Choice Brits - Script Factory

THE HEART OF ME (cert 15)

Based on Rosamond Lehman’s The Echoing Grove, The Heart of Me is an impeccable study of love, passion and repression in the 30’s society London, which follows two beautiful sisters as they each embark on a life-changing relationship with the same man.
 
Dir. Thaddeus O’Sullivan, Scr. Lucinda Coxon
Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany
UK 2002, 96 mins

For Choice Brits, The Heart Of Me is introduced by Anthony Minghella.
Read Anthony Minghella's introduction here.
 
Olivia Williams recently collected Best Actress Award at the 2003 British Independent Film Awards.
 

 
For more on The Heart of Me see:
 
www.film.guardian.co.uk
 
www.viewlondon.co.uk
 

The Heart Of Me
 
Directed by
Thaddeus O'Sullivan
 
Written by
Lucinda Coxon
Based on the novel by Rosamond Lehmann
 
Produced by
Shebnem Askin executive producer
Steve Christian executive producer
Keith Evans executive producer
Paul Federbush executive producer
Martin Pope producer
Tracey Scoffield executive producer
David M. Thompson executive producer
Gary Tuck line producer
 
Original Music by
Nicholas Hooper
 
Cinematography by
Gyula Pados
 
Film Editing by
Alex Mackie
 
Production Design by
Michael Carlin
 
Art Direction by
Karen Wakefield
 
Set Decoration by
Rebecca Alleway
 
Costume Design by
Sheena Napier
 
Makeup Department
Veronica Brebner hair designer
Veronica Brebner makeup designer
Paul Gooch makeup artist
 
Sound Department
Tim Alban sound re-recording mixer
Gianluca Buttari adr assistant
Rory Farnan supervising dialogue editor
Simon Gershon supervising sound editor
Martin Trevis sound mixer
 
Special Effects by
Graham Hills special effects technician
 
Visual Effects by
Robin Beard digital artist
Simon Frame visual effects supervisor
Martin Hobbs visual effects producer
Richard Stammers digital effects supervisor
 
Cast
Helena Bonham Carter - Dinah
Olivia Williams - Madeleine
Paul Bettany - Rickie
Eleanor Bron - Mrs. Burkett
Luke Newberry - Anthony
Tom Ward - Jack
Gillian Hanna - Betty
Andrew Havill - Charles
Alison Reid - Bridie
Kathryn Tennant-Maw - Sylvia
Rebecca Charles - Miss Matthews
John Rowe - Drysdale
Shaughan Seymour - Jeweller
Simon Day - Hospital Doctor
Jenny Howe - Nurse
Rosie Ede - Landlady
Rosie Bonham-Carter - Clarissa
Paul Ridley - Policeman
Mark Williams
 
96 minutes
UK / Germany 2002
 
Certificate 15
 
The Heart of Me was released across the UK by Pathe

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