajerová	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Charles Shyer

Writing credits (WGA)
John Sweet		(written by)

Produced by
Stacey Attanasio	....	co-producer
Kira Davis	....	co-producer
Nigel Goldsack	....	associate producer
Broderick Johnson	....	producer
Andrew A. Kosove	....	producer
Nava Levin	....	line producer: additional shoot
Redmond Morris	....	producer
Charles Shyer	....	producer

Original Music by
David Newman

Cinematography by
Ashley Rowe		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Moritz

Casting by
Kerry Barden
Mark Bennett
Billy Hopkins
Suzanne Smith

Production Design by
Alex McDowell

Art Direction by
Jean-Michel Ducourty
Jean-Michel Hugon		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Philippe Turlure

Costume Design by
Milena Canonero

Makeup Department
Claudia Bianchi	....	hair stylist: Prague
Angela Bolli	....	hair stylist: Prague
Jana Carboni	....	assistant makeup artist
Iole Cecchini	....	hair stylist
Desideria Corridoni	....	hair stylist
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	supervising hair stylist
Paolo Franceschi	....	hair stylist
Alberta Giuliani	....	hair stylist
Isabella Gonzalez	....	hair stylist: Prague
Enrico Iacoponi	....	makeup artist
Carla Indoni	....	hair stylist: Prague
Vincenzo Mastrantonio	....	makeup artist (as Enzo Mastrantonio)
Mario Michisanti	....	key makeup artist
Radek Petr	....	makeup assistant: Prague
Frantisek Prihoda	....	makeup assistant: Prague
Zdena Prohliková	....	hair stylist: Prague (as Zdena Prchlikova)
Barry Richardson	....	hair stylist: Prague
Gino Tamagnini	....	key makeup artist
Laura Tonello	....	assistant makeup artist
Eva Ungrová-Malíková	....	hair stylist: Prague (as Eva Ungrova)
Monika Fischer-Vorauer	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Pamela Roth	....	makeup artist: Los Angeles tests (uncredited)
Zoe Tahir	....	dailies hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Sandrine Ageorges	....	unit manager: Paris
Brad Arensman	....	post-production supervisor
Jean-Pierre Avice	....	production manager: Paris
Jana Hrbková	....	unit manager: Prague (as Jana Hrbkova)
John Kay	....	production manager: Prague
Ales Komárek	....	production supervisor: Prague (as Ales Komarek)
Petr Moravec	....	production supervisor: Prague
Ondrej Nerud	....	production manager: Prague
Jan Unger	....	unit manager: second unit, Prague

