Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Director:

Bharat Nalluri

Writers (WGA):

David Magee (screenplay) and
Simon Beaufoy (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

27 March 2008 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Every Woman Will Have Her Day

Plot:

Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Governess | Actress | Piano | Lingerie

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Amy Adams	...	Delysia
David Alexander	...	Chestnut Seller
Clare Clifford	...	Margery
Christina Cole	...	Charlotte Warren
Stephanie Cole	...	Miss Holt
Beatie Edney	...	Mrs. Brummegan
Shirley Henderson	...	Edythe
Ciarán Hinds	...	Joe
Sarah Kants	...	Annabel Darlington
Sally Leonard	...	Woman at Train Station
Frances McDormand	...	Miss Pettigrew
Katy Murphy	...	Miss Holt's Assistant
Lee Pace	...	Michael
Tom Payne	...	Phil
Tim Potter	...	Nightclub Patron
Matt Ryan	...	Gerry
Mark Strong	...	Nick
Mo Zinal	...	Lenny (as Mo Zainal)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Fiddy	...	Party-goer (uncredited)
Silvia Lombardo	...	Nightclub Patron's Lover (uncredited)
Chris Mansfield	...	Prison Guard (uncredited)
Alana O'Neill	...	Society Lady (uncredited)
Pam Rose	...	Society Lady (uncredited)
Leonard Silver	...	Butler (uncredited)
Pauline Stone	...	Society Lady (uncredited)
Richard Upton	...	Head Silver Service Waiter (uncredited)
Ben Wood	...	Fan (uncredited)

Directed by
Bharat Nalluri

Writing credits (WGA)
David Magee		(screenplay) and
Simon Beaufoy		(screenplay)
Winifred Watson		(novel)

Produced by
Nellie Bellflower	....	producer
Jane Frazer	....	co-producer
Stephen Garrett	....	producer
Maggi Townley	....	associate producer
Paul Webster	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Paul Englishby

Cinematography by
John de Borman		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Barney Pilling

Casting by
Leo Davis

Production Design by
Sarah Greenwood

Art Direction by
Nick Gottschalk
Niall Moroney		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Katie Spencer

Costume Design by
Michael O'Connor

Makeup Department
Anita Burger	....	extras hair stylist
Anita Burger	....	extras makeup artist
Karen Cohen	....	hair stylist
Fae Hammond	....	hair designer
Fae Hammond	....	makeup designer
Sharon Martin	....	key hair stylist
Sharon Martin	....	key makeup artist
Sue Westwood	....	hair stylist (as Su Westwood)
Sue Westwood	....	makeup artist (as Su Westwood)
Ursula Adelhelm	....	makeup trainee (uncredited)
Francesco Alberico	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Alex Rouse	....	wigmaker (uncredited)

