A Good Woman (2004)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Mike Barker

Writers (WGA):

Oscar Wilde (play)
Howard Himelstein (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 May 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Seduction. Sex. Scandal. She's the talk of the town.

Plot:

While retaining her secret identity, the illustrious Mrs. Erlynne (Hunt) saves Lady Windemere (Johansson) from making a grand social faux-pas with the scoundrelly Lord Darlington (Moore).

Plot Keywords:

1930s | Gossip | Binoculars | Yacht | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Helen Hunt	...	Mrs. Erlynne
Scarlett Johansson	...	Meg Windermere
Milena Vukotic	...	Contessa Lucchino
Stephen Campbell Moore	...	Lord Darlington
Mark Umbers	...	Robert Windemere
Roger Hammond	...	Cecil
John Standing	...	Dumby
Tom Wilkinson	...	Tuppy
Giorgia Massetti	...	Alessandra
Diana Hardcastle	...	Lady Plymdale
Shara Orano	...	Francesca
Jane How	...	Mrs. Stutfield
Bruce McGuire	...	Waiter Joe
Michael Stromme	...	Hotel Desk Clerk
Antonio Barbaro	...	Paulo
Valentina D'Uva	...	Giuseppina, Glove Shop Girl
Filippo Santoro	...	Old Man
Augusto Zucchi	...	Antique Shop Keeper
Carolina Levi	...	Dress Shop Salesgirl
Daniela Stanga	...	Dress Shop Owner
Arianna Mansi	...	Stella's Maid 1
Camilla Bertocci	...	Stella's Maid 2
Nichola Aigner	...	Mrs. Gowper

Directed by
Mike Barker

Writing credits (WGA)
Oscar Wilde		(play "Lady Windermere's Fan")
Howard Himelstein		(screenplay)

Produced by
Liam Badger	....	executive producer
Kimberly Barnes	....	associate producer (as Kim Barnes)
Roberto Bessi	....	co-producer
Mikael Borglund	....	executive producer
Hilary Davis	....	executive producer
Jimmy de Brabant	....	executive producer (as Jimmy De Brabant)
Michael Dounaev	....	executive producer
Jonathan English	....	producer
John Evangelides	....	executive producer
Alan Greenspan	....	producer
Antonio Guadalupi	....	co-producer
Howard Himelstein	....	producer
Duncan Hopper	....	executive producer
Sara Janasz	....	assistant producer
Julie-Anne Lee Kinney	....	associate producer (as Julie Anne Lee-Kinney)
David Nichols	....	supervising producer
Denise O'Dell	....	co-producer
James Pass	....	assistant producer
Rupert Preston	....	executive producer
Sally Robinson	....	associate producer
Steven Siebert	....	producer
Fiona Spillard	....	assistant producer

Original Music by
Richard G. Mitchell

Cinematography by
Ben Seresin		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Neil Farrell

Casting by
Daniel Hubbard
John Hubbard

Production Design by
Ben Scott

Art Direction by
Pier Luigi Basile		(as Pierluigi Basile)

Set Decoration by
Marina Pinzuti Ansolini		(as Marina Pinzuti)
Barbara Cicero

Costume Design by
John Bloomfield

Makeup Department
Francesca Buffarello	....	makeup artist
Federico Carretti	....	additional makeup artist
Elena Gregorini	....	hair stylist
Teresa Hinton	....	hair stylist (as Theresa Hinton)
Anne Oldham	....	makeup designer
Stefania Petrini	....	hair stylist
Rosabella Russo	....	makeup artist
Alex Volpe	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Jean-Marie Allin	....	project manager: Thema
Francesco Belfiore	....	unit manager
Andrea Costantini	....	production manager
Marco Greco	....	production manager
Alistair Hopkins	....	post-production supervisor
Alessandra Lentini	....	unit manager
Gianluca Leurini	....	production supervisor
Marco Olivieri	....	unit manager
Tiziano Tomei	....	assistant production manager
Simona Vescovi	....	unit manager: preparation

