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A Good Year ()


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A British investment broker inherits his uncle's chateau and vineyard in Provence, where he spent much of his childhood. He discovers a new laid-back lifestyle as he tries to renovate the estate to be sold.

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Young Max
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Uncle Henry
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Max Skinner
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Kenny
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Gemma
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Amis
Ben Righton ...
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Ali Rhodes ...
20-Something Beauty
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Bert the Doorman
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Newscaster #1
Stephen Hudson ...
Newscaster #2
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Maitre D'
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Charlie Willis
Lionel Briand ...
Rental Car Employee
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Gemma's Friend
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Francis Duflot
Isabelle Candelier ...
Ludivine Duflot
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Sir Nigel
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Fanny Chenal
Igor Panich ...
Russian Couple #1
Oleg Sosnovikov ...
Russian Couple #2
Magali Woch ...
Secretary
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Nathalie Auzet
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Papa Duflot
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Christie Roberts
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English Couple #1
Patrick Payet ...
English Couple #2
Félicité Du Jeu ...
Hostess
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American Customer #1
Judy Dickerson ...
American Customer #2 (as Judi Dickerson)
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Oenologue
Philippe Méry ...
Chateau Buyer
Dominique Laurent ...
Chateau Buyer
Stewart Wright ...
Broker #1
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Broker #2
Catherine Vinatier ...
Fanny's Mother
Marine Casto ...
Young Fanny
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Hip Hopper #1 (as Gregg Chillin)
Toney Tutini ...
Hip Hopper #2
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Patrick Hillan ...
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Frank Isles ...
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Caitlin McKenna ...
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Valerie Milenka Repnau ...
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Ian Ruskin ...
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Trevor
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Austin Spangler ...
Friend at bar (uncredited)

Directed by

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Ridley Scott

Written by

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Marc Klein ... (screenplay)
 
Peter Mayle ... (novel)

Produced by

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Mark Allan ... line producer: France
Lisa Ellzey ... executive producer
Branko Lustig ... executive producer
Julie Payne ... executive producer
Guy Pechard ... executive producer
Ridley Scott ... producer
Erin Upson ... co-producer

Music by

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Marc Streitenfeld

Cinematography by

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Philippe Le Sourd ... director of photography

Editing by

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Dody Dorn
Robb Sullivan ... co-editor

Editorial Department

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Philippe Akoka ... editorial coordinator: France
Emily Aulagnon ... assistant editor
Gary Burritt ... negative cutter
Quinby Chunn ... editorial assistant
Jo Dixon ... film assistant: london (as Joanne Dixon)
Emmanuel Fleury ... editorial assistant
Skip Kimball ... digital intermediate colorist
Céline Kélépikis ... assistant editor
Jim Passon ... color timer
Debra L. Tennant ... first assistant editor
Lee Twohey ... colorist: dailies
Yon Van Kline ... assistant editor
Zara Park ... digital intermediate producer (uncredited)

Casting By

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Antoinette Boulat
Jina Jay

Production Design by

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Sonja Klaus

Art Direction by

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Robert Cowper
Frederic Evard

Set Decoration by

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Bárbara Pérez-Solero

Costume Design by

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Catherine Leterrier

Makeup Department

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Pascale Bouquière ... makeup artist: London
Anita Burger ... hair stylist: London
Hayat Ouled Dahhou ... key hair stylist
Karen Dawson ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Giancarlo De Leonardis ... wigs
Christine Giugno ... makeup artist
Raffaella Iorio ... makeup artist
Melissa Lackersteen ... makeup artist: London
Daniele Perosillo ... hair stylist
Alessio Pompei ... hair stylist
Alessandra Sampaolo ... makeup artist
Fabrizio Sforza ... key makeup artist
Carla Vicenzino ... makeup artist: London

Production Management

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Mark Allan ... unit production manager
Rémi Bergman ... production manager
Teresa Kelly ... post-production supervisor
Vincent Lefeuvre ... assistant unit manager
Branko Lustig ... unit production manager
David Missou ... conveyor
Jean-Patrick Nourricier ... unit manager trainee
Emily Stillman ... production manager: UK

