Enduring Love (2004)

Director:

Roger Michell

Writers:

Ian McEwan (novel)
Joe Penhall (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 November 2004 (Ireland)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

An extraordinary event brought them together. A deadly obsession will tear them apart.

Plot:

Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident.

Plot Keywords:

Balloon | Field | Boy | Accident | Picnic

Awards:

4 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Daniel Craig	...	Joe
Samantha Morton	...	Claire
Bill Weston	...	Grandfather
Jeremy McCurdie	...	Boy in Balloon (as Jeremy Mccurdie)
Lee Sheward	...	John Logan
Nick Wilkinson	...	Farmer
Rhys Ifans	...	Jed
Bill Nighy	...	Robin
Susan Lynch	...	Rachel
Ben Whishaw	...	Spud
Justin Salinger	...	Frank
Andrew Lincoln	...	TV Producer
Helen McCrory	...	Mrs. Logan
Rosie Michell	...	Katie Logan (as Rosanna Michell)
Ella Doyle	...	Katie Logan's Friend
Félicité Du Jeu	...	Girl in Logan's Car
Alexandra Aitken	...	Natasha
Aoife Carroll	...	Robin & Rachel's Child (as Aoife)
Rory Carroll	...	Robin & Rachel's Child
Sophie Duncan	...	Robin & Rachel's Child (as Sophie)
Susan Duncan	...	Robin & Rachel's Child
Anna Maxwell Martin	...	Penny
Corin Redgrave	...	Professor
Algy	...	Logan's Dog
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mandy Lee Berger	...	Student (uncredited)
Anthony James Berowne	...	Art critic (uncredited)
Alex Edwards	...	Student (uncredited)
Talisa Garcia	...	(uncredited)
Selena Mars	...	Art Critic (uncredited)
Alana O'Neill	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Roger Michell

Writing credits
Ian McEwan		(novel)
Joe Penhall		(screenplay)

Produced by
Katie Bullock-Webster	....	assistant producer
François Ivernel	....	executive producer
Kevin Loader	....	producer
Cameron McCracken	....	executive producer
Ian McEwan	....	associate producer
Duncan Reid	....	executive producer
Rosa Romero	....	line producer
Tessa Ross	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jeremy Sams

Cinematography by
Haris Zambarloukos		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Nicolas Gaster

Casting by
Mary Selway
Fiona Weir

Production Design by
John Paul Kelly		(as John-Paul Kelly)

Art Direction by
Emma MacDevitt		(supervising art director) (as Emma Macdevitt)

Set Decoration by
Sara Wan

Costume Design by
Natalie Ward

Makeup Department
Konnie Daniel	....	hair designer
Konnie Daniel	....	makeup designer
Neill Gorton	....	special effects prosthetics: Millennium FX Ltd. (as Neil Gorton)
Tinks Reding	....	makeup assistant
Stuart Conran	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Neil Morrill	....	key prosthetic makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Louise Seymour	....	post-production supervisor
Josh Yudkin	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Coop	....	third assistant director
Jim Dowdall	....	second unit director
Matthew Hanson	....	third assistant director: second unit
Paul Mason	....	third assistant director (as Paul 'Mace' Mason)
Barrie McCulloch	....	first assistant director (as Barrie Mcculloch)
Olivia Peniston-Bird	....	second assistant director
Kieron Phipps	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Rob Anderson	....	construction manager
Glenys Barton	....	sculptures: Flowers East, London
Ray Bell-Chambers	....	carpenter (as Ray Bell Chambers)
Kevin Biggs	....	painter
Gary Bird	....	carpenter
David Calitz	....	carpenter
Justin Chappell	....	carpenter
Jamie Davies-Evans	....	painter (as Jamie Davis Evans)
John Daynes	....	painter
Jonnie Elf	....	art department runner
Segan Friend	....	stand-by props
John Greaves	....	storyboard artist
Katy Harvey	....	stand-by art director (as Katy Pain)
Jonnie Hext	....	painter
David Horrill	....	prop master (as David 'Springer' Horrill)
Steve Hunter	....	painter
Simon Hutchings	....	painter (as Simon Hutchins)
Roger Kiff	....	carpenter
Ben Lobb	....	painter
Ray McNeill	....	dressing props (as Ray Mcneill)
Steve Parnell	....	dressing props
Mike Pearce	....	carpenter
Gert Rademeyer	....	carpenter
Sui Rajakaruna	....	assistant art director
Giles Rowntree	....	carpenter
Stuart Rushbrook	....	carpenter
Lance Smith	....	painter
Judith Stanley-Smith	....	painter (as Judith Stanley Smith)
Pete Taylor	....	carpenter
Peter Wood	....	dressing props
Jackie Yau	....	assistant prop buyer