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Detlef Issel	....	second second assistant director
Alberto Mangiante	....	first assistant director
Barbara Pastrovich	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Gaetano Amato	....	laborer
Romano Bellucci	....	carpenter
Rosario Calascibetta	....	carpenter
Giancarlo Carbonaro	....	swing gang
Mariano Colace	....	carpenter
Claudia Cosenza	....	assistant art director
Leonardo Fabbri	....	painter
Marco Ficorella	....	assistant property master
Andrea Gaeta	....	assistant art director
Cosimo Giannuzzi	....	swing gang
Eduardo Lima	....	graphic artist
Roberto Masotti	....	swing gang
Miraphora Mina	....	graphic artist (as Mirafora Caruso)
Giuliano Pannuti	....	assistant art director
Silvio Paolillo	....	laborer
Lamberto Ricciardi	....	painter
Ida Sagnotti	....	art department buyer
Claudio Stefani	....	prop swing
Claudio Stefani	....	property master
Alessandro Vannucci	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Maurizio Argentieri	....	sound mixer
Antonio Barba	....	boom operator
Howard Bargroff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist: Los Angeles
Owen Bleasdale	....	foley editor
Owen Bleasdale	....	foley recordist
Dan Green	....	adr recordist: London
Tony Jenkins	....	adr supervisor: Los Angeles
Dan Johnson	....	second sound re-recording mixer
Melissa Lake	....	foley artist
Gareth Llewellyn	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Miriam Ludbrook	....	supervising dialogue editor
Zak Melemendjian	....	assistant dialogue editor (as Peter 'Zak' Melemendjian)
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer: Los Angeles (as Michael S. Miller)
Vincenzo Nardi	....	boom operator
Bernard O'Reilly	....	supervising sound editor
Lionel Selwyn	....	foley artist
Andrew Stirk	....	foley re-recording mixer
Graeme Stoten	....	adr recordist: London
David Turner	....	sound technical supervisor (as DSave Turner)
Mark Kenna	....	consultant: Dolby film sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Tiberio Angeloni	....	special effects technician
Franco Galiano	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Tim Baxter	....	film recording
Dimitri Delacovias	....	digital matte artist: Double Negative
Stephen Elson	....	visual effects producer: Baseblack
Fay McConkey	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Charlie Noble	....	visual effects supervisor: Double Negative
Paul Poetsch	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Petra Schwane	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Val Wardlaw	....	visual effects supervisor: Baseblack
Paul Alexiou	....	runner: Double Negative (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Daffina Alessandro	....	grip: second unit
Leonardo Beltrame	....	electrician
Roberto Bianchi	....	electrician
Paolo Bovi	....	grip
Fausto Cancellieri	....	grip
Giancarlo Checchi	....	generator operator
Andrea Fioravanti	....	grip
Marco Francescon	....	generator operator
Cristiano Galzerano	....	grip
Emanuele Leurini	....	focus puller: second unit
Stefano Marino	....	gaffer
Giuseppe Meloni	....	best boy
Dario Mormile	....	video assistant
Michele Pellegrini	....	electrician
Francisco Pintore	....	clapper loader
Flaviano Ricci	....	grip
Salvatore Ruberto	....	electrician
Stefano Salemme	....	clapper loader
Liviu Ciprian Suhar	....	video assistant
Doriano Torriero	....	key grip
Riccardo Umetelli	....	focus puller
Marco Sticchi	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Abigail Barbier	....	adr voice casting
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Sarah Hanna	....	casting assistant
Tamara Notcutt	....	senior casting assistant: UK (as Tamara Lee Notcutt)
Lilia Trapani	....	casting: Italy, Studio T

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anna Contino	....	seamstress
Vanessa Crane	....	costume dresser
Gianni Florio	....	costume production assistant
Anna Lombardi	....	costume design supervisor
Lior Ozan	....	costume production assistant
Lucilla Simbari	....	costume dresser
Maria Pia Viselli	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Daniel Farrell	....	first assistant editor
Martin Walsh	....	color grader: Technicolor, London

