The Moon and the Stars (2007)

Director:

John Irvin

Writers:

Peter Barnes
Fabio Carpi

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

It's All Make Believe, Perhaps That's Why We Love It. The World Outside Is So Cruel.

Plot:

Together in Rome to shoot a film, a German actress (McCormack) and an English actor (Pryce) contend with forces that complicate their romance as well as the production itself. |

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Jonathan Pryce	...	James Clavel / Scarpia
Alfred Molina	...	Davide Rieti
Catherine McCormack	...	Kristina Baumgarten / Tosca
András Bálint	...	László Molnár
Rob David	...	Alfonso Liguori / Cavaradossi (as Roberto Purvis)
Rupert Friend	...	Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
Joanna Scanlan	...	Daisy Burke
Surama De Castro	...	Maria Grazia
Ivano Marescotti	...	Annibale Merolle
Niccolò Senni	...	Marcantonio Altieri
Francesco De Vito	...	Gargano
Pál Mácsai	...	Otto Walser
Ignazio Oliva	...	Marchesini
András Márton	...	Arthur Kunz
Irén Psota	...	Costume designer
Eszter Balla	...	Sophia, costume designer's assistant
Vincent Riotta	...	Tumiati
Éva Schubert	...	Princess Altieri
Béla Fesztbaum	...	Secret agent
István Kanizsay	...	Captain
Emanuela Ponzano	...	Ombretta - journalist
József Incze	...	Fascist soldier
Péter Vida	...	Funaro
Péter Janicsek	...	Guard #1
Gábor Csöre	...	Guard #2
Imre Csuja	...	Trattoria Owner
Iván Dengyel	...	Judge
Ferenc Elek	...	Merolle's aid
Olga Koós	...	Old Lady
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lili Bordán	...	Journalist

Directed by
John Irvin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Peter Barnes
Fabio Carpi

Produced by
Roberto Bessi	....	producer
Andrea Borella	....	line producer
André Djaoui	....	producer
Antonio Guadalupi	....	producer
Patrick Irwin	....	producer
Zoltán A. Kerényi	....	line producer: Hungary
Maurizio Santarelli	....	associate producer
Aron Sipos	....	producer

Original Music by
Adriano Maria Vitali

Cinematography by
Elemér Ragályi

Film Editing by
Toby Yates

Production Design by
Amedeo Fago

Set Decoration by
Lucio Di Domenico

Costume Design by
Ezio Maria Bruno
Alberto Verso

Makeup Department
Anna Gerõ	....	makeup artist
Gabriella Németh	....	key hair stylist (as Gabi Nemeth)

Production Management
Alice Guien	....	production manager
Miodrag Stevanovic	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anikó Dunaveczky	....	second assistant director
Gergely Fülöp	....	assistant director
Paolo Guglielmotti	....	director: opening title sequence
István Kolos	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Noemi Mehrli	....	assistant to set decorator
Zsuzsanna Mehrli	....	assistant to production designer
Gábor Szabó	....	props

Sound Department
Sándor Balla	....	sound editor: Hungary
Vicky Brazier	....	sound editor
Giancarlo Dellapina	....	sound mixer
Richard Fettes	....	sound editor
Sue Harding	....	foley artist
Alex Hudd	....	sound consultant: dolby
Tim Lewiston	....	supervising sound editor
Alan Sallabank	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Schulteisz	....	sound assistant
Szabolcs Stella	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Ferenc Deák	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Andrea Baracca	....	digital color timing
Andrea Baracca	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Michele Benigna	....	digital compositor
Ludovico Bettarello	....	digital intermediate assist: Proxima
Emanuele Comotti	....	digital compositor
Fathima Feminò	....	roto artist
Dionisio Greco	....	scanning & recording manager
Fabio Luongo	....	digital compositor
Maura Manfredi	....	roto artist
Gian Luca Rizzo	....	visual effects producer
Marco Ruggieri	....	scanning & recording manager
Giuseppe Squillaci	....	visual effects supervisor: Proxima
Fabio Zaveti	....	lead compositor: Proxima

Stunts
László Imre	....	stunts
Bela Kasi	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Péter Katona	....	stunt performer
Roland Kollárszky	....	stunts
Levente Lezsák	....	stunts
Tivadar Mike	....	stunts
Béla Unger	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Egon Endrényi	....	still photographer
Miklós Hajdu	....	gaffer
András Khin	....	Steadicam operator
Marci Ragályi	....	Steadicam operator
Marci Ragályi	....	camera operator
Imre Sisa	....	key grip

Casting Department
Abigail Barbier	....	adr voice casting
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Michela Forbicioni	....	casting assistant
Tamás Kertész	....	extras casting
István Kolos	....	casting director: Hungary

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bea Beliczai	....	assistant to costume designer
Gábor Homonnay	....	costume supervisor
József Lender	....	dresser
József Varjú	....	dresser: men

Editorial Department
Ross Porter-Ward	....	first assistant editor
Fabrizio Storaro	....	digital intermediate supervisor

Other crew
Alberto De Stefani	....	production accountant
Alice Guien	....	assistant to producer
Irina Hegner	....	production coordinator
Balázs Kovács	....	extras coordinator
Éva Kovács	....	location manager
Noemi Mehrli	....	art interpreter
Rita Mányai	....	production coordinator: Hungary
Krisztina Szigeti	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Sam Eigen	....	special thanks
Brandon Paine	....	special thanks
Brian Sweet	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Buskin Film
• Creative Partners Ltd.
• Box Film
• Trees Pictures
• Buskin Film

Distributors

• Lightyear Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Teleview International (2007) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)
• Vivendi Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Proxima

Other Companies

• Abacus Consult  accounting: audit
• Concorde Film Trust  funding
• Proxima  post-production (digital intermediate)
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Sapex Scripts  post-production services

Also Known As:

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Italy | UK | Hungary

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Company:

Buskin Film

i think this movie is stellar!

It's not a Chinese-food-movie (you forget what you saw by the time you exit the theater) and it deals with so many identifiable issues....prejudice (adddressing the gay and Jewish population particularly), lost love, the longing for fantasy beyond day to day reality...it's set in a captivating time period (just as WWII broke out) in Italy, features FABULOUS actors who should all get NOMINATIONS, wonderful costumes and a romantic and delicious MUSICAL SCORE! As well, it's quite funny at times...bittersweet and was written by the sadly-no-longer-with-us playwright PETER BARNES (ENCHANTED APRIL, THE RULING CLASS) and directed by sleeping giant JOHN IRVIN.