All about Madonna's movie ''W.E.''

Tout sur le film de Madonna "W.E.".
 

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W.E. (2011)
119 min  -  Drama | Romance
A two-tiered romantic drama focusing on the affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.

Director: Madonna
Writers: Madonna (screenplay), Alek Keshishian (screenplay)
Stars:Abbie Cornish, James D'Arcy and Andrea Riseborough

Cast:

  Abbie Cornish  ...  Wally Winthrop 
  Andrea Riseborough  ...  Wallis Simpson 
  James D'Arcy  ...  Edward 
  Oscar Isaac  ...  Evgeni 
  Richard Coyle  ...  William Winthrop 
  David Harbour  ...  Ernest 
  James Fox  ...  King George V 
  Judy Parfitt  ...  Queen Mary 
  Haluk Bilginer  ...  Al Fayed 
  Geoffrey Palmer  ...  Stanley Baldwin 
  Natalie Dormer  ...  Elizabeth 
  Laurence Fox  ...  Bertie 
  Douglas Reith  ...  Lord Brownlow 
  Katie McGrath  ...  Lady Thelma 
  Christina Chong  ...  Tenten 

Details
Country:UK
Language:English

Release dates:
Italy 1 September 2011 (Venice Film Festival)
Canada 12 September 2011 (Toronto International Film Festival)
USA 9 December 2011 (Los Angeles, California)
USA 9 December 2011 (New York City, New York)
United Arab Emirates 9 December 2011 (Dubai International Film Festival)
Ireland 20 January 2012
UK 20 January 2012
USA 3 February 2012
Brazil 10 February 2012
Norway 10 February 2012
France March 2012
Netherlands 15 March 2012
Sweden 16 March 2012
Belgium 28 March 2012
Germany 19 April 2012
Finland 27 April 2012

Also Known As:
Edward e Wallis: Il mio regno per una donna Italy
W.E. - O Romance do Século Brazil

Filming Locations:
Cap d'Antibes, Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
French Riviera, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Kensington, London, England, UK
London, England, UK
Mayfair, London, England, UK
New York City, New York, USA
Paris, France
Portofino, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Stoke Park House, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Trafalgar Square, St James's, London, England, UK
Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Waterloo, London, England, UK
West Wycombe Park, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Box Office
Budget:$15,000,000 (estimated)
Company Credits
Production Co:Semtex Films

Filming Dates
5 July 2010 -  October 2010

Technical Specs
Runtime:119 min
Sound Mix:SDDS  | DTS (as Datasat Digital Sound) | Dolby Digital
Color:Color

Produced by
Scott Franklin ....  executive producer 
Donna Gigliotti ....  executive producer 
Kris Thykier ....  producer 
Colin Vaines ....  producer 
Nigel Wooll ....  executive producer 
Sara Zambreno ....  co-producer  
 
Original Music by
Abel Korzeniowski    
 
Cinematography by
Hagen Bogdanski   (director of photography)  
 
Film Editing by
Danny Tull    
 
Casting by
Elaine Grainger   
Lucinda Syson    
 
Production Design by
Martin Childs    
 
Art Direction by
Huw Arthur   
Steven Lawrence   (senior art director) 
Mark Raggett   (supervising art director) 
Molly Sole   
Sarah Stuart    
 
Set Decoration by
Celia Bobak   
Cherish Magennis   
Michel Rollant    
 
Costume Design by
Arianne Phillips    
 
Makeup Department
Zoe Brown ....  crowd makeup artist 
Eldo Ray Estes ....  makeup artist 
Barrie Gower ....  prosthetic makeup sculptor 
Sarah Kelly ....  makeup artist 
Lizzie Lawson ....  makeup artist 
Theresa Marra-Siliceo ....  hair stylist 
Christopher Milone ....  makeup artist 
Marc Pilcher ....  hair stylist 
Robin Pritchard ....  special effect makeup daily 
Rosemary Redlin ....  additional makeup artist 
Silvie Salle ....  hair stylist 
Mark Schmidt ....  hair stylist 
Jenny Shircore ....  hair designer 
Jenny Shircore ....  makeup designer 
Andrew Simonin ....  crowd hairdresser 
Robert Trenton ....  prosthetic make-up 
Colin Wyatt ....  hair stylist  
 
Production Management
Chris Bongirne ....  Production Supervisor (New York ) 
Philie Naughten ....  production manager 
Rogez Nicolas ....  extra assistant unit manager 
Charlie Simpson ....  location unit manager  
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sian Angharad Anthony ....  stand-in assistant director (as Sian Angharad Lewis)
Eric Berkal ....  first assistant director: US 
Phil Booth ....  first assistant director 
Elle Crocker ....  stand-in assistant director 
Sekani Doram ....  floor assistant director 
Chris Foggin ....  third assistant director 
Will Haynes ....  base assistant director 
Alexander Holt ....  crowd second assistant director 
Geoffroy Koeberle ....  assistant director 
Carol Lecacheur ....  second second assistant director 
Nathan Rissman ....  second unit director 
Lance Roehrig ....  second assistant director 
Carole Schmidlin ....  assistant director: France 
Charlie Waller ....  crowd second assistant director 
Anthony Wilcox ....  second assistant director  
 
