Margot (2009) (TV)

Director:

Otto Bathurst

Writers:

Amanda Coe (screenplay)
Meredith Daneman (book)

Release Date:

30 November 2009 (UK)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot:

At the age of forty Dame Margot Fonteyn is considered to be past her best as a prima ballerina and Ninette...

Plot Keywords:

Ballet | Ballerina | Dancer | Gay Man Has Sex With A Woman | Homosexual

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Anne-Marie Duff	...	Margot Fonteyn
Penelope Wilton	...	B.Q
Con O'Neill	...	Tito
Lindsay Duncan	...	Madam
Derek Jacobi	...	Fred Ashton
Matthew Hart	...	Michael Somes
Michelle Bonnard	...	Sally
Margot Leicester	...	Cathy
Michiel Huisman	...	Rudolph Nureyev
Anton Lukovkin	...	Eric
Tatiana Lavrentieva	...	Elderly Russian Lady
Ben Stott	...	Good-Looking Boy
Robert Perkins	...	Mr. McDonald
Dimitri Gruzdyev	...	Dancer
Ksenia Ovsyanick	...	Dancer
Lisa Probert	...	Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christian Wolf-La'Moy	...	Market trader in bar
Frazer Douglas	...	Stage Manager (uncredited)

Directed by
Otto Bathurst

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Amanda Coe		screenplay
Meredith Daneman		book

Produced by
Michele Buck	....	executive producer
Celia Duval	....	producer
Damien Timmer	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Florian Hoffmeister

Film Editing by
Jinx Godfrey

Set Decoration by
Jo Kornstein

Costume Design by
Amy Roberts

Makeup Department
Stuart Conran	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Jacqueline Fowler	....	makeup department head
Anayanzi L'Eplattenier	....	hair and make up trainee
Helen Speyer	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Maree Gecks	....	production manager
Rhian Griffiths	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Natalie Allin	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Neil Alexander	....	dressing props
Liz Jones	....	stand-by art director
Rebecca Slade	....	art department assistant/work experience (uncredited)

Sound Department
Andie Derrick	....	foley artist
Catherine Hodgson	....	sound effects editor
Martin Jensen	....	sound re-recording mixer
Forbes Noonan	....	foley recordist
Billy Quinn	....	sound mixer
Alexandros Sidiropoulos	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Catherine Thomas	....	foley editor
Virginia Thorn	....	dialogue editor
Will Whale	....	boom operator
Johnny White	....	sound assistant trainee

Camera and Electrical Department
Owen Charnley	....	assistant grip
Rupert Hornstein	....	assistant camera
Roger Tooley	....	steadicam operator
Gary Varney	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Peter Halston	....	costume supervisor
Emma Heath	....	costume assistant
Christy Juhnke	....	costume trainee (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Gary Hewson	....	on-line editor
Mark Keady	....	first assistant editor
Mandy Miller	....	post-production paperwork

Other crew
San Davey	....	script supervisor
Amanda Dudley	....	floor runner
Antonia Grant	....	location manager
Scott Hiskey	....	assistant production accountant
Carlton Jarvis	....	medical advisor
Richard Rogan	....	production trainee
Tom Winchester	....	script editor

Production Companies

• Mammoth Screen

Distributors

• BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2009) (UK) (TV)
• ITV Studios (2009) (UK) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Boom  sound post-production
• Mediscene  medical equipment
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Take 2 Film Services  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, Muswell Hill, London, England, UK

Company:

Mammoth Screen

Trivia:

Made as one of a three-part season "Women We Loved" on BBC Four. The other two films in the series were Gracie! (2009) (TV) and Enid (2009) (TV).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Margot Fonteyn flies to Sydney Australia in 1959 and a shot of the Opera House is shown. However, the building on that landmark would have only just begun and the construction on the outer shells hadn't begun until 1963 and completed until 1967.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Breakfast: Episode dated 30 November 2009" (2009)

Dance is about feeling, but not in this biography

This TV movie is the third in a short series of biographies on famous, but troubled woman in British history. Unlike the first two, which featured Enid Blyton and Gracie Fields, this one seems to lack emotion. The style of the production is darker, more gritty. Depicting the sixties, a much more up to date era to the others, makes this harder to follow somehow. It is a little obvious that much of the ballet seems to be performed by body doubles, but maybe that's because I am used to seeing real dancers. The uninitiated my not have such a problem.

Overall, I found the film cold, and there was little to carry me along, even though I was very much looking forward to watching it. The acting was superb, but I felt that the production was too heavy to draw my attention.