Music Department
Bernard Archard	....	specialist: music equipment hire
Malcolm Archer	....	musician: singer, counter tenor
James Belchamber	....	specialist: music equipment hire
Suzi Isles Buck	....	assistant to composer
Rebecca Gatrell	....	music clearance: Hot House Music Ltd. (as Becca Gatrell)
Andrew Glen	....	music editor (as Andy Glen)
Chlöe Green	....	specialist: music equipment hire
Andy Hague	....	musician: trumpet
Karen Lesley	....	music representative: score recording facility, Astley Hall Studio
Gerard McCann	....	music editor
Richard G. Mitchell	....	music arranger
Richard G. Mitchell	....	score producer
Joseph Sinski	....	musician: double bass
Harry Thompson	....	musician: drums
Simon Turner	....	musician: cello
Ben Waghorn	....	musician: clarinet and tenor sax
Kieron White	....	musician: singer, choir boy
Peter Whitfield	....	musician: violin

Transportation Department
Livio Aurelio	....	driver
Andrea Bianchi	....	driver: grip van
Maurizio Bisceglia	....	driver
Manlio Calabretta	....	driver: triple banger
Luca Cardillo	....	driver: Ms. Hunt
Massimiliano Cedroni	....	driver: grip truck
Giulio De Renzi	....	driver: wardrobe truck
Carlo Di Bianca	....	driver: motorhome, Mr. Wilkinson
Fabio Garofoli	....	period vehicle technician
Luigi Gianforchetti	....	driver: motorhome, Ms.Hu
Enrico Gualatrucci	....	driver: camera truck
Savino La Stella	....	driver: Mr. Wilkinson
Fabrizio Leone	....	driver
Roberto Leone	....	transportation coordinator
Mauricio Maggi	....	period vehicle coordinator
Attilio Moro	....	transportation coordinator
Carlo Nevola	....	driver: makeup and hair trailer
Sergio Pirri	....	driver: Ms. Johansson
Tonino Quaranta	....	driver: motorhome, Ms. Johanssen
Gianluca Rosetta	....	driver: triple banger
Andrea Sassaroli	....	driver: electric truck
C.S. Stiffi	....	transportation supplier

Other crew
Lars Arnold	....	production assistant
Alessandro Baragli	....	production assistant: rushes
Simona Batistelli	....	production coordinator
Claudio Bellincampi	....	production assistant
Moon Blauner	....	personal assistant: Ms. Hunt
Pauline Burt	....	risk manager (as Pauline Larkkom)
Cecilia Buys	....	assistant: Mr. Barker
Marcello Chimenti	....	production assistant
Giuseppe Citro	....	production assistant
Gabriele Colecchia	....	production assistant
Michele De Leo	....	cashier
Rita Della Rocca	....	assistant accountant: Italy
Cristina Ecija	....	assistant to co-producer: Spain
Carla Ferroni	....	production coordinator
Gianni A. Graziol	....	location manager (as Gianni Grazioli)
Jim Hajicosta	....	chief production accountant: UK
Detlef Issel	....	production assistant
Alessandra Lentini	....	location manager
Alfonso Liguori	....	assistant crowd marshall
Claude Ludovicy	....	location consultant
Alessandro Mazzini	....	assistant accountant: Italy
Andrea Minerva	....	production assistant
Daniele Modesti	....	location manager
Massimo Nardi	....	first aid
Marco Olivieri	....	location manager
Daniela Ovi	....	assistant production coordinator
Luigi Palmulli	....	crowd marshall
Giuseppe Palumbo	....	assistant: Mr. Greenspan
Giorgia Passarelli	....	production supervisor assistant
Denis Pedregosa	....	vice president of production: KanZaman
Orlando Pedregosa	....	legal: KanZaman
Patrizia Pierucci	....	payroll accountant
Jason Potter	....	assistant accountant: UK
Aaron Sandler	....	assistant: Mr. Greenspan
Serenella Severini	....	consultant: Ministerio per I Beni e le Attivitá Culturali
Giulia Sirignani	....	personal assistant: Ms. Hunt
Paul Swann	....	consultant: color, Technicolor, London
Tiziano Tomei	....	production assistant
Giorgio Tregnaghi	....	chief production accountant: Italy
Edoardo Trowse	....	production trainee
Lori Wyant	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Meltemi Entertainment
• Thema Production
• Buskin Film S.r.l.
• Kanzaman
• Beyond Films
• Magic Hour Media