Production Management
John Crampton	....	unit manager: locations
Simon Fraser	....	production manager
Lucie Graves	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dan Channing-Williams	....	additional third assistant director
Guy Heeley	....	first assistant director
Zoe Liang	....	additional third assistant director (as Zoe Laing)
Charlie Reed	....	third assistant director
Anthony Wilcox	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Joshua Barraud	....	stand-by props (as Josh Barraud)
Mark Bewley	....	head of department plasterer
Mark Billingham	....	dressing props
Ken Burnett	....	property storeman (as Kenny Burnett)
Netty Chapman	....	stand-by art director
Raymond Churchouse	....	supervising plasterer (as Ray Churchouse)
Stephen Conway	....	dressing props
Guy Cope	....	stand-by rigger
Gavin Dean	....	art department runner
Emma Hanson	....	sculptor
Alison Harvey	....	props buyer
David Thomas Haynes	....	head of department painter
John Haynes	....	supervising painter
Lee Hosken	....	stand-by carpenter
Tony Hoskins	....	head of department carpenter
Simon Hutchings	....	stand-by painter
Gary Martin	....	dressing props
Daryn McLaughlan	....	assistant art director
Elly Meyrick	....	assistant props buyer
Graham Mitchell	....	carpenter
Eddie Murphy	....	carpenter
Eddie O'Neill	....	supervising stagehand
Sarah Pasquali	....	graphic artist
Adrian Platt	....	dressing props
Simon Riley	....	dressing props
Nigel Ross	....	stand-by stagehand
Russell Sargent	....	supervising carpenter
Kristin Theyers	....	stand-by props
Sophie Tyler	....	assistant set decorator
Stuart Watson	....	construction manager
Stephen Alan Wilson	....	supervising carpenter (as Stephen Wilson)
Dennis Wiseman	....	property master
Lee Wiseman	....	dressing props
Dorrie Young	....	art department assistant
Andrea Couch	....	draughtsperson (uncredited)
Rohan Harris	....	props (uncredited)
Tony Marks	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Harry Barnes	....	foley editor (as Harry Barns)
Oliver Brierley	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer (as Oliver Brierly)
Roberto Cappannelli	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Conway	....	adr supervisor
Michael Fentum	....	sound effects editor
Alex Fielding	....	sound mix technician (as Alexander Fielding)
Steve Finn	....	boom operator
Arthur Graley	....	foley artist
Nigel Heath	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jim McBride	....	sound maintenance
Dan Morgan	....	dialogue editor
Chris Munro	....	production sound mixer
Julian Slater	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Sturmer	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Ruth Sullivan	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
James Davis III	....	special effects technician (as James Davis)
Hugh Goodbody	....	special effects technician
Mark Holt	....	special effects supervisor
Peter Kersey	....	senior technician
Graham Povey	....	special effects technician
Jamie Weguelin	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Louie Alexander	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Jaume Arteman	....	compositor: Double Negative
Ben Baker	....	head of digital lab: Framestore CFC
Adrian Banton	....	senior compositor: Double Negative
Clare Brody	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Paul Burke	....	scanning and recording: Framestore
Andy Burrow	....	scanning and recording manager: Framestore CFC
Francesca Canducci	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Ian Copeland	....	rotoscope artist: Double Negative
Eric D'Souza	....	digital lab engineer: Framestore CFC
Jerome Dewhurst	....	digital lab engineer: Framestore CFC
Miles Drake	....	studio manager: Double Negative
Julian Foddy	....	3D artist: Double Negative
Azzard Gordon	....	digital matchmove artist: Double Negative
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: Double Negative
Jeremy Hardin	....	3D artist: Double Negative
Adam Hawkes	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Karsten Hecker	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Joe Hoare	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
John Inch	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Alex Ireland	....	compositor: Double Negative
Yan Jennings	....	film mastering engineer: Framestore CFC
David Johnston	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Matthew Leach	....	studio assistant
James Long	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Kevin Lowery	....	film mastering engineer: Framestrore CFC
Veronica Marcano	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC (as Veronica Mercano)
Jan Maroske	....	compositor: Double Negative
Gurel Mehmet	....	digital matte painter: Double Negative
John Moffatt	....	visual effects supervisor: Double Negative
Kate Phillips	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Ian Redmond	....	digital lab engineer: Framestore CFC
Jimmy Saul	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC (as James Saul)
Dan Snape	....	compositor: Double Negative
Nick Stanley	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Melissa Taylor	....	visual effects executive producer: Double Negative
Odean Thompson	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC (as O'Dean Thompson)
Christian Toft	....	3D artist: Double Negative
Annabel Wright	....	conform editor: Framestore CFC
Matthew Baker	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
Zachary Bloom	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
Turea Blyth	....	visual effects editorial: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
Nik Brownlee	....	digital compositor: Double Negative (uncredited)
Richard Edwards	....	data operator: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
Mai Gray	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
Alistair Hamer	....	film mastering engineer (uncredited)
Adam Hawkes	....	title compositor (uncredited)
Lee Ifans	....	visual effects editor: Double Negative (uncredited)
Taz Lodder	....	technical support: Double Negative (uncredited)
Lee Rankin	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC (uncredited)

