Glorious 39 (2009)

Director:

Stephen Poliakoff

Writer:

Stephen Poliakoff (written by)

Release Date:

20 November 2009 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | History | Thriller | War

Plot:

The adopted daughter of a privileged British politician uncovers a family secret in the weeks leading up to World War II.

Plot Keywords:

Foreign Office | World War Two | Actress | Member Of Parliament | Prisoner

Cast

Romola Garai	...	Anne
Eddie Redmayne	...	Ralph
Juno Temple	...	Celia
Toby Regbo	...	Michael
Christopher Lee	...	Walter
Corin Redgrave	...	Oliver
Charlie Cox	...	Lawrence
David Tennant	...	Hector
Bill Nighy	...	Alexander
Jeremy Northam	...	Balcombe
Katharine Burford	...	Lucy
Jenny Agutter	...	Maud
Julie Christie	...	Aunt Elizabeth
Hugh Bonneville	...	Gilbert
Asier Newman	...	Mick
Nicholas Blane	...	Vicar
Jane Fowler	...	Kathleen
Sam Kubrick-Finney	...	Young Walter
Angela Terence	...	Betty
Jason White	...	Dawson
Tom Goodman-Hill	...	Director
Anthony Flanagan	...	Military Policeman
Ryan Kiggell	...	Soldier Guarding Door
Sarah Woodruff	...	Miss Semel
Suzanne Burden	...	Receptionist at Vet
Richard Cordery	...	Vet
Joy McBrinn	...	Mrs. Knight
Sharon Bower	...	Michael's Mother
Muriel Pavlow	...	Old Anne
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anna Bailey	...	Sleeping Girl / Debutante (uncredited)
Catherine Balavage	...	Sleeping Girl / Debutante (uncredited)
James Bartholomew	...	Police Photographer (uncredited)
David Frost	...	Male Film Technician (uncredited)
Alyn Gwyndaf	...	Plain Clothes Detective (uncredited)
Sam Heydon	...	Henry Appleby (uncredited)

Directed by
Stephen Poliakoff

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stephen Poliakoff		written by

Produced by
James Atherton	....	executive producer
Julie Clark	....	line producer
Sheryl Crown	....	executive producer
Sara Geater	....	executive producer
Laurie Hayward	....	executive producer
Lorraine Heggessey	....	executive producer
Emma Lewis	....	associate producer
Andy Ordonez	....	executive producer
Martin Pope	....	producer
Barney Reisz	....	producer
Jane Wright	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Adrian Johnston

Cinematography by
Danny Cohen		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jason Krasucki

Casting by
Andy Pryor

Production Design by
Mark Leese

Art Direction by
Caroline Grebbell

Set Decoration by
Andy Grogan

Makeup Department
Jade Clarke	....	make-up trainee
Laura Goodman	....	assistant makeup artist
Joe Hopker	....	hair & makeup artist
Maralyn Sherman	....	hair stylist
Maralyn Sherman	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jeanette Haley	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Edward Brett	....	first assistant director
John K. Duncan	....	crowd co-ordinator
Christian Rigg	....	third assistant director
Nick Simmonds	....	crowd second assistant director
Jeff Taylor	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Simon Cook	....	props driver
Guy Cope	....	stand-by rigger
Gill Farr	....	production buyer
Richard Hawkyard	....	props
Clare Holton	....	assistant production buyer
Robert Judd	....	stand-by props
Katie Ralph	....	art department assistant
Emma Saunders	....	art department assistant
Keith Stevenson	....	stand-by props

Sound Department
Chris Ashworth	....	production sound mixer
Peter Burgis	....	foley artist
Robert Edwards	....	adr recordist
Stuart Hilliker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dash Mason-Malik	....	sound trainee: FT2
Forbes Noonan	....	foley & adr recordist
Mike Reardon	....	boom operator
Andre Schmidt	....	dialogue editor
Alexandros Sidiropoulos	....	sound re-recording mixer
Virginia Thorn	....	assistant dialogue editor
Lee Walpole	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Tim Caplan	....	visual effects producer
Adam Gascoyne	....	visual effects supervisor
Adam Glasman	....	digital intermediate colourist
Jonathan Harris	....	digital compositor
Neil Harrison	....	digital intermediate systems administrator
Timothy P. Jones	....	digital film bureau
Hugh Macdonald	....	digital compositor: Stranger
John Palmer	....	digital film bureau manager
Matthew W.B. Plummer	....	roto artist: Union VFX
Aurora Shannon	....	digital intermediate assistant

Stunts
Jason White	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Byrne	....	first assistant camera
Abigail Catto	....	clapper loader: b camera
John Evans	....	second assistant camera
Will Kendal	....	rigging gaffer: best boy
Giles Keyte	....	still photographer
Paul McGeachan	....	gaffer
Richard Miles	....	electrician
Zac Nicholson	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Zac Nicholson	....	steadicam operator
Luke Redgrave	....	camera operator: b camera
Adam Walker	....	electrician

