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ELIZABETH THEGOLDEN AG E

UNIVERSAL PICTURES Presents

In Association with STUDIOCANAL

A WORKING TITLE Production

A Film

CATE BLANCHED CLIVE. OWEN ELIZABETH THEGOLDENAGE

RHYS IFANS JORDI MOLLA ABBIE CORNISH and

Executive Producers DEBRA HAYWARD L1ZA CHASIN HIRST

Produced by JONATHAN CAVENDISH

Written by WILLIAM NICHOLSON and MICHAEL HIRST

Directed by SHEKHAR KAPUR

-1- CAST CHARLES BRUCE In order of appearance JEREMY CRACKNELL BENEDICT GREEN King Philip II of Spain JORDI MOLLA ADAM SMITH Infanta AIMEE KING SIMON STRATTON Queen . CRISPIN SWAYNE Sir Christopher Hatton LAURENCE FOX Mary Stuart's Ladies-in-Waiting KITTY FOX Lord Howard JOHN SHRAPNEL KATE L1NDESAY Sir Francis Walsingham GEOFFREY RUSH KATHERINE TEMPLAR Annette ...... •...... SUSAN LYNCH Queen Elizabeth's Ladies-in-Waiting . Laundry Woman ELISE McCAVE HAYLEY BURROUGHS Mary Stuart SAMANTHA MORTON KIRSTY McKAY Bess Throckmorton ABBIE CORNISH LUCIA RUCK KEENE Margaret PENELOPE McGHIE LUCIENNE VENISSE-BACK Robert Reston Thornas Babington CREW Savage STUART MCLOUGLIN Sir Directed by SHEKHAR KAPUR Calley Written by WILLIAM NICHOLSON and Palace Doorkeeper ROBERT STYLES MICHAEL HIRST Don Guerau De Spes WILLIAM HOUSTON Produced by TIM BEVAN First Court Lady CORAL BEED ERIC FELLNER Second Court Lady ROSALIND HALSTEAD JONATHAN CAVENDISH Manteo STEVEN LOTON Executive Producers DEBRA HAYWARD Wanchese MARTIN BARON L1ZA CHASIN Walsingham's Agent DAVID ARMAND MICHAEL HIRST STEVEN ROBERTSON Co-Producer MARY RICHARDS Ramsey JEREMY BARKER Director of Photography REMI ADEFARASIN, ssc Burton GEORGE INNES Production Designer GUY HENDRIX DYAS William Walsingham ADAM GODLEY Editor ...... •...... JILL BILCOCK, ACE Mary Walsingharn KIRSTIN COULTER SMITH Ursula Walsingham KELLY HUNTER Makeup and Hair Designer JENNY SHIRCORE Archduke Charles CHRISTIAN BRASSINGTON Music by CRAIG ARMSTRONG and Count Georg von Helfenstein ROBERT CAMBRINUS AR RAHMAN Sir Amyas Paulet TOM HOLLANDER Music Supervisor NICK ANGEL Torturer SAM SPRUELL Visual Effects Supervisor RICHARD STAMMERS Old Throckmorton TIM PREECE Casting by FIONA WEIR Spanish Minister VIDAL SANCHO First Assistant Director , TOMMY GORMLEY Dr. John Dee ...... •...... DAVID THRELFALL Production Manager MARK MOSTYN Dance Master BENJAMIN MAY Second Unit Directed & Cellarman DAVID STERNE Photographed by ALAN STEWART Woman With Baby KATE FLEETWOOD Location Managers NICHOLAS. DAUBENY Royal Servant GLENN DOHERTY MANUS HOME Dean of Peterborough CHRIS BRAILSFORD 'A' Camera Operators SIMON FINNEY Executioner DAVE LEGENO BEN WILSON Spanish Archbishop ANTONY CARRICK Production Sound Mixer DAVID STEPHENSON Marriage Priest JOHN ATTERBURY Supervising Art Director FRANK WALSH Admiral Sir William Winter DAVID ROBB Set Decorator RICHARD ROBERTS First Spanish Officer ALEX GIANNINI Casting Associate LUCY BEVAN Second Spanish Officer JOE FERRERA Construction Manager MALCOLM ROBERTS Stunt Coordinator GREG POWELL Special Continuity Financial Controller MICHELE TANDY Courtiers JONATHAN BAILEY Script Supervisor ANGELA NOAKES-WHARTON ALEXANDER BARNES Post-Production Supervisor TANIA BLUNDEN