Stunts
Tim Halloran	....	stunt performer
Curtis Rivers	....	stunt performer
Paul Weston	....	stunt coordinator
Curtis Rivers	....	stunt double: Mark Strong (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Dave Brennan	....	electrician (as David Brennan)
Kerry Brown	....	still photographer
Roy Elston	....	electrical rigger
Chuck Finch	....	gaffer
Stephen Finch	....	gaffer (as Steve Finch)
Tommy Finch	....	rigging gaffer
Max Glickman	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Leigh Gold	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Merritt Gold	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Rebecca Jeffrey	....	camera continuity: "b" camera (as Rebecca Carrigan)
Dylan Jones	....	video assist operator
Paul Kelly	....	rigging electrician
Jamie Knight	....	electrician
Dash Lilley	....	camera trainee: "b" camera
Malcolm McLean	....	additional photography
Billy Merrell	....	best boy
Richard Merrell	....	best boy
Ron Nicholls	....	grip: "b" camera (as Ron Nichols)
James Perry	....	camera trainee: "a" camera
Alastair Rae	....	Steadicam operator
Fred Reynolds	....	electrical rigger
Kenny Richards	....	electrical rigger
Tony Skinner	....	rigging electrician
Luke Stone	....	trainee grip
Robin Stone	....	grip: "a" camera
Tom Taylor	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Thomas Taylor)
Colin Townsend	....	generator operator
George White	....	rigging electrician
Steve Wood	....	electrician

Casting Department
Lesley Gogarty	....	extras casting
Lissy Holm	....	associate casting director

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tim Aslam	....	assistant costume designer
Anthony Brookman	....	crowd costumier
Laura Day	....	corsetier
Andrew Fletcher	....	costume assistant
Magot Forster	....	costume maker
Jan Green	....	lingerie maker
Georgina Gunner	....	costume supervisor
Andrew Hunt	....	wardrobe master
Kunza	....	corsetier
Susan MacKenzie	....	seamstress
Maja Meschede	....	costume assistant
Yvonne Otzen	....	crowd costumier
Luan Placks	....	assistant costumer
Faith Thomas	....	costume assistant
Samantha Cousins	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Claire Jennings	....	costume trainee (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Erika Brüning	....	film mastering producer: Framestore CFC (as Erika Bruning)
Tabitha Dean	....	editorial: Framestore CFC
Steve Farman	....	negative cutter
Alec Gibson	....	color timer
Jan Hogevold	....	digital intermediate executive producer: Framestore CFC
Christopher Lloyd	....	assembly editor
Esme Long	....	digital intermediate producer: Framestore CFC
Sandra McCallig	....	assistant editor
Lee McComish	....	negative cutter
Asa Shoul	....	colorist: Framestore CFC
Maria Stroka	....	senior digital intermediate producer: Framestore CFC
Stephen Bearman	....	colorist: dailies (uncredited)

Music Department
Chris Barrett	....	score recording and mixing assistant
James Bellamy	....	music editor
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Karen Elliott	....	music supervisor
Paul Englishby	....	conductor
Paul Englishby	....	orchestrator
Paul Englishby	....	score producer
Isobel Griffiths	....	music contractor
Nick Moss	....	musician: solo clairinet
Alex Nutton	....	score recording and mixing assistant
Nyree Pinder	....	score coordinator: Hothouse Music
Colin Rae	....	music copyist
Chris Traves	....	additional music recordist
Nick Wollage	....	music recordist
Nick Wollage	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Dave Ballard	....	driver: construction stand-by
Mike Beaven	....	unit driver
Mark Bellett	....	driver: facilities
Allan Bradshaw	....	unit driver
Debbie Bryant	....	driver: facilities
Roy Clarke	....	unit driver
Gary Cook	....	driver: facilities
Ben Dillon	....	action vehicles: MGM Cars
George Green	....	driver: facilities
Dave Hopkin	....	driver: facilities
Dave Jones	....	driver: facilities
Paul Jones	....	driver: facilities
Peter Mercer	....	unit driver
Enyo Mortty	....	unit driver (as Enyo Morty)
Thomas Oakman	....	driver: construction
Eddie Rodmell	....	driver: facilities (as Eddie Rodmel)
Colin Sheffield	....	driver: facilities
Colin Simmons	....	unit driver
Barry Stevenson	....	unit driver (as Barry Stephenson)
Colin Townsend	....	driver: facilities

