My Kingdom (2001)

Director:

Don Boyd

Writers:

William Shakespeare (play)
Don Boyd
(more)

Release Date:

11 October 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

Modern story inspired by King Lear set in contemporary Liverpool.

Plot Keywords:

Daughter | Organized Crime | Mob Boss | Liverpool Docklands | Shakespeare's King Lear

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Richard Harris	...	Sandeman
Reece Noi	...	The Boy
Lynn Redgrave	...	Mandy
Tom Bell	...	Quick
Emma Catherwood	...	Jo
Aidan Gillen	...	Puttnam
Louise Lombard	...	Kath
Paul McGann	...	Dean
Jimi Mistry	...	Jug
Lorraine Pilkington	...	Tracy
Colin Salmon	...	The Chair
James Foy	...	Animal
James McMartin	...	Mineral
Danny Lawrence	...	Tigger
Gerard Starkey	...	Minder
Sasha Johnson Manning	...	Soprano
Seamus O'Neill	...	Snowy
Chris Armstrong	...	Dutch farmer
Ingi Thor Jonsson	...	Dutch farmer
Otis Graham	...	Delroy
David Yip	...	Merv
Kieran O'Brien	...	Photographer
Jack Marsden	...	Billy the whizz
Amer Nazir	...	Mutt
Mushi Noor	...	Jeff
Carl Learmond	...	Rudi
Anthony Dorrs	...	Skunk
Steve Foster	...	Toffee
Oscar James	...	Desmond
Sylvia Gatril	...	Brothel receptionist
Sharon Byatt	...	Annie
Desmond Bayliss	...	John the dog
Kelly Murphy	...	Karen
Leanne Burrows	...	Miss Joy

Directed by
Don Boyd

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Don Boyd
Nick Davies
William Shakespeare		play "King Lear"

Produced by
Gabriela Bacher	....	producer
Keith Evans	....	executive producer
Torsten Leschly	....	post production producer
Nadine Mellor	....	executive producer
Kermit Smith	....	co-producer
William Turner	....	executive producer
Anthony Waye	....	line producer
Neal Weisman	....	producer

Original Music by
Simon Fisher-Turner
Deirdre Gribbin

Cinematography by
Dewald Aukema

Film Editing by
Adam Ross

Casting by
Judi Hayfield
Michelle Smith

Production Design by
Luana Hanson

Art Direction by
David Endley

Costume Design by
Mary-Jane Reyner

Makeup Department
Kirstin Chalmers	....	hair designer
Kirstin Chalmers	....	makeup designer
Peta Dunstall	....	assistant hair stylist (as Peta D)
Peta Dunstall	....	assistant makeup artist (as Peta D)
Michelle Oxford	....	assistant hair stylist
Michelle Oxford	....	assistant makeup artist
Lesa Warrener	....	hair stylist
Lesa Warrener	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jay Coquillon	....	post-production supervisor
Kirsten Eller	....	production manager
Emma Zee	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tommy Banks	....	assistant director
Christopher Dando	....	first assistant director (as Chris Dando)
Beth Elliott	....	assistant director

Art Department
Dion Banner	....	stand-by painter
Paul Caswell	....	props
Bob Creighton	....	stand-by carpenter
Stewart Cunningham	....	dressing props
John Earlam	....	stand-by painter
Alan Ebbrell	....	carpenter
Gordon Fitzgerald	....	property master
Rebecca Greenham	....	stand-by art director
Peter Holden	....	stand-by carpenter
Piero Jamieson	....	dressing props
Robina Kelly	....	assistant art director (as Robinia Kelly)
Anna Lynch-Robinson	....	props buyer
Gary McCabe	....	construction supervisor
Graham McHugh	....	painter
Les Pullan	....	carpenter
Tony Rycyk	....	stand-by props
Sarah Sweet	....	art department assistant
Neville Taylor	....	stand-by props
Kevin Waite	....	construction manager
David Weatherstone	....	prop hand

Sound Department
Kristian Eidnes Andersen	....	assistant sound mixer
Kasper Val Bjerregård Larsen	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Søren Bjerregaard-Ryan)
Jens Bønding	....	foley editor
St. Clair Davis	....	boom operator
Giancarlo Dellapina	....	sound mixer
Zane Hayward	....	supervising sound editor
Bruno Langiano	....	foley artist
Gadou Naudin	....	foley artist
Joakim Sundström	....	dialogue editor
Trevor Swanscott	....	adr editor
Paul Wrightson	....	adr editor
Mark Kenna	....	consultant: Dolby film sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Tim Baxter	....	optical effects
Steve Breheney	....	special effects technician
Mark Danbury	....	special effects assistant
Evan Green-Hughes	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Matt Butcher	....	digital effects artist
Jan Hogevold	....	digital lab producer: Framestore CFC (uncredited)