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Tarik Ait Ben Ali ... third assistant director
Dan Channing Williams ... crowd assistant director
Caroline Chapman ... crowd assistant director: UK
Emilie Cherpitel ... second assistant director
Maguy R. Cohen ... assistant to second assistant director: France (as Maguy J.B. Cohen)
David Decio ... additional third assistant director: London
Eliot Mathews ... second second assistant director
Frédéric Millet ... assistant director
Cian O'Clery ... third assistant director
Céline Parret ... additional third assistant director
Bonnie Pirès ... assistant director
Darin Rivetti ... first assistant director
Anthony Wilcox ... second assistant director: UK

Art Department

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Florian Augis ... dressing props
Olivier Breban ... drapery
Tristan Carlisle-Kitz ... stand-by props
Anthony Caron-Delion ... stand-by art director
Stéphane Cressend ... property master
Baptiste Cummings ... set dresser
Emmanuel Delis ... props chargehand
Frédéric DeVilliers ... drapery
Sarah Duncan ... assistant buyer
Luke Edwards ... set decorating assistant
Matthew Foster ... property master
Jean-Luc Fouvet ... carpenter
Samuel Garcin ... construction runner
James Gemmill ... scenic artist
Jean-Claude Giusti ... construction chargehand
Andrea M. Gutierrez ... archivist
Daniel Hoffmann ... construction coordinator
Alexis Imbert ... props
Coralie Lew ... graphic designer
James Newell ... painter foreman
Julie Pitt ... assistant set decorator
Derek Reddington ... stand-by carpenter
Elsa Rugiero ... art department assistant (as Lydie Rugiero)
Amy Simons ... art department coordinator
Hugo Slight ... construction manager
Nick Turnbull ... property master
Lloyd Vincent ... supervising prop dresser
Dicken Warner ... head greensman
Krissi Williamson ... production buyer
Ghislain Gabriel ... art buyer (uncredited)
Hélène Imbert ... painter (uncredited)
Frédéric Jourdan ... carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Christopher Assells ... sound effects editor
Karen Baker Landers ... supervising sound editor
Kerry Carmean-Williams ... sound effects editor
Derek Casari ... adr engineer
Samuel Cohen ... boom operator / sound
Dino Dimuro ... sound effects editor (as Dino R. DiMuro)
Ivan Dumas ... additional assistant sound
Dawn Fintor ... foley artist
Patrick J. Foley ... dialog editor
Tim Gomillion ... sound recordist
Chris Goodes ... adr recordist
Per Hallberg ... supervising sound editor
Dan Hegeman ... sound effects editor (as Daniel Hegeman)
Doug Hemphill ... sound mixer (as D.M. Hemphill)
Craig S. Jaeger ... supervising foley editor
Chris Jargo ... supervising adr editor
Kimaree Long ... adr editor
David Lucarelli ... adr recordist
Paul Massey ... re-recording mixer
Philip D. Morrill ... assistant sound editor
Jean-Paul Mugel ... production sound mixer
Chris Murphy ... assistant sound
Tony Negrete ... assistant sound editor (as Tony R. Negrete)
Troy Porter ... adr mixer
Charleen Richards ... adr mixer (as Charleen Richards-Stevees)
Dennis Rogers ... sound recordist
Frederick H. Stahly ... foley editor
Peter Staubli ... sound effects editor
Greg Steele ... adr mixer
William Stein ... re-recording engineer
Alicia Stevenson ... foley artist
John C. Stuver ... dialogue editor
Greg Zimmerman ... adr recordist
Linda Lew ... foley recordist (uncredited)
John Soukup ... sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Steve Benelisha ... special effects technician
David Brighton ... special effects lead senior technician
Manex Efrem ... special effects senior technician
Dave Poole ... senior special effects technician
Simon Quinn ... special effects technician
Steven Warner ... special effects supervisor
Alistair Williams ... special effects

Visual Effects by

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Dick Edwards ... visual effects supervisor: Invisible Effects
Karen McCarthy ... drs operator: Modern Videofilm
Wesley Sewell ... production visual effects supervisor
Saga Elmohtaseb ... coordinator (uncredited)
Christina Garberson ... visual effects executive (uncredited)