Sound Department
Tim Alban	....	dubbing mixer
Tim Alban	....	foley recordist
Richard Davey	....	assistant dubbing mixer
Peter Gleaves	....	adr recordist
Danny Hambrook	....	sound recordist
Danny Hambrook	....	supervising sound editor
Steve Haynes	....	adr recordist
Adam Laschinger	....	assistant sound editor
Adam Laschinger	....	boom operator
Darko Mocilnikar	....	sound assistant
Haresh Patel	....	foley editor
Ryan Searle	....	assistant dubbing mixer
Ryan Searle	....	foley artist
Jack Stew	....	foley artist
Joakim Sundström	....	dialogue editor
Ted Swanscott	....	adr recordist
Jessie Taylor	....	foley artist
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Nick Foley	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Danny Hambrook	....	production sound mixer (uncredited)
Haresh Patel	....	assistant dubbing mixer (uncredited)
James Seddon	....	dolby consultant (uncredited)
Joakim Sundström	....	adr editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John Fell	....	wire crew
William Poynter	....	wire crew
Robert Schofield	....	wire specialist (as Bob Schofield)
Roy Weatherly	....	wire crew
Jonathan Bullock	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
James Davis III	....	special effects senior technician (uncredited)
Mark Holt	....	special effects (uncredited)
Garth Inns	....	special effects supervisor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Michelle Camp	....	visual effects editorial: Framestore CFC
Paul Doogan	....	scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Jonathan Dredge	....	scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Joe Godfrey	....	scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Dianne Gordon	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Tim Keene	....	visual effects producer: Framestore CFC
Kevin Lowery	....	scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Roz Lowrie	....	visual effects editorial: Framestore CFC
Dan McRae	....	scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC (as Dan Mcrae)
Mike Morrison	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Bruce Nelson	....	digital paint artist: Framestore CFC
Sirio Quintavalle	....	visual effects compositor: Framestore CFC
Matina Skouteri	....	scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Paola Varvaro	....	scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Timothy Webber	....	visual effects supervisor: Framestore CFC (as Tim Webber)
Aubrey Woodiwiss	....	scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Annabel Wright	....	scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Doron Zar	....	digital grading assistant: Framestore CFC
Andy Burrow	....	scanning manager (uncredited)
James Clarke	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Jerome Dewhurst	....	di engineer (uncredited)
Alistair Hamer	....	film mastering engineer (uncredited)
Jan Hogevold	....	production executive: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
Jason Horley	....	digital matte painter: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
Patricia Llaguno	....	digital paint artist (uncredited)
Claire McGrane	....	digital lab producer (uncredited)
Stephanie Mills	....	compositor (uncredited)
Christopher Page	....	digital cleanup artist (uncredited)
Tony Peck	....	digital paint & roto artist: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
Dave Robinson	....	systems engineer (uncredited)
Aatesh Shah	....	systems engineer: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
Stephen Willey	....	systems engineer (uncredited)

Stunts
Jim Dowdall	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Adam Eastall	....	stunt engineer
Andy Godbold	....	stunt double: Joe
Tim Halloran	....	stunt double: Jed
Paul Lowe	....	stunt double: Boy in Balloon
Simon Lynn-Jones	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Simon Lyn-Jones)
Richard Todd	....	stunt engineer
Lee Sheward	....	high fall stunt (uncredited)
Bill Weston	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Babalola	....	camera trainee
Simon Baker	....	camera operator
Jacob Barrie	....	camera trainee: Wescam, helicoptor unit
Jeremy Braben	....	camera operator: helicopter unit
Tristam Cones	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Nicola Dove	....	still photographer
Fred Harris	....	camera crane operator
Llewellyn Harrison	....	grip (as Llewelyn Harrison)
Rupert Hornstein	....	assistant camera: second unit
Sally Low	....	second assistant camera
Dan Lowe	....	best boy (as Dan 'Baby Face' Lowe)
Martin McCullogh	....	grip: second unit (as Martin Mccullogh)
Polly Morgan	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Matthew Nobbs	....	camera crane operator
Jake Polonsky	....	director of photography: second unit
Andy Purdy	....	electrician
Luke Redgrave	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Alan Smith	....	camera crane operator
Ricky Stelling	....	rigger
Clive Tocher	....	camera crane operator
Oliver Ward	....	assistant camera: Wescam, helicopter unit
Julian White	....	gaffer
Lee Whitmore	....	crane operator: Balloon unit
Dave Wilmot	....	camera crane operator
Matt Wilson	....	electrician
Steve Yates	....	crane operator: Balloon unit
Lucho Zuidema	....	grip
Michael Babalola	....	video assistant (uncredited)
Hamish Doyne-Ditmas	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Robbie Hoque	....	camera trainee: Stokenchurch (uncredited)
Jake Polonsky	....	camera operator: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	voice casting
Heidi Bishop	....	extras casting: Q Casting
Brendan Donnison	....	voice casting
Steve Daly	....	additional casting (uncredited)
Julie Dunne	....	additional casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dan Summerville	....	costume assistant
Kate Towns	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Kim Gaster	....	associate editor
Adam Glasman	....	colorist: Framestore CFC
Clive Noakes	....	laboratory contact: DeLuxe Laboratories Ltd.
Lisa Williams	....	post-production assistant
Doron Zar	....	assistant digital colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Christopher Austin	....	conductor
Christopher Austin	....	orchestrator
Luke Bedford	....	music copyist
Bob Broadley	....	music copyist
Yann McCullough	....	assistant music engineer (as Yann Mccullough)
Emily Rogers Swanson	....	music editor (as Emily Rogers)
Tim Sutton	....	assistant to composer
Gary Thomas	....	music engineer