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Campi-Lemaire	....	second assistant director: Paris
Michel Cheyko	....	first assistant director (as Mishka Cheyko)
Yann Cuinet	....	third assistant director: Paris
Roman Fara	....	second assistant director: Prague
Richard Graysmark	....	second assistant director
Alice Ronovska	....	first assistant director: Prague
Nick Shuttleworth	....	co-third assistant director
Alex Streeter	....	third assistant director
Marie Rolindes	....	third assistant director: Paris (uncredited)
Adrian Toynton	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Les Andrews	....	stand-by props
Jakub Berdych	....	stand-by painter: Prague
Matthieu Beutter	....	assistant art director: Prague
Mark Lambert Bristol	....	key storyboard artist (as Mark Bristol)
Miroslav Buberle	....	props: Prague
Stepan Cerveny	....	assistant construction manager: Prague
Benoît Clémenceau	....	props buyer (as Benoit Clemenceau)
Miluse Doubravova	....	props coordinator: Prague
Miluse Doubravova	....	props interpreter: Prague
Alain Dufrenoy	....	chief painter
Jaromir Franta	....	scenic artist: Prague
Ian Fryer	....	storeperson
Jean-Paul Gaillot	....	chief construction: Paris
Denis Gambs	....	chief carpenter: Paris
Christophe Hugon	....	swing gang: Paris
Danny Hunter	....	property master
Roman Illovsky	....	draftsperson: Prague
Vladimir Janosek	....	property master: Prague
Adam Jirkal	....	model maker: Prague
Miroslav Karmazin	....	props: Prague
Jacques Kazandian	....	chief draper (as Jacques Kazandjian)
John Knight	....	chargehand dresser
Lenka Kourilova	....	props interpreter: Prague
Karel Kucera	....	props: Prague
Martin Kurel	....	art director: Prague
Dita Lampová	....	draftsperson: Prague (as Dita Lampova)
Stéphane Le Lièvre	....	chief painter (as Stephane Lelievre)
Edita Leva	....	art department interpreter: Prague
P.K. MacCarthy	....	storyboard artist (as Kevin McCarthy)
Peter Manger	....	property trainee stand-by
André Marchandet	....	chief plasterer: Paris (as Andre Marchandet)
Adam Marcias	....	swing gang: Paris
Philippe Margottin	....	props: Paris
Colin Mutch	....	stand-by props
Vladimir Planansky	....	construction manager: Prague
Lucie Pokorná	....	art department runner: Prague (as Lucie Pokorna)
Arnaud Putman	....	assistant props
Marketa Puzmanova	....	art department coordinator: Prague
Jacques Quinternet	....	props buyer
Peter Ramsey	....	storyboard artist
Marek Sima	....	stand-by props: Prague
Caroline Sina	....	chief draper
Michal Slama	....	art department interpreter: Prague
Stanislav Suva	....	scenic artist: Prague
Dalibor Tvrznik	....	swing gang: Prague
David Voborsky	....	assistant art director: Prague
Howard Weaver	....	scenic artist: Prague
Pavel Werner	....	swing gang: Prague
Radan Kapinos	....	stand-by props: Prague (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jean-Marie Blondel	....	sound mixer: Paris
Kerry Ann Carmean	....	sound editor (as Kerry Carmean)
Gail Clark Burch	....	adr editor (as Gail Clark)
Tony Dawe	....	sound mixer
Dino Dimuro	....	foley editor
Jim Fitzpatrick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Laura R. Harris	....	dialogue editor (as Laura Harris)
Adam Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Kelley	....	sound editor
Tony Lamberti	....	sound designer
Kimaree Long	....	dialogue editor
James Moriana	....	foley artist (as Jim Moriana)
Kelly Oxford	....	supervising sound editor
Frédéric Pardon	....	boom operator: Paris (as Frederic Pardon)
Michelle Pazer	....	adr editor
Scott Sanders	....	sound editor
Katrina Siegmund	....	assistant sound editor
David Stanke	....	assistant sound editor
Pál Szûrös	....	boom operator: Prague (as Pal Szuros)
Vojtech Vetrovec	....	cable person: Prague
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist (as Jeff Wilhoit)
Michael D. Wilhoit	....	supervising sound editor (as Mike Wilhoit)
Wendy Czajkowsky	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Kimaree Long	....	adr editor (uncredited)
Colin Nicolson	....	additional sound crew (uncredited)
John Warhurst	....	adr & crowd editor: UK (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Kamil Jaffar	....	special effects technician: Prague