Other crew
Pip Ayers	....	electronic press kit director
Jules Baker-Smith	....	assistant to director
Kellie Belle	....	clearance services: Bellwood Media
Emma Brazier	....	assistant accountant
Lloyd Buck	....	animal handler (as Lloyd Bucks)
Deepti Burton	....	legal services: Wiggin LLP
Anya Chmura	....	assets representative
Clair Chrysler	....	stand-in
Jessica Cole	....	assistant: Jane Frazer
Andrew Gwyn Davies	....	assistant production coordinator
Rhiannon Mair Davies	....	production runner (as Rhiannon Davies)
Tom Edmondson	....	floor runner
Richard Gibbs	....	catering director: Reel Meals (Take 2 )
Synnöve Godeseth	....	assistant location manager (as Synnove Godeseth)
Louise Green	....	assistant post-production accountant
Samson Haveland	....	floor runner (as Sam Haviland)
Eva Hawkins	....	trainee: FT2
Sue Hills	....	script supervisor
Mick Hurrell	....	health and safety advisor
Ali James	....	assistant location manager
Rebecca Jeffrey	....	production coordinator (as Rebecca Carrigan)
Carol Jones	....	animal handler
Sandra Jones	....	catering assistant: Reel Meals (Take 2 )
Martin Joy	....	additional location manager
Debbie Kaye	....	animal handler
Beth Hearn Keech	....	assistant: Nellie Bellflower
Alexandra Kosevic	....	assistant: Stephen Garrett
Manda Levin	....	script editor
Stacy Mann	....	unit publicist
Zahra Mansouri	....	assistant choreographer
Joy Maxwell Davis	....	unit nurse
Charles Moore	....	legal services: Wiggin LLP
Dave Morley	....	construction nurse
Jack Murphy	....	choreographer
Clive Noakes	....	lab contact: Deluxe
Kevin O'Shea	....	insurance: AON/Albert G Ruben Insurance Services
Nick Oliver	....	location scout
Katharine Otway	....	legal services: Wiggin LLP
Jeremy Pelzer	....	studio director ealing studios
Maggie Phelan	....	production accountant
Emma Pill	....	location manager
Gill Raddings	....	animal handler
Frances Richardson	....	first assistant accountant
John Rose	....	animal handler
Lara Sargent	....	post-production accountant
Chris Scannell	....	chef: Reel Meals (Take 2 )
Katherine Tidy	....	home economist (as Cath Tidy)
Joan Washington	....	dialect coach
Rebecca Wolf	....	assistant accountant
Maria Zubiuk	....	catering assistant: Reel Meals (Take 2 )
Nic Benns	....	title designer (uncredited)
James Fiddy	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Jamie H. Zelermyer	....	production executive (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Focus Features (presents)
• Kudos Productions Ltd. (co-production)
• Keylight Entertainment Group (co-production)
• Twins Financing (produced in association with)

Distributors

• Focus Features (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2008) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Alliance (2008) (Canada) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Blue Sky Media (2007) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Castello Lopes Multimedia (2008) (Portugal) (all media)
• Deltamac Entertainment (2008) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2009) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Double Negative (visual effects)