Stunts

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Caroline Bouffard ... stunts
Alexis Boutiere ... stunts
David Forax ... stunts
Alain Gaudiard ... stunts
Philippe Guégan ... stunt coordinator
Jules Madi ... stunts
Ksénia Zarouba ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Victor Abadia ... electrician
Jean-Marc Alaux ... lighting balloon technician
Franck Barrault ... gaffer
François Bert ... key grip
Bruno Bimbard ... generator operator
Michel Bouquerel ... electrician
Josh Breckeen ... best boy: London
Julian Bucknall ... first assistant camera: "a" camera, London
Frédéric Cantin ... grip
Cyril Dobinet ... additional 2nd assistant camera
Jean-Marc Duez ... grip
Tobias Eedy ... second assistant camera: London
Tristan Favre ... additional first assistant camera
Gil Fontbonne ... key grip
James Foster ... central camera loader: London
Tristan Haley ... daily clapper loader: UK
Robert Hamilton ... video technician
Paul Hatchman ... grip: London
Frédéric Hauss ... camera loader
Philippe Janois ... best boy grip
Philippe Leroy ... electrician
Philip Lozano ... additional assistant camera
Stéphane Martin ... electrician
Roger McDonald ... additional camera operator
Fabien Minard ... electrician: additional
Gregory Pagnier ... video assist
Rod Patterson ... assistant grip
Lionel Pedro ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Yvan Quehec ... best boy electric
Marco Sacerdoti ... focus puller: first camera / third camera operator
Tom Scott ... rigger
Gilles Houng-on Seing ... grip
Vince Shaw ... stand-by rigger
Basil Smith ... additional first assistant camera / second assistant camera: "a" camera
Leah Striker ... first assistant camera
Rico Torres ... still photographer
Olivier Valet ... genny operator
Richard Weber ... lighting technician
Jörg Widmer ... camera operator / steadicam operator
Harry Wiggins ... gaffer: UK

Animation Department

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Johnny Wong ... animator

Casting Department

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Frederic Bacchi ... assistant extras casting
Dixie Chassay ... casting associate
Lucky Englander ... casting: Austria/Germany
Kasia Krynska ... casting assistant: france
Caitlin McKenna ... adr voice casting (as Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson)
Michael Laguens ... additional casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Michael Castellano ... costumer: Russell Crowe
Céline Collobert ... dresser
Lee Croucher ... costume supervisor
François-Louis Delfolie ... wardrobe
Corinne Fulconis ... costumes
Andrew Hunt ... costume assistant
Camille Janbon ... assistant costume designer
Camille Joste ... head textile artist
Karen Muller Serreau ... wardrobe supervisor (as Karen Muller-Serreau)

Location Management

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Mallorie Ballestra-Duquesnoy ... location assistant
Linzi Baltrunas ... assistant location manager: UK
Jeremy Bau ... assistant location manager
Gaetan Dinon ... assistant location manager
Marco Giacalone ... location supervisor
Alex Gladstone ... location manager
Tom Stourton ... assistant location manager
Thierry Zemmour ... location manager
Darren Helman ... location assistant (uncredited)
Xavier Legris ... location scout supervisor (uncredited)

Music Department

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Christopher Benstead ... music editor (as Chris Benstead)
Thomas Bowes ... orchestra leader
Mary Carewe ... singer
Peter Cobbin ... score mixer / score recordist
Michael Dore ... singer
Bruce Fowler ... orchestrator
Vic Fraser ... music preparation
Isobel Griffiths ... orchestra contractor
Nick Ingman ... conductor
Mike Knobloch ... music executive
Goh Nakamura ... musician: guitar, vocals
Joel J. Richard ... music programmer
Del Spiva ... music editor
Jill Streater ... music preparation
Marc Streitenfeld ... music supervisor
Jamie Talbot ... alto sax
Charlotte Trinder ... assistant orchestra contractor
Jake Walker ... musician
Jonathan Williams ... musician: solo cello
Thomas Cavanaugh ... music business & legal affairs (uncredited)
Ellen Ginsburg ... music clearance (uncredited)
Steve Mair ... musician: double bass (uncredited)
Rebecca Morellato ... music production executive (uncredited)
David Walter ... technical assistant to composer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Nikki Clapp ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Stephan Arnoux ... transportation coordinator
Stéphan Arnoux ... transportation
Gerry Gore ... transportation captain (as Gerard Gore)
Raphaël Jamot ... driver (as Jamot)
Tony Jayes ... driver: russell crowe
Alain Laub ... production driver
Nicolas Piechaczek ... transportation co-captain
Olivier Suffert ... production driver: Ridley Scott