Martin Kulhánek	....	special effects supervisor: Prague (as Martin Kulhanek)
Frantisek Mesícek	....	special effects technician: Prague (as Frantisek Mesicek)
Gilbert Piéri	....	special effects supervisor: Paris (as Gilbert Pieri)
Jirí Vojtech	....	special effects technician: Prague (as Jiri Vojtech)
Dave Crownshaw	....	snow effects supervisor (uncredited)
Martin 'Marty' McLaughlin	....	snow effects technician (uncredited)
Kevin Pike	....	special effects supervisor: preproduction (uncredited)
Lucien Stephenson	....	snow effects supervisor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Tabitha Dean	....	visual effects editorial: CFC
Julia Egerton	....	digital lab: CFC (as Julie Egerton)
Ian Fellows	....	digital paint artist: CFC
Adam Glasman	....	digital lab: CFC
Darrel Griffin	....	digital lab: CFC
Henrik Hoffgaard	....	digital lab: CFC (as Henrik Hoffgard)
Jan Hogevold	....	head of digital lab: CFC
Merrin Jensen	....	digital lab: CFC (as Merrin Jenson)
Drew Jones	....	visual effects producer: CFC
Roz Lowrie	....	visual effects editorial: CFC
Stephen Murphy	....	CG animator: CFC
Mark Nelmes	....	digital visual effects supervisor: CFC
Dominic Parker	....	supervising CG animator: CFC
Dominic Sidoli	....	visual effects coordinator: CFC
Gavin Toomey	....	compositing artist: CFC
Ken Dackermann	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Rudolf Bok	....	stunts: Prague
Jiri First	....	stunts: Prague
Michal Grün	....	stunts: Prague (as Michael Grun)
Rene Hajek	....	stunts: Prague
Petr Hnetkovský	....	stunts: Prague (as Petr Hnetkovsky)
Jiri Horky	....	stunts: Prague
Pavel Hulinko	....	stunts: Prague
Petr Hynek	....	stunts: Prague
Dusan Hyska	....	stunts: Prague
Paul Jennings	....	stunt coordinator
Jindrich Klaus	....	stunts: Prague
Pavel Kratky	....	stunts: Prague
Jiri Kraus	....	stunts: Prague
Robert Lahoda	....	stunts: Prague
Dimo Liptkovsky	....	stunts: Prague (as Dimo Lipitkovsky)
David Listvan	....	stunts: Prague
Ivan Listvan	....	stunts: Prague
Jaroslav Peterka	....	assistant stunt coordinator: Prague
Jaroslav Peterka	....	stunt coordinator (as Peterka Jaroslav)
Miroslav Lhotka	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tomas Belohradsky	....	assistant video assist operator: Prague
Martin Brych	....	camera loader: Prague second unit
Martin Bublik	....	electrician: Prague
Peter Byrne	....	clapper loader
Pavel Caslavsky	....	gaffer: Prague
Milan Chadima	....	director of photography: second unit
Ian Clark	....	focus puller
Murray Close	....	still photographer
Tony Devlin	....	rigging gaffer
John Evans	....	clapper loader
Darren Harvey	....	best boy electric
Tomás Hruska	....	focus puller: Prague second unit (as Tomas Hruska)
Radek Kapusta	....	grip: Prague
Václav Korcik	....	best boy electric: Prague (as Vaclav Korcik)
Karel Kralik	....	electrician: Prague
Andy Long	....	gaffer
Vince McGahon	....	Steadicam operator: Prague
Seamus McSwiney	....	video operator: Paris
Rene Michalicka	....	pre-rigging gaffer: Prague
Jirí Nosek	....	electrician: Prague (as Jiri Nosek)
Jirí Novak	....	pre-rigging electrician: Prague (as Jiri Novak)
Giles Nuttgens	....	director of photography: title sequence
Andy Ormesher	....	chargehand rigger (as Andy Ormersher)
Miroslav Pavlik	....	video assist operator: Prague
Alastair Rae	....	Steadicam operator: Paris
John Robinson	....	dolly grip
Roland Safr	....	generator operator: Prague
Prokop Satochin	....	grip: Prague
Jaromir Simek	....	pre-rigging electrician: Prague
Petr Svoboda	....	electrician: Prague
Alf Tramontin	....	Steadicam operator: Prague
Alain Valdebouze	....	key grip: Paris
Petr Valenta	....	pre-rigging electrician: Prague
Chris Banting	....	dolly operator: "a" camera (uncredited)
Jean-François Drigeard	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Voisin	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Molly Clayton	....	casting assistant: New York
William Davies	....	casting assistant: UK (as Will Davies)
Deborah Maxwell Dion	....	casting associate: Los Angeles
Maureen Duff	....	casting assistant: UK
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Alberte Garo	....	extras casting: Paris
Gail Stevens	....	casting: UK

