Sharpe's Challenge (2006) (TV)

Director:

Tom Clegg

Writers:

Bernard Cornwell (novels)
Russell Lewis (written by)

Release Date:

14 April 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | History | War

Plot:

Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe's Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan...

Plot Keywords:

India | Duke Of Wellington | Hero | Cavalry Charge | Desert

Cast

Sean Bean	...	Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley	...	Harper
Toby Stephens	...	Dodd
Padma Lakshmi	...	Madhuvanthi
Aurélien Recoing	...	Gudin (as Aurelien Recoing)
Lucy Brown	...	Celia Burroughs
Michael Cochrane	...	Simmerson
Alyy Khan	...	Mohan Singh
Hugh Fraser	...	Wellington
Peter-Hugo Daly	...	Bickerstaff
Thierry Hancisse	...	Bonnet
Karan Panthaky	...	Khande Rao
Nicholas Blane	...	Crosby
Michael Elwyn	...	Rawlinson
Diana Perez	...	Ramona Harper
Shruti Vyas	...	Lalima
Peter Symonds	...	Burroughs
Graham McTavish	...	McRae
Gary Dunnington	...	Stokes
Oliver Chris	...	Leonard
Lex Shrapnel	...	Lawrence
Karan Arora	...	Davi Lal
Toby Regbo	...	Ensign
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alex Revan	...	Captain Lazarus (uncredited)

Directed by
Tom Clegg

Writing credits
Bernard Cornwell		(novels)
Russell Lewis		(written by)

Produced by
Malcolm Craddock	....	producer
Kathryn Mitchell	....	executive producer
Julia Stannard	....	co-producer
Muir Sutherland	....	producer
Stuart Sutherland	....	executive producer
Stephen Wilkinson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Dominic Muldowney
John Tams		(as Jon Tams)

Cinematography by
Nigel Willoughby

Film Editing by
Chris Ridsdale		(as Chris Risdale)

Casting by
John Hubbard
Ros Hubbard

Production Design by
Tom McCullagh

Art Direction by
Henry Harris
Muneesh Sappel

Set Decoration by
Barbara Herman-Skelding

Costume Design by
Claire Anderson

Makeup Department
Marc Pilcher	....	makeup artist
Marella Shearer	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Eleanor Chaudhuri	....	production manager
Rakesh Mehra	....	production manager
Emma Pike	....	production manager
Rajen Rajkhowa	....	unit manager
Alex Sutherland	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ben Burt	....	second assistant director
David Higgs	....	third assistant director
Michael Mallinson	....	first assistant director
Shyamalee Sharma	....	assistant director
Krishan Pratap Singh	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Sunil Chhabra	....	property master (as Sunil Chabra)
Amit Lad	....	assistant art director
Vilas Panchal	....	construction coordinator
Kumar Rajendra	....	stand-by prop
Harveer Singh	....	property master
Rajesh Yadav	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Robert Brazier	....	foley mixer
Wayne Brooks	....	sound effects editor
Alistair Crocker	....	production sound mixer
James Harbour	....	sound maintenance
Colin Martin	....	dubbing mixer
Jonathan Rimas	....	adr mixer
Chris Roberts	....	adr editor
Chris Roberts	....	adr supervisor
Jatin Sarma	....	sound assistant
Lionel Strutt	....	adr coordinator

Special Effects by
Tony Auger	....	special effects supervisor
Garth Inns	....	special effects senior technician

Visual Effects by
Louise Hussey	....	visual effects producer
Alex Llewellyn	....	digital compositor
Chris Mortimer	....	visual effects supervisor (remastered version)
Kate Porter	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Privett	....	visual effects supervisor
Lee Tibbetts	....	digital effects artist
Jez Tucker	....	senior systems administrator (uncredited)

Stunts
Aleksandr Baranov	....	stunts
Oleg Botin	....	stunts
Zed Korshoonoff	....	stunts
Gareth Milne	....	stunt coordinator
Sergey Golovkin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Oleg Korytin	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Bourke	....	best boy
Ben Chads	....	focus puller
Tom Gates	....	gaffer
Katharine Higgs	....	clapper loader
G. Monic Kumar	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Tony Nutley	....	still photographer
Jim Philpott	....	grip

Casting Department
Tom Swayne	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Liaqat Ali	....	chief costume cutter
Sabir Ali	....	wardrobe assistant
Sajid Ali	....	costume helper
Sajid Ali	....	wardrobe assistant
Katherine Burchill	....	assistant costume designer
Sandeep Kumar	....	set costumer
Manasi	....	set costumer
Narendra mohan Mathur	....	costume assistant
Heidi Miller	....	costume assistant
Sujata Sharma	....	costume supervisor
Salim Shiekh	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Oliver Griffin	....	assistant editor
Vincent Narduzzo	....	colorist (as Vince Narduzzo)

Transportation Department
Chand Bhat	....	transportation manager

Other crew
Paresh Behera	....	first assistant accountant
Richard Bonehill	....	sword master
Maxine Davis	....	production accountant
Suzanna de Miranda	....	assistant production coordinator
Yoko Lytle	....	production assistant
Annie Mathews	....	production coordinator
Claire Mitchell	....	assistant accountant
Rachel Murrell	....	script editor
Caroline O'Reilly	....	script supervisor
Richard Rutherford-Moore	....	military advisor
Abhijit SenGupta	....	assistant horse master
Jai Sharma	....	production assistant
Rebecca Sutton	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Celtic Films Entertainment
• Kriti Productions
• Picture Palace

Distributors

• 2 Entertain (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• BBC America (2006) (USA) (TV)
• BBC Warner (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Independent Television (ITV) (2006) (UK) (TV)
• Just Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• New KSM (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Rushes Post Production (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Mayflower Studios  adr recording studio
• Media World Logistics  production logistics (uncredited)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Hindi | French

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:TV-14 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:12 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Amber Fort, Amber, Rajasthan, India

Company:

Celtic Films Entertainment

Trivia:

The project required more than 700 costumes, most of which were made on location in India. The Pindari bandit uniforms required 420 meters of silk while 840 meters of cotton were used to create uniforms for the men of the East Indian Company Army.

Goofs:

Continuity: They have forgotten all of Sharpe's scars from previous battles in the previous movies.

Quotes:

Richard Sharpe:You want me to go back to India?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Story of the Costume Drama: A Call to Arms (#1.5)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Rock of Ages

A worthy return to form

This one needed a few changes, since (unlike the books) this Indian outing is set *after* the Peninsular war and blends several of the "Indian" Sharpe books. This is of course unavoidable, partly because the cast are all ten years older but also because the first Sharpe film skipped over the Indian books and had Sharpe obtaining his field commission in Spain rather than in India. Thus they need another horrible sergeant to replace Hakeswill, for example. That is only relevant for obsessives and the whole thing is a proper dose of Sharpe- all the usual elements of the formula are well serviced. Some truly excellent moments and clearly with a higher budget that the originals. India provides a spectacular backdrop and the attention to detail is as impressive as ever (even if, as ever in the films, the cannon shot continues to explode inappropriately). Enjoy!