Stunts
Charles Jarman	....	stunt performer
Glenn Marks	....	stunt coordinator
Tony Van Silva	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Graham Attwood	....	still photographer
Phil Brookes	....	gaffer
Dion M. Casey	....	Steadicam operator
Dave Fowler	....	electrician (as David Fowler)
Stuart Graham	....	focus puller
Danny Griffiths	....	assistant camera
Steve Griffiths	....	best boy
Allan Hughes	....	grip
Dominic Hyndman	....	assistant grip
Andrew McDonnell	....	camera operator: "b" camera
John Taylor	....	steadicam operator
Anthony Stanier	....	focus puller (uncredited)

Casting Department
Rachel Parker	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jo Beatty	....	wardrobe supervisor
Vikki Illing	....	wardrobe assistant
Isobel Pye	....	costume department runner
Joanna Wright	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Darren Brady	....	assistant editor: Liverpool
Thomas Caspersen	....	assistant editor
Khalid Mohammed	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Ivan Chandler	....	music supervisor
Nicholas Kok	....	conductor
Gerry O'Riordan	....	music mixing engineer
Steve Price	....	music recording engineer

Transportation Department
Martin Chart	....	unit driver

Other crew
Stephen Cheers	....	location manager
Moyra Chesnut	....	assistant to director (as Moyra Chesnutt)
Wayne Docksey	....	animal master
Kirsten Eller	....	production coordinator
Alec Gibson	....	laboratory grader
Eva Juel Hammerich	....	personal assistant to actor (as Eva Juel)
Rachel Higgins	....	production accountant
Moira Houlihan	....	unit publicist
Falco Ink	....	unit publicist
Patrick Isherwood	....	post-production accountant
Rowena Ladbury	....	script supervisor
Sally Maynard	....	location assistant
Neil Mockler	....	laboratory contact
Katja Mordaunt	....	producer's assistant
Chas Morrison	....	assistant to producer
Stewart Nick	....	production assistant
Chris Paton	....	unit publicist
Mark Shelley	....	weapons armorer
Julie Smith	....	publicist
David Trezise	....	laboratory contact
Dean Williamson	....	floor runner
Michael Burnett	....	lifecast of Lynn Redgrave (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Close Grip Films Ltd.
• Primary Pictures
• Sky Pictures

Distributors

• Alpha Media (2007) (China) (video) (VOD/IPTV)
• First Look International (2002) (USA)
• Imagem Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• Key Films (2009) (Italy) (all media)
• Keyfilms Roma
• Overseas FilmGroup
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Sky Pictures
• Wysiwyg Films (2006) (worldwide) (all media) (IP rights)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Emergency House Special Effects

Other Companies

• Angel Recording Studios  score recorded at
• Armoury in Action  weapons
• Barn Owl Picture Company  negative checks
• Capital FX, London  music supervision
• Compuhire  video playback
• Cool Music  music contractor
• DB Post  adr studio
• Fatts  post-production script services
• Fatts  post-production script
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Lee Lighting  electrical equipment
• Mike Fraser  telecine rushes transfers
• Musicalities Limited  music supervision
• Panavision UK  camera equipment
• Pepper Post Production  video mastering
• Screen Group Ltd.  facilities
• Snake Ranch Studios  music mixed at
• The Machine Room  telecine
• Vehicles in Vision  action vehicles supplier
• Wolf Studios  electronic music recorded at

Also Known As:

Runtime:

France:117 min

Country:

Italy | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | Germany:16 | Australia:MA

Company:

Close Grip Films Ltd.

Trivia:

Most of the bondage gear and four pairs of size 10 stiletto-heeled shoes went missing during the course of the shoot.

Soundtrack:

Forgive Me

Richard Harris´s last performance apparently,

and one his best. He plays the boss of a Liverpool rime family, whose own naivety brings his downfall. This is based on King Lear but it doesn´t really work for me here. We´re supposed to believe that this tough, streetwise gang boss would be stupid enough not to see the consequences of his actions (I don´t want to give the story away, but those familiar with King Lear will know what happens. This supposed sudden naivety goes totally aginst the grain of the character Harris portrays in the film up until his fateful decision.

It was an interesting idea but just doesn´t work for me and the second half of the film becomes increasingly silly as a consequence. I´ve also no idea why one of the main gangsters is a Sihk. Liverpool is unusual amongst British cities in having a very small asian population and I don´t think I´ve ever seen a Sihk there. Strange.

That said, it´s not a bad film. There´s some good camerawork, Harris is on good form and the supporting cast are mostly very good. 8/10 for the first half of the film, 5/10 for the second.