Distributors

• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky Film Distribution (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)
• GAGA Communications (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Lions Gate Films (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Vertigo Films (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2006) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Blue Sky Media (2006) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• E Stars Films (2005) (China) (all media)
• LNK Audiovisuais (2005) (Portugal) (all media)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• MG Film (2005) (Croatia) (all media)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Shoval Film Production (2005) (Israel) (all media)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Double Negative (visual effects)
• Baseblack (visual effects)
• Capital FX (titles and opticals)
• M.A.G. Special Effects

Other Companies

• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  production insurance (as AON/Albert G. Ruben)
• Astley Hall Studio  score recording facility
• Bird & Bird  production legal representation
• Blueprint Audit  production auditors
• Cinecittá Studios  teatri di posa
• Cinesicurtà  production insurance (as Cinesicurta)
• Click Catering  catering
• Davenport Lyons  production legal representation
• Della Ragione-Garofalo  production legal representation
• Eastman Kodak  film stock
• Edit Hire (New Technology) Ltd.  editing facilities (as Edit Hire)
• Film Finance  completion guarantor
• Freeway CAM B.V.  world revenues collected and distributed by
• Hot-House Music  music clearance (as Hot House Music Ltd.)
• Law Office of Kathy Z Heller  production legal representation
• Loudwater Studio  score recording facility
• MHFF2  copyright holder
• MHFF2  financing
• Magic Hour Film Finance  financing
• Olswang  production legal representation
• PNC  negative cutting
• Pacific Ocean Post  sound re-recording facility
• Panalight  camera: grip and electric equipment supplied by
• Royal Bank of Scotland  gap financing provided by
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Studio Degli Avvocati  production legal representation
• Studio T.  casting: Italy
• Technicolor Rome  laboratory: shoot
• Technicolor  laboratory: post-production
• Tenon Media  accounting advisors
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  sound re-recording facility
• Zoo Grunwald  animal wrangler

Also Known As:

Le seduttrici (Italy)

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic material, sensuality and language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Spain | Italy | UK | Luxembourg | USA

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:AL | Hong Kong:IIA | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | South Korea:12 | UK:PG | Australia:PG | USA:PG | Ireland:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

Amalfi, Salerno, Campania, Italy

Company:

Meltemi Entertainment

Trivia:

"A Good Woman" is a theatrical version of Oscar Wilde's 1892 four-act comedy, "Lady Windemere's Fan."

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the band is playing at the party, the trumpet (actually a cornet) is shown without a mute, but the soundtrack is of a muted trumpet. The tone heard is not possible otherwise.

Quotes:

Meg Windermere: How could he?
Contessa Lucchino: Every man is born truthful and every man dies a liar. Now whatever you do you mustn't make a scene. It's too unpleasant and you waste energy.
Meg Windermere: No, of course not. I wouldn't.
Contessa Lucchino: Crying is the refuge of plain women.
[smiling brightly]
Contessa Lucchino: Pretty women go shopping.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Soundtrack:

Un Bel Di Vedremo

A must see movie

I feel this is the best film I have seen for a very long time. As a UK BAFTA member had I have seen it in competition earlier this year (and I don't know why it was not BAFTA nominated) I would have cast my vote for it in most major categories....particularly Direction, Editing, Performances, Design, Make up, Costume, Music and more, even Best Film.

The only criticism I have is the title....and this may have held it back from popular interest. Luckily a friend in the industry tipped me off that it was an exceptional movie and I feel without doubt it definitely is, so I am tipping you off...go and see it! Stunning performances from the entire cast. Thank goodness we can still produce movies as entertaining as this one!