Transportation Department
Yasu Asami	....	driver
Mark Crowley	....	unit driver
Stephen Duffy	....	driver
Terrence Farrell	....	driver: camera truck
Robbie Hoque	....	driver: camera truck
Stephen Kelly	....	driver
Casey Levie	....	driver
Steve Michard	....	driver: Daniel Craig
Jim Moran	....	driver: camera truck (as Jim 'The Fish' Moran)
Paul Rhodes	....	driver
Brian Tame	....	driver: props (as Brian Thame)

Other crew
Yasu Asami	....	runner
Ben Atkinson	....	balloon ground rigger
Martyn Ball	....	location security (as Martin Ball)
Guy Barker	....	production accountant
Robin Batchelor	....	balloon pilot
Liam Beatty	....	production assistant
Tony Bianchi	....	aerial coordinator: Balloon unit
Hannah Bicat	....	catering assistant
Alison Brister	....	legal: Ingenious Film and Television
Anne Carey	....	chaperone
Orlagh Collins	....	physical production: Pathé Pictures
Jonah Coombes	....	location manager
Stacy Crago	....	floor runner
Chris Cullum	....	health and safety consultant
Sara Curran	....	production legal services
Gilbert Davies	....	aerial coordinator: helicopter unit
David Dinerstein	....	liaison: Paramount Classics
Harry Dixon	....	liaison: FilmFour
Pierre Du Plessis	....	business affairs: Pathé Pictures
Stephen Duffy	....	runner
Jon Duncan	....	production accountant
Michelle Duncan	....	chaperone
Caitlin Elster	....	catering assistant
Barbara Everall	....	dog handler
Simon Fawcett	....	finance director: Pathé Pictures
Kevin Francis-Grey	....	chef (as Kevin Francis Grey)
Nicolas Gaster	....	titles
Anne Marie Gormley	....	assistant production accountant
Paul Grindey	....	liaison: FilmFour
Ruth Halliday	....	negative checks and script clearances: The Clearing House
Frank Hannon	....	chef
James Haywood	....	home economist
Sue Hills	....	script supervisor
Juliette Howell	....	liaison: FilmFour
Josh Hyams	....	assistant production coordinator (as Joshua Hyams)
John Jaggon	....	accounting: Ingenious Film and Television
Paula Jalfon	....	physical production: Ingenious Film and Television
Sylvan Janois	....	chef (as Sylvian Jamois)
Tracey Josephs	....	liaison: FilmFour
Stephen Kelly	....	runner
Philippa Langdale	....	dog handler
Sam Latter	....	assistant location manager
Casey Levie	....	runner
Ken Lowry	....	balloon ground rigger
Michael Malric-Smith	....	helicopter pilot (as Michael Malrick-Smith)
Steffy Marrion	....	production coordinator
Leila McAlister	....	caterer (as Leila Mcalister)
Gregg Miller	....	balloon ground rigger
Stephen Mills	....	caterer
Afia Nkrumah	....	floor runner
Gerardine O'Flynn	....	liaison: FilmFour
Kevin O'Shea	....	insurance: AON/Albert G. Ruben
Laura Pantaleoni	....	catering assistant
Shreepali Patel	....	WFTV/UIP directing change placement
Jason Pierce	....	helicopter engineer
Rose Pomeroy	....	catering assistant
Lesley Prosser	....	chaperone
Paul Rhodes	....	runner
Matthew Sanders	....	unit publicist: McDonald & Rutter
Rob Seager	....	assistant production accountant
Shane Stanfield	....	location security
Brian Stewart	....	location security
Kenny Stewart	....	location security
Darren Stock	....	head of security
Alison Thompson	....	international sales: Pathé Pictures
Keith Thompson	....	helicopter pilot
Peter Touche	....	sale and leaseback finance
Hazel Vaughan	....	balloon ground rigger
Lenny Vaughan	....	balloon ground rigger
Ruth Vitale	....	liaison: Paramount Classics
Rick Williams	....	balloon ground rigger
Lesley Wise	....	sale and leaseback finance
Susanna Wyatt	....	physical production: Pathé Pictures
Just Ardalan-Raikes	....	stand-in: Rhys Ifans (uncredited)