Art Department
Stephanie Armstrong ....  props 
Alexandra Collins ....  art department assistant 
Sophie Coombes ....  prop buyer 
Henry Dunn ....  art director: New York 
Gary Fox ....  props 
Mark Fruin ....  chargehand stand-by propman 
Katya Guy ....  assistant set decorator 
Rohan Harris ....  paintings 
James Hendy ....  prop buyer 
Carol Kupisz ....  graphic artist 
Amy Meakin ....  art department assistant 
Melissa B. Miller ....  art department coordinator: New York 
Sian Molloy ....  assistant set decorator 
Tom Read ....  props 
Anthony Szuch ....  drapes master 
Louis Turner ....  stand-by propman 
Ford Wheeler ....  production designer: New York 
Arthur Wicks ....  property master 
Mickey Woolfson ....  property storeman  
 
Sound Department
Tony Bell ....  boom operator 
Rodney Berling ....  supervising sound editor 
Tony Currie ....  dialogue and adr supervisor 
Danny Ferraro ....  adr sound 
Dann Fink ....  adr loop group director: New York 
Steve Finn ....  boom operator 
Ken Galvin ....  adr recordist 
Dror Gescheit ....  machine room operator 
Paul Hanks ....  foley artist 
Eric Hirsch ....  sound re-recording mixer 
Ken Ishii ....  sound mixer: New York 
Bobby Johanson ....  adr mixer 
Blair Jollands ....  sound effects editor 
Nick Kray ....  adr mixer 
Avi Laniado ....  mix engineer 
Michael Miller ....  adr mixer 
Chris Munro ....  production sound mixer 
Paul Munro ....  sound mixer 
Joe Origlieri ....  sound utility: New York 
Jill Purdy ....  adr editor 
Michael Rivera ....  adr recordist 
Andy Stallabrass ....  adr recordist 
Tristan Tarrant ....  boom operator 
Dominick Tavella ....  sound re-recording mixer 
Simon Trundle ....  foley mixer 
Julie Wilde ....  boom operator: New York  
 
Special Effects by
Simon Cockren ....  special effects senior technician 
Casper Lailey ....  special effects senior technician 
Stephen Paton ....  special effects supervisor  
 
Visual Effects by
Adrian Banton ....  digital compositor 
Naomi Butler ....  digital compositor 
Tom Collier ....  digital effects supervisor 
Neil Culley ....  digital compositor 
Paul Daiko ....  digital compositor 
Stefan Drury ....  head of visual effects 
James Elster ....  digital compositor 
Sean Farrow ....  executive visual effects supervisor 
Elysia Greening ....  digital compositor 
Simon Leech ....  digital compositor 
Andrew Lim ....  lead fx & retouching artist 
David Lloyd ....  senior systems engineer 
Emelie Nilsson ....  digital compositor 
Dylan Owen ....  digital compositor 
Daiko Paul ....  roto/paint artist 
Glen Pratt ....  digital compositor 
David Sjodin ....  digital compositor 
Lucy Tanner ....  visual effects coordinator  
 
Stunts
Justin Pearson ....  stunt performer 
Andy Pilgrim ....  stunt performer 
Roy Taylor ....  stunt double  
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Matt Blades ....  key grip: New York 
Patrick M. Bracey ....  additional film loader: new york unit 
Bernard X. Brongniart ....  best boy grip: New York 
Chris Cavanagh ....  video playback assistant 
Chris Clarke ....  second assistant camera: "a" camera 
Ian Coffey ....  b camera focus puller 
Andy Day ....  gaffer: New York 
Adam Dorney ....  second assistant camera: "b" camera 
Rory Duffield ....  assistant camera 
Mike Farr ....  lighting balloon technician 
Chuck Finch ....  gaffer 
Stephen Finch ....  spark 
Stephen Finch ....  electrician 
Tommy Finch ....  electrician 
Tommy Finch ....  rigging gaffer 
Dan Garlick ....  grip 
Lee Godfrey ....  stage grip 
Stuart Godfrey ....  key grip 
Andrew Hamilton ....  loader 
Brooks Jones ....  camera production assistant 
Glenn Kaplan ....  key first assistant camera: "a" camera 
Meg Kettell ....  second assistant camera: "b" camera: New York 
Lee Knight ....  electrician 
Michael A. Leo ....  rigging electric best boy 
Oliver Loncraine ....  first assistant camera: "a" camera 
David Mackie ....  second assistant camera 
Guy McCormack ....  video playback operator 
Kevin McKenna ....  digital video assist operator 
Billy Merrell ....  daily rigging gaffer 
Richard Merrell ....  electrician 
Richard Merrell ....  electrician 
Robert Patzelt ....  camera operator: "b" camera 
Robert Patzelt ....  steadicam operator 
Anthony Souza ....  still photographer 
Edward Squires ....  spark: daily 
Chris Warren ....  video assist 
Steve Wood ....  electrician  
 