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rosanna Andreoni	....	wardrobe mistress
Tereza Bradova	....	interpreter: Prague wardrobe department (as Tereza Bradacova)
Francesca Brunori	....	assistant costume designer
Anne-Marie Castaño-Padovan	....	costume assistant (as Anna Marie Castano Padovan)
Nathalie Cercuel	....	costumer: Paris
Patricia Colin	....	costumer: Paris
Iva Dobrovska	....	interpreter: Prague wardrobe department
Jasna Dolejsi	....	wardrobe assistant: Prague
Ilona Holeckova	....	costume cutter: Prague
Ilona Holeckova	....	tailor: Prague
Claudette Lilly	....	costume assistant
Gabriella Loria	....	assistant costume designer (as Gabriella Louise Loria)
Rossano Marchi	....	assistant costume designer
Mara Masiero	....	costume assistant
Germinal Rangel	....	costume supervisor
Cristiana Ricceri	....	costume assistant (as Christiana Ricceri)
Maria Pia Rossi	....	costume cutter
Maria Pia Rossi	....	tailor
Jana Smetanova	....	wardrobe assistant: Prague
Florentina Tica	....	costume assistant
Jana Vanova	....	wardrobe assistant: Prague
Jarka Vesela	....	wardrobe mistress: Prague

Editorial Department
Glenn Cowan	....	assistant film editor
Peter Ettinger	....	assistant film editor
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer (as Dale Grahn)
Monika Hlavatá	....	editing assistant: Prague
Lionel Johnson	....	assistant film editor
Ivan Martin del Campo	....	apprentice film editor
Michelle Mendenhall	....	first assistant film editor
Tia Nolan	....	additional film editor
Daniel R. Padgett	....	first assistant film editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Kristen Young	....	post-production assistant (as Kristin Young)
Babette Dickerson	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Bruce Botnick	....	scoring mixer
Elin Carlson	....	chorus
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
Vivien Ellis	....	music researcher
Marty Frasu	....	scoring sound designer
Richard A. Harrison	....	music editor
Gregory Jamrok	....	orchestrator
Rebecca R. Liddle	....	orchestrator
Jill Meyers	....	music clearance
David Newman	....	orchestrator
Krystyna Newman	....	scoring consultant
Bobbi Page	....	vocal contractor
Paul Rabjohns	....	music editor: temp music
Jeanette Surga	....	music editor
Andrew Silver	....	music supervisor (uncredited)
James Thatcher	....	musician: French horn (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Segolene Amice	....	driver: Paris
Martin Cerny	....	driver: Prague
Jaroslav Cirkva	....	driver: Prague
Catherine Denoyelle	....	transportation captain: Paris
Dominik Houska	....	driver: Prague
Pavel Jumar	....	driver: Prague
Petr Jumar	....	driver: Prague
Jan Kuzelik	....	driver: Prague
Franklin Pedrosa	....	transportation manager: Paris
Jirí Ris	....	driver: Prague (as Jiri Ris)
Jiri Svenek	....	driver: Prague
Vladimir Vonasek Jr.	....	driver: Prague
Vladimir Vonasek	....	driver: Prague
Frantisek Zunt	....	driver: Prague
Jean-Marie Modet	....	production driver: Paris (uncredited)
Olivier Suffert	....	production driver: Charles Shyer (uncredited)