Casting Department
Abigail Barbier	....	adr voice casting
Andy Brierley	....	casting associate
John K. Duncan	....	casting coordinator
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Alice Purser	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Annette Allen	....	costume supervisor
Louise Cassettari	....	costume trainee
Holly Waddington	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Siobhan Boyes	....	post-production coordinator
Thomas Goldser	....	credited as ft2 trainee
Emily Greenwood	....	digital film editor
Laura M. Kettle	....	second assistant editor
Patrick Malone	....	digital intermediate head of department
Alexandra Montgomery	....	post-production coordinator
Jo Smyth	....	first assistant editor
Laurent Treherne	....	digital intermediate technical director

Music Department
Niall Acott	....	score recording engineer (as Niall John Acott)
BBC Concert Orchestra	....	music performers (as The BBC Concert Orchestra)
Terry Davies	....	conductor
Terry Davies	....	orchestrator
Matt Dunkley	....	additional orchestrator
Andrew Fisher	....	orchestrator (as Andy Fisher)
Cynthia Fleming	....	leader: The BBC Concert Orchestra
Ben Foster	....	orchestrator
Mike Hornett	....	part preparation
Adam Lewis	....	music consultant
Catherine Manners	....	music score coordinator
Jeremy Murphy	....	assistant score recording engineer
Jeremy Murphy	....	recordist
Charles Mutter	....	leader: The BBC Concert Orchestra
Steve Parr	....	score mix engineer
Adam Pleeth	....	music consultant
Colin Rae	....	part preparation

Transportation Department
David Lloyd	....	unit driver
Paul Revill	....	facilities driver

Other crew
Nick Atkinson	....	creative editor: uk film council
Eleri Coulten	....	location assistant
Matt Curtis	....	title design
Catherine Golding	....	assistant production coordinator
Lisa Heathcote	....	food stylist
Sue Hills	....	script supervisor
Harriet Lawrence	....	location manager
Phoebe Vale Markham	....	floor runner
Simon Mills	....	production secretary
Clive Noakes	....	laboratory contact
Charlie Pinsent	....	assistant accountant
Freya Pinsent	....	production accountant
John Prendergast	....	assistant location manager
Marco Ruffatti	....	e.p.k. editor
James Smales	....	assistant: director
Neil Swain	....	dialect coach
Eve Swannell	....	production coordinator
Emma Woodcock	....	location scout
Andy Young	....	runner
Andy Young	....	utility stand in

Production Companies

• BBC Films (present)
• UK Film Council (present)
• Screen East Content Investment Fund (present)
• Quickfire Films (present)
• Talkback Thames (as A Talkbak Thames Production)
• Magic Light Pictures (in association with)

Distributors

• Momentum Pictures (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Cinemax (2011) (Hungary) (TV)
• E1 Entertainment
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Italia Film (2010) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)
• Madman Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Nvizible (visual effects) (as Stranger)
• Union Visual Effects

Other Companies

• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• Arion Facilities  telecine dailies
• Ascent Media Group  post-production facilities
• BBC Films  funding
• Boom Post Production  sound post-production
• Boom  sound post-production
• Compuhire  projection
• Fatts  post-production script services
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Fuji Photo Film  motion picture film supplied by
• Goldcrest Post Production London  ADR Facility
• Media Services  stationery supplier
• PNC  negative management
• Palmbrokers  greenery (uncredited)
• Pixelkitchen  post-production facilities
• Screen East  funding
• TLO Film Services  action vehicles
• UK Film Council  funding

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MPAA:

Rated R for some violent images, language and brief sexuality/nudity

Runtime:

Canada:129 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

UK:12A | Ireland:15A | USA:R (certificate #46145) | Australia:M | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Claydon Park, Claydon, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

BBC Films

Trivia:

Stephen Poliakoff's first feature film for 10 years.

Quotes:

Elizabeth:This little war makes everything uncertain...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Breakfast: Episode dated 12 August 2011" (2011)

Taut Thriller With a Few Flaws

I had the privilege of attending the world premiere of this film at the Toronto International Film Festival last night. It tells the story of the aristocratic Keyes family in the days leading up to the outbreak of WWII. The father played superbly by Bill Nighy is an influential MP and an all round "good egg" of a dad to his three children. The oldest daughter Ann, played by Romola Garai is an adopted child but seems to fit in perfectly with her younger siblings and is the life and soul of the family. The film starts as a classic English period piece with lavish settings in Norfolk and London involving picnics and parties. However, as war gets closer, dramatic and strange events involving the family and friends slowly change the mood of the film. Other reviewers have made comparisons to Hitchcock's films and I have to agree with them. I enjoyed the film but there were definitely a few situations that did not ring true. The ending was particularly clumsy and there were some strange scenes that just didn't seem to fit. At 130 minutes it was probably 20 minutes too long. There were good performances by Julie Christie as a batty aunt and Jeremy Northam as a sinister government official. A good watch if you like British mysteries