Casting Department
Adam Caldwell ....  casting: New York 
Todd Feldman ....  extras casting 
Robb Fitzgerald ....  extras casting: New York 
Sharon Sorrentino ....  casting assistant 
Bruce Winant ....  adr voice casting  
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Annie Crawford ....  costume supervisor 
Jane Law ....  costumes for Andrea Riseborough 
Winsome G. McKoy ....  costume supervisor: NYC 
Laura Morgan ....  assistant costume designer 
Nancy Thompson ....  costume buyer 
David Turk ....  costumer  
 
Editorial Department
Mark Bankhead ....  dailies assistant 
Andrew Cave ....  dailies assistant 
Chris Davies ....  associate editor 
Richard Ellis ....  dailies assistant 
Niamh Mulcahy ....  dailies assistant 
Jamie Payne ....  colorist: dailies 
Darren Rae ....  hd dailies colorist 
Robert Scammell ....  hd dailies assistant 
Russ Senzatimore ....  first assistant editor 
Gilbert Carreras ....  color timer (uncredited) 
Seth Weinman ....  post-production technician (uncredited)  
 
Music Department
Nancy Allen ....  music editor 
John Barrett ....  assistant score mixing engineer 
John Barrett ....  scoring protools engineer 
Christopher Benstead ....  music playback 
Terry Davies ....  conductor 
Andrew Dudman ....  music recording engineer 
Andrew Dudman ....  music scoring mixer 
Isobel Griffiths ....  orchestral contractor 
Paul Pritchard ....  assistant scoring engineer 
Maggie Rodford ....  music supervisor 
Helen Yates ....  assistant music supervisor  
 
Transportation Department
Cengiz Asiliskender ....  unit driver 
Peter S. Cassella ....  driver: camera truck 
Michael Connolly ....  driver: cast 
John Crow ....  driver: honeywagon 
Mark Crowley ....  driver; Abbie Cornish 
Richard Curry ....  transportation coordinator: New York 
Larry Flaherty ....  production driver 
Erol Halil ....  unit driver 
Paul Kane ....  prop truck driver 
Frank Röth ....  driver: cast 
Biyami Sak ....  transportation co-captain: New York 
Justin Swanson ....  griptruck driver 
Erik W. Wickstrom ....  production driver: New York 
Barrie Williams ....  driver to Andrea Riseborough  
 
Other crew
Eugen Ahl-Klopsch ....  assistant: Scott Franklin 
Josh Allan ....  accounts assistant 
Kim Armitage ....  script supervisor 
Richard Berkeley ....  location assistant: France 
Betty Chin ....  production coordinator: New York 
Angie Conners ....  international marketing 
Celine Coulson ....  assistant: Ms Cornish 
Ella Daines-Smith ....  producer asst 
Danielle Davis ....  craft service: New York 
Michelle Davis ....  production runner 
Bryant Donohue ....  production assistant 
Dann Fink ....  adr loop group director 
Nicolas Foulatier ....  production coordinator: paris 
Karen Gottlieb ....  production counsel 
Paul Hamill ....  additional location assistant 
Paul Hamill ....  additional set production assistant 
Wayne Han ....  key production assistant 
Gahan Haskins ....  location manager 
Rachel James ....  post accountant 
Yana Collins Lehman ....  post production accountant 
Yuen-Wai Liu ....  assistant production coordinator 
Steve Loff ....  production accountant 
Eduardo Lytton ....  assistant production coordinator: New York 
Josh Mankoff ....  production assistant: US 
Natalie Mycielski ....  assistant accountant 
Simon Neville ....  armourer 
Sean Oliver ....  adr loop group 
Becky Phillips ....  staff production assistant 
Christelle Randall ....  unit publicist 
Stefanie Roos ....  choreographer 
Carole Schmidlin ....  assistant director: France 
Ingrid Simmonds ....  assistant accountant 
Gemma Smithers ....  first assistant accountant 
Jane Soans ....  supervising location manager 
Tom Stourton ....  location manager 
Aurelia Thomas ....  location manager 
Georgette Turner ....  assistant location manager 
Will Tyler ....  financial controller 
Alice Wang ....  assistant: Madonna 
Joan Washington ....  dialogue coach 
Pip Williams ....  assistant to Kris Thykier 
Stephanie Wrate ....  producer asst 
Stewart Zamudio ....  stand-in

Did You Know?

Amy Adams was considered to play Wallis Simpson.
Vera Farmiga was cast to play Wallis Simpson, but dropped out.
Ewan McGregor was cast as King Edward VIII, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
James Fox (King George V) and Laurence Fox (Prince Albert / King George VI) are father and son in real life. The former's elder brother Edward Fox had previously played King Edward VIII / the Duke of Windsor, the eldest son of King George V, in Edward & Mrs. Simpson.
The majority of the film's budget was self-financed by Madonna, in addition to a UK tax credit.
An entire day's worth of filming was spent on a scene in which Abbie Cornish emerges from a bathtub.
Ewan McGregor, Vera Farmiga, David Parfitt, Nina Gold, and Margo Stilley all exited the film during various stages of the production.
Madonna thanks Leni Riefenstahl in the closing credits.
Laurence Fox previously played King George VI's grandson Prince Charles in Whatever Love Means.