Other crew
Eva Aichmajerová	....	production assistant: Prague (as Eva Aichmajerova)
Lea Andrlinková	....	production assistant: Prague (as Lea Andrlinkova)
Claire Augé	....	location manager: Paris
Julie Avice	....	office production assistant: Paris
S.J. Berwin	....	legal services
Cynthia Blaise	....	additional dialect coach
Bruce A. Block	....	filmic consultant
Christine Bodelot	....	production accountant: Paris
Jan Boucek	....	unit nurse: Prague
Derek Boyes	....	assistant: Charles Shyer
Catherine Brianza	....	accountant: Paris
François Broussard	....	accountant: Paris (as François Brossard)
Maria Luisa Capobasso	....	milliner
Joanny Carpentier	....	production coordinator: Paris
Magda Chýlková	....	assistant accountant: Prague (as Magda Chylkova)
Sarka Cimbalova	....	production coordinator: Prague
Dagmara Cisarovska	....	interpreter: Prague make-up/hair department (as Dagmar Cisarovska)
Rudy Darden	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Vicki Deason	....	London contact: Help! Unlimited (as Vicky Manning)
Judy Dickerson	....	dialect coach (as Judi Dickerson)
Diana Dill	....	script supervisor
Zbynek Dolezal	....	unit nurse: Prague
Deirdre Doorley	....	travel coordinator
Barbora Drevikovska	....	assistant: Ms. Swank, Prague
Rachel Eggebeen	....	assistant: Charles Shyer
Joan Eisenberg	....	unit publicist
Jakub Eliasek	....	production assistant: Prague
Christopher Fealy	....	assistant: Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson
Isabelle Gautier	....	supervising location manager: Paris
Veronika Goccova	....	production assistant: Prague (as Veronika Gocova)
Michael Goldberg	....	production controller (as Mike Goldberg)
Thomas Graham II	....	pro tools technician
Linda Gregory	....	production accountant
Dan Hampel	....	location manager: Prague (as Daniel Hampel)
Vaclav Hanka	....	production assistant: Prague (as Vaclav 'Vendelin' Hanka)
Elizabeth Himelstein	....	additional dialect coach (as Liz Himmelstein)
Polly Hope	....	assistant production coordinator
Chris Huddleston	....	assistant: Charles Shyer (as Christopher Huddleston)
Emma James	....	assistant production coordinator: Prague
Ricky Jay	....	technical consultant
Petr Kalina	....	location manager: Prague
Karel Korejs	....	cashier: Prague
Jiri Kotlas	....	assistant location manager: Prague (as Jiri 'Effa' Kotlas)
Libor Kurka	....	horse master: Prague
Ashifa Lalani	....	assistant accountant
Michel Lebranchu	....	horse master: Paris
Anezka Lencova	....	accomodations coordinator: Prague
Gina Leonard	....	assistant: Kira Davis
Karri Lucas	....	assistant: Kira Davis
Sarah Millar	....	location accountant (as Sarah Miller)
Nicole Miloux	....	accountant: Paris
Sam Montiforte	....	post-production accountant
Christi Moore-Brantley	....	production controller (as Christi Brantley)
Belita Moreno	....	acting consultant
Ali Moshref	....	assistant accountant
Larry Moss	....	acting consultant
Joe Murphy	....	midi import
Jana Nemcova	....	trainee script supervisor: Prague
Geraldine Niche	....	production secretary: Paris
Petra Novotná	....	coordinator: Prague horse and carriage (as Petra Novotna)
Anna Orazi	....	workshop mistress
Lisa Parker	....	production coordinator
Kate Penlington	....	assistant: Redmond Morris
Jiri Rezac	....	extras coordinator: Prague
Dagmara Rezacova	....	extras coordinator: Prague
John Rodd	....	crewman: Newman scoring Stage
Jean-Louis Rodrigue	....	movement specialist
Lubica Ruzickova	....	interpreter: Prague accounts
Olivier Servanin	....	location manager: Paris
Jindra Sladek	....	production assistant: Prague
Molly Smith	....	assistant: Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson
Sarka Smolcakova	....	production assistant: Prague
Ladislav Spica	....	extras coordinator: Prague
Darko Stavrik	....	production assistant: Prague
Tom Steel	....	crewman: Newman scoring Stage (as Tom Steele)
Danuse Supkova	....	unit nurse: Prague
Trystram Sylvain	....	assistant: Ms. Swank, Paris (as Sylvain Trystram)
Ivan Vakarac	....	location manager: Prague
David Vinar	....	production assistant: Prague
Pavel Vokoun	....	horse master: Prague
Kirsten Wing	....	travel coordinator: Paris
Christopher Wride	....	historical consultant
Keith Young	....	choreographer
Julia Alexander	....	director associate (uncredited)
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative (uncredited)
Jiri Krejcir	....	location manager (uncredited)
Veronika Lencova	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Erick M. Medina	....	production insurance (uncredited)
Marc-Antoine Trani	....	set runner (uncredited)
Vera Trousilová	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Garson Yu	....	title designer (uncredited)

