THE ARTIST 120X160 ANGLAIS 9/05/11 11:18 Page 1 THOMAS LANGMANN presents JEAN DUJARDIN BÉRÉNICE BÉJO A film by MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS JOHN GOODMAN JAMES CROMWELL PENELOPE ANN MILLER MISSI PYLE Produced by Thomas Langmann a La Petite Reine - Studio 37 - La Classe Américaine - JD Prod - France3 Cinéma - Jouror Production - uFilms coproduction Written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius Director of Photography Guillaume Schiffman, AFC Original Music Ludovic Bource Casting - Heidi Levitt, C.S.A Production Designer Laurence Bennett Costume Designer Mark Bridges Editors Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius Associate Producer Emmanuel Montamat Executive Producers Daniel Delume, Antoine De Cazotte, Richard Middleton THE PR CONTACT International Sales All Suites Residence Running time : 1h40 WILDBUNCH 12, rue Latour Maubourg, Email:
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