Other Companies

• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance
• Access Bookings  accommodation
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  music recording and mixing facility (as Air Lyndhurst, London)
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies/mobiles
• Bellwood Media  clearance services
• C&M Location Services  security
• Deluxe  color
• Framestore CFC  digital intermediate
• Goldcrest Post Production London  adr recorded at (as Goldcrest Studios)
• Hackenbacker Audio Post Production  audio facilities
• Hackenbacker Audio Post Production  sound re-recorded at
• Hothouse Music  music supervisor
• Howard Schwartz Recording  adr recorded at
• Isobel Griffiths Limited  music contractor
• Joe Dunton & Company  camera equipment provided by
• Kodak  film stock
• London Session Orchestra, The  orchestra (uncredited)
• MGM Cars  action vehicles
• Midnight Transfer  telecine
• Momoco/Maguffin  main titles and end credits
• Natural Addiction  craft service (as Natural Addictions)
• PMA Production  EPK produced by
• POP Sound  adr recorded at
• Panalux  grip and lighting equipment
• Pivotal Post  editing equipment
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Professional Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• Reel Meals(Take 2)  catering
• Sargent-Disc  payroll services
• Supercolor  stills processing
• The Casting Network  extras casting
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• Voice Activated  adr voice casting
• Watson Brown  construction company
• West 7 Post Production  editing equipment
• Wiggin  legal services

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some partial nudity and innuendo

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43967) | Hong Kong:IIA | Finland:K-7 | UK:PG | South Korea:12 | Ireland:PG | New Zealand:PG | Netherlands:6 | South Africa:PG | Sweden:Btl | Singapore:PG | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG13 (re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Company:

Focus Features

Trivia:

Frances McDormand's character Guinevere Pettigrew claims to be raised by a clergyman, when in real life, McDormand's adoptive father is Canadian minister Vernan McDormand.

Goofs:

Continuity: Edythe's cigarette changes length between alternating close and full person shots, in the scene on the balcony at Delysia's party.

Quotes:

Delysia:Are you alright?
Guinevere Pettigrew:I have never sworn before in my life! Not even in my mind!
Delysia:I didn't hear you swear.
Guinevere Pettigrew:Yes I did! I said damned and hell, and I meant them.
Delysia:Oh, that's not swearing. They came out of the sinful category an age ago!

Movie Connections:

References Every Day's a Holiday (1937)

Soundtrack:

If I Didn't Care

This Miss is bliss! McDormand is enchanting in the title role and Adams is charming, too

Miss Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is a penniless nanny, currently out of a job. Although she has worked for a placement agency in the past, they give her the cold shoulder this time, mostly because her last three stints as a nanny, with impossible children, fared badly. Absolutely desperate for work, Miss Pettigrew hears of a position as a social secretary as she is walking out the agency's door. Making a beeline to the appropriate home, she encounters the young starlet, Delysia La Fosse (Amy Adams) who asked for her services. But, what doings! Delysia has had a male guest, overnight, who is not the man who owns the flat where she is currently bunking! The interloper must be ushered out before Mr. Moneybags returns or Delysia will be in a heap of trouble. Not missing a beat, Miss Pettigrew gets the situation under control with her innate wisdom. Delysia is grateful. But, the day is only getting started. There is a third man in Delysia's life and the young beauty is juggling suitors in a quest to become a bonafide star of the screen. Not only that, Delysia whisks Miss Pettigrew off to a fashion show and salon, where the new social secretary gets a makeover and meets a rich, handsome man (Ciaran Hinds) with eyes for HER. Is it possible to go from rags to riches in twenty four hours? Definitely, maybe! This is a lovely film with a great plot and a terrific cast. Adams is engaging as the beautiful but mixed-up starlet while Hinds is marvelous as the man who rediscovers what is important in life. The rest of the players are also wonderful, with a word of mention extended to Shirley Henderson for her nice turn as a conniving, inconvenient woman. But, really, this is McDormand's film, as she is the heart and soul of the picture and deservedly so, for her performance is absolutely enchanting and touching. Needless to say, the sets and costumes from the late 1930's are grand and so are the film's art direction and photography. Congratulations are hereby given to the fine, fine script and story, as well. Do you want to experience movie bliss? Then, don't miss Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, as your day will be as bright as newly minted penny, after a viewing.