Thanks
Deva Anderson	....	special thanks
Jerry Belson	....	special thanks
Peter Chelsom	....	special thanks
Mike Knobloch	....	special thanks
Alan Mandel	....	special thanks
Lani Pollock	....	special thanks
Dorothy Shuford	....	special thanks
Alan Spencer	....	special thanks
Steve Tyrell	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Alcon Entertainment (presents)

Distributors

• Warner Bros (2001) (USA) (theatrical) (an AOL Time Warner company)
• TriPictures (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Best Film (2002) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (2002) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2001) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2002) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2002) (Argentina) (VHS)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2004) (UK) (TV) (BBC2)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Finland) (VHS)
• Monolith Video (2012) (Poland) (DVD)
• Nelonen (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Talpa (2006) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Warner Bros. (2002) (Argentina) (all media)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Computer Film Company, The (CFC) (visual effects)
• Flash Barrandov (as Flash FX)
• Snow Business International (snow effects)

Other Companies

• AFM Lighting  lighting equipment
• ARRI Media  camera and grip equipment provided by
• Barrandov Biografia  construction by
• Barrandov Biografia  special thanks
• ETIC Films  production services: Prague
• Help! Unlimited  London contact
• Hoffman Travel  travel services
• International Film Guarantors  completion guarantee provided by
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation
• Kleinberg Lopez Lange Brisbin and Cuddy  legal services provided by
• M5 Studios  music mixed at
• Near North Entertainment  insurance provided by
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  music recorded at
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Salon  location editing equipment
• Segue Music  music editorial services
• Snow Business International  snow provided by
• Soundelux  sound supervision and editorial provided y
• Summit Entertainment  foreign sales
• Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation  post-production services
• The Travel Company  travel services
• Todd-AO Studios  sound re-recorded at
• yU+Co.  title design: main titles

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexuality

Runtime:

USA:118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:R (certificate #38526) | Iceland:12 | Canada:A (Ontario) | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Alincourt, Ardennes, France

Company:

Alcon Entertainment

Trivia:

In the 1938 film Marie Antoinette (1938), Norma Shearer refused any complimentary make-up for the final scene showing her character going to the guillotine. She wanted to look as haggard and exhausted as the real queen had in her final moments. In the final scene for this movie, Joely Richardson expressed the same effects as she tried to convey as her reflection can be viewed in the water bucket beside guillotine before the beheading.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator:Napoleon wrote that military blunders and domestic catastrophes fanned the flames of the French Revolution. But the cu-de-gras was a curious palace scandal involving woman of nobility denied, a member of the royal family, and the most magnificent string of jewels in all of Europe. This notorious intrigue came to be known as, L'affaire du Collier.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Designing Affair: The Making of 'Affair of the Necklace' (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

Plasir d'amour

Deception, Betrayal, and Diamonds

Reading over the comments for this film, I'm surprised how many people disliked it. They harp because there are no accents, different accents, or partial accents. They complain about wooden acting. I'm wondering of somehow the world is cross-wired, since the film I saw had very fine acting, gorgeous costuming, and excellent period dialogue. I was pleased scriptwriters didn't dive into the vulgar, although some scenes (most particularly the actual bodice-ripping) did push the mark.

As a period film fan, I found this story not only exquisite but also fascinating. The plot is intelligent enough you don't have to check your brain at the door, unlike many other dramas. True, it's not completely historically accurate and they've made Jeanne la Motte much more likable and moral than she was, but that's the point of a MOVIE. It's NOT supposed to be reality, just a loose translation of a historical event. I found it worthwhile and watched it three times in a week... a rarity among films.

If you're not too snobby to put on your thinking cap, give it a go.