-2- First Assistant Editor BILLY BROWNE Post-Production Accountant TARN HARPER Co-Visual Effects Supervisor GUY HENDRIX DYAS Supervising Sound Editor ., , .. MARK AUGUSTE Supervising Re-RecordingMixer TIM CAVAGIN Cate Blanchett's Makeup & Hair MORAG ROSS Clive Owen's Makeup & Hair ... DORKA NIERADZIK,MBE

For WORKING TITLE

Chief Operating Officer ANGELA MORRISON Executive in Charge of Production .. MICHELLE WRIGHT Production Executive SARAH-JANE ROBINSON of Development Head of Legal & Business Affairs SHEERAZ SHAH Finance Director TIM EASTHILL Development Executive AMELIA GRANGER Vice President of Legal & Business Affairs GRAINNE McKENNA Legal & Business Affairs Executive .. LUCY WAINWRIGHT Executive Coordinator ANN LYNCH Legal & Business Affairs Manager . CHRISTINA ANGELOUDES Assistant Production Coordinator KATE BAILEY Assistant to Tim Bevan CHLOE DORIGAN Assistant to Eric Fellner ALiZA JAMES Music Coordinator VICKI WILLIAMS Office Manager , NICOLA GARREn

Production Services by SCION FILMS Production Coordinator SAMANTHA BLACK Assistant Production Coordinator REBECCA RAE Assistant to Jonathan Cavendish MARIA RYAN Assistant to Shekhar Kapur CLARE WILLIAMS Assistant to Cate Blanchett JEMMA KEARNEY Assistant to Clive Owen HELEN APPLEBY Production Assistant GAVIN CARRUTHERS Asset Manager OLRICH-SMITH Accommodation Coordinator ALEX HODGSON Second Assistant Director MARK LAYTON Co-Second Assistant Director CHLOE CHESTERTON Crowd Second Assistant Director .. CANDY MARLOWE Floor Runners .. , JEREMY ANGEL OLIVER HAZELL BEATRICE MANNING Unit Managers TERRY BLYTHER DUNCAN FLOWER TOM FORSYTH Location Assistant DAN WHITTY First Assistant Accountant JAMES RICHARDSON Assistant Accountants DOUGAL CADIOU FARNAZ DONOVAN NON ELUNED Accounts Assistant JESSICA GREEN