Thanks
Mary Selway	....	dedicatee

Production Companies

• Pathé Pictures International (presents) (as Pathé Pictures)
• UK Film Council (in association with)
• FilmFour (in association with)
• Inside Track Films (in association with) (as Inside Track)
• Free Range Films (as Free Range)
• Ingenious Film Partners (as Ingenious Media)
• Ridgeway Productions (uncredited)

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Folkets Bio (2005) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Hopscotch Productions (2005) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Mikado (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Paramount Classics (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Bir Film (2005) (Turkey) (all media)
• Canvas (2008) (Belgium) (TV)
• Constantin Film (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Movie Bank (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (VHS) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• Verenigde Arbeiders Radio Amateurs (VARA) (2010) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Vivarto (2006) (Poland) (all media)
• Wise Policy (2005) (Japan) (all media)

Special Effects

• Framestore CFC (visual effects)
• Effects Associates (special effects)
• Mark Holt Special Effects (special effects)
• Millennium FX (special effects prosthetics)

Other Companies

• 2020 Casting  extras casting (uncredited)
• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance (as AOL/Albert G. Ruben)
• Angel Recording Studios  orchestra recorded at
• Angels  costumes
• Animals Okay  animals
• Bickers  balloon hanging rig and quad bike
• Boom Studios  re-recorded at
• Camera Revolution  additional camera equipment
• Camera Revolution  cranes supplied by
• Capital Medical Services  medical services provided by (as Capital Medical)
• Castle Air  helicopters
• Clearing House, The  negative checks
• Clearing House, The  script clearances
• Compuhire  computer playback
• Cutting Edge  negative cutting
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color timing
• Edit Hire Post Production Services  avid editing (as Edit Hire)
• Fatts  post-production script service (uncredited)
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Film4  funding
• Framestore CFC  digital film grading
• Framestore CFC  post-production (uncredited)
• Freeway CAM B.V.  world revenues collected and distributed by
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  sound equipment (as Gearbox)
• Helicopter Film Services  wescam
• Ice Films  video assist
• Jim Henson Company  post-production facilities
• Lab, The  stills development
• Lee Lifting  cranes (as Lee Lifting Services Ltd.)
• Lee Lighting  lighting equipment
• Makin Movies  special vehicles
• McDonald and Rutter  unit publicist (as Mcdonald & Rutter)
• Midnight Transfer  telecine
• National Lottery  made with the support of: through UK Film Council
• Nationwide Skylift  cherry pickers (as Skylift)
• Optical Support  steadicam
• Panavision UK  camera and grip equipment provided by
• Panavision UK  cranes supplied by
• Pathé Pictures International  international sales agency (as Pathé International)
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Q-Casting  extras casting (as Q Casting)
• Richmond Film Services  sound equipment
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The  music performed by (as Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Special Treats  electronic press kit
• TLO Film Services  action vehicles

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and a disturbing image

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:16 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:11 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:16 | UK:15 | USA:R | Hong Kong:IIB | Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Pathé Pictures International

Quotes:

[first lines]
Joe:Wow...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: Episode dated 30 October 2004" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Naima

"Gripping throughout with a great modern British cast."

A freak balloon accident in the Oxfordshire countryside involving five men and a child results in the death of an Oxford GP. One of the men is a writer-teacher called Joe (Daniel Craig) who is obsessed with the fact that love may be a science and on top of that he is finding it hard to come to terms with what happened at the accident. This is causing tension between him and his sculptor girlfriend Claire (Samantha Morton) and the situation is worsened when he is contacted by one of the other men in the accident. The man is a loner called Jed (Rhys Ifans), a homosexual who believes that the accident was meant to bring him and Joe together and he begins stalking him wherever he goes with ultimately dangerous results.

ENDURING LOVE adapted from a novel by Ian McEwan is a long and complex thriller, but one that never fails to grip the audience with NOTTING HILL director Roger Michell skillfully blending the mixture of themes including Joe's obsessive theories about love (which are ultimately turned upside down), the impact of the stalking and how it affects the relationship between Claire and Joe and the latter's guilt about the accident. Michell is ably assisted by a first rate cast including Daniel Craig as Joe who was brilliant in this year's British gangster blockbuster LAYER CAKE and Rhys Ifans from NOTTING HILL is splendid as the gay stalker. Samantha Morton also deserves praise as Joe's lover and it is sad to know that ENDURING LOVE isn't likely to find an audience beyond the art-houses. It is well above the quality of some of the hopelessly pretentious offerings our country has turned out in recent years like TRAUMA and THE RATCATCHER.