Additional Crew

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Mustafha Addouda ... bodyguard: Russell Crowe
Mark Allan ... executive planner
Segolene Amice Lagny ... production secretary (as Segolene Amice)
Fred Baron ... production executive
Andrea Bichi ... assistant: Russell Crowe
Penelope Bischoff ... production assistant
Rino Bonavita ... assistant accountant
Andy Brunskill ... stand-in: Mr. Spall
Donna Casey ... assistant accountant: UK
Laurence Coutaud-Garnier ... production coordinator
Maureen 'Mo' Crutchfield ... production accountant
Joelle Cugny ... craft service
Matt Dalton ... accountant: UK
Bruno De Oliva ... assistant: Russell Crowe
David Decio ... stand-in: Tom Hollander
Judy Dickerson ... dialogue coach: Russell Crowe (as Judi Dickerson)
Scott Eaton ... rushes runner
Patrick Fox ... production runner
Fiona Garland ... production coordinator: London
John Gibbs ... medic
Gary Gillingham ... production controller
Stephanie Fitch Groff ... executive assistant: Joe Hartwick
Leo Haidar ... legal counsel
Lucy Hassan ... stand-in: Archie Panjabi
Mark Hopkins ... set runner
Sophie Hortal-Day ... production assistant
Raphaël Jamot ... researcher (as Jamot)
Pascal Jouval ... production assistant
Tilu Khalayi ... assistant post-production accountant
Bernard Lamy ... production accountant
Eric Leblond ... production assistant
Natascha Maksimovic ... assistant: Mr. Scott
Ernie Malik ... unit publicist
Gabriel Mamruth ... production accountant
Berenice Moliere ... craft service
Astrid Monarque ... assistant accountant
Richard Neale ... on-set computer technician: CompuHire
Helen Olive ... assistant: Branko Lustig
David Oliver ... stand-in: Russell Crowe
Sebastien Ordonez ... assistant: Marion Cotillard / production assistant
Synderela Peng ... title designer (as Synderella Peng)
Simon Petley-Jones ... computer playback
Amelia Price ... production secretary: UK
Matthew Ripley ... production runner
Ryan Robertson ... main title producer
Keith Rodger ... assistant: Russell Crowe
David Roker ... assistant to producer
Asha Sharma ... daily location assistant: London
Jordan Sheehan ... assistant: Ridley Scott
Mark Shockley ... featurette producer
Neville Shulman ... special advisor: Ridley Scott
Joel Silverman ... dog handler
Géraldine Sérafini ... assistant to producer
Susan Weeks ... lead tutor
Johnny Wong ... title designer: main titles
Garson Yu ... title designer
Howard R. Schuster ... financing (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

After years of no contact with his Uncle Henry, London banker and bond trader Max Skinner learns that Henry has died intestate, so Max inherits a château and vineyard in Provence. Max spent part of his childhood there, learning maxims and how to win and lose, and honing his killer instinct (at chess, which serves him well in finance). Max goes to France intent on selling the property. He spends a few days there, getting the property ready to show. Memories, a beautiful woman, and a young American who says she's Henry's illegitimate daughter interrupt his plans. Did Max the boy know things that Max the man has forgotten? Written by

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Taglines Everything matures... eventually. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Une grande année (France)
  • Ein gutes Jahr (Germany)
  • Un buen año (Spain)
  • Un bon any (Spain, Catalan title)
  • 美好的一年 (China, Mandarin title)
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Runtime
  • 117 min
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Box Office

Budget $35,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $3,721,526, 12 Nov 2006
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $42,064,105

Did You Know?

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Trivia According to director/producer Sir Ridley Scott, every scene of the film (except the London scenes) was shot within eight minutes of his home in Provence, where he has been living for 15 years. See more »
Goofs When Max is playing tennis at La Siroque, the sound that the tennis racquets make does not correspond with the type of old racquets they have. The sound is from a modern tennis racquet. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Episode #11.6 (2006). See more »
Soundtracks Lounge Lizard See more »
Quotes Uncle Henry Skinner: You'll come to see that a man learns nothing from winning. The act of losing, however, can elicit great wisdom. Not least of which is, uh... how much more enjoyable it is to win. It's inevitable to lose now and again. The trick is not to make a habit of it.
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