-3- MARKGEESON ADEDOYIN OLUSHONDE BRADLEY GODWIN JACQUELINE SIMPSON scotT KEERY AILSA WOODYARD TERRY ROYCE Hairdressers JON HENRY GORDON GREGOR TELFER LOULIA SHEPPARD LLOYD VINCENT Makeup Artists JOE HOPKER PETER WELLS SUSAN HOWARD WILLIAM WELLS Chief Crowd Makeup & Hair Artist JULIA VERNON Senior Sculptor , DUNCAN McDEVITT Crowd Makeup & Hair Artists BEATRIX ARCHER Sculptors STEVE DEAHL ANITA BROLLY ALEXANDRA HARWOOD NICOLA BUCK STEPHEN MCCLURE SHARON COLLEY Props Coordinator KELLY NEARY CHARMAINE FULLER Trainee Prop Makers SUZANNE FORWARD JULIE KENDRICK KAREN PUDDIFOOT UXUE LAGUARDIA Costume Supervisor SUZI TURNBULL ELIZABETH LAWSON Assistant Costume Designers SHARON LONG MAYUREE LAYTON JEREMY TURNER LIZ MICHIE Costume Assistant JANE PETRIE LOUISE NOCKLES Key Set Costumer MAURIZIO TORTI KATH RAYNER Cate Blanchett's Costumer ClARA McARDLE CHRISTINE WHITNEY Set Costumers MARTIN CHITTY ROSEMARY WARDER TOM HORNSBY Orrery Makeup & Hair Coordinator LIZ MURRAY JOSIE MARTIN Makeup & Hair Trainee KATIE LEE FIONA McCANN FT2 Makeup & Hair Trainee KAREN SCOTT Crowd. Costume Supervisors .. ANTHONY BROOKMAN Post-Production Coordinators AISHA BICKNELL YVONNE OTZEN FAYE STEVENS Crowd Costume Pre-Fitters CHLOE AUBRY Second Assistant Editor HELEN PASZYN . SALLYANN DICKSEE Cutting Room Trainees KARENJIT SAHOTA ANDREW JOSLIN RAJESH RAJILAL JOOLS OSBORNE Dialogue Editor SAM AUGUSTE JACQUELINE THOMAS ADR Editor TIM HANDS Crowd Costume Seamstress EMMA BROWN Sound Editor PAUL APTED Costume Coordinator JANIE DOWDING Foley Editor ANDREW NEIL Costume Runners SHEARA ABRAHAMS Special Effects Consultant JOSS WILLIAMS LUCY DONOWHO Special Effects Supervisor MIKE DAWSON Costume Driver JULIAN O'SULLIVAN Special Effects Floor Supervisor TERRY FLOWERS Chief Costume Cutter DALE WIBBEN Senior Special Effects Floor Technician .. KEITH DAWSON Men's Costume Cutter MELANIE CARTER Special Effects Floor Technicians DAVID WATSON Costume Cutter DOMINIC YOUNG HAYLEY WILLIAMS Head Textile Artist STEVEN GELL Special Effects Wireman JASON L1ENSTER Assistant Textile Artists JOANNA WEAVING Lead Special Effects ANITA MARQUEZ Workshop Technician STUART DIGBY Costume Makers CHARLOTTE COPSON Special Effects Workshop Technician .. TONY EDWARDS SUSAN CRAWSHAW Special Effects Trainee ...... • " . BEN BROADBRIDGE JANE FLANAGAN Video Coordinator ANDY HADDOCK DEBBIE HINDS Sound Maintenance Engineers GARY DODKIN LIBERTY KELLY COLIN WOOD LINDA LASHLEY Sound Assistant STEPHANE MALENFANT PERNILLA LINDFORS Assistant Construction Manager ROBERT VOYSEY STEPHANIE LITTLE Construction Buyers CARMEL CASSIDY ARMELLE LUCAS SARAH HUNT CAVITA LUCHMUN Standby Carpenter DAVID WILLIAMSON LOUISE MILLS Standby Rigger SEAN YOUNG Standby Painter BRADLEY WOODBRIDGE Painters' Labourer ANDREW BROGAN Standby Stagehand JIM MUIR Apprentice Painters KIMBERLEY GRANT HOD Carpenter MARTIN HUBBARD ALEXANDER GREEN Supervising Carpenter ARTHUR HOLLAND DORIAN SMITH Chargehand Carpenters .. '" '" .... WAYNE DAY HOD Plasterer STEPHEN WATTS KEVIN DEARDON Supervising Plasterer KEVIN TURNER WAYNE HAMMOND Chargehand Plasterers PHILIP BABBAGE PAUL NOTT-MACAIRE JOHN HARRIS .Carpenters GEOFF BALL STEPHEN PAGE RAYMOND BELLCHAMBERS Plasterers ADAM AITKEN GARY BIRD ADRIAN AITKEN MARK BRADY LOUIS ALLEY ROB BROOKMAN SEAN BIRD RAYMOND DAY TONY BOXALL KEITH DYETT JOHN BUTLER DAVID EDWARDS NEIL CLARK LEE EDWARDS MELVYN COLEMAN STEVEN FITZWATER STEVEN COOK LEN HUNTINGFORD CLIFFORD ETHERIDGE ROB JACKSON PATRICK GLEESON TONY KERR JAMIE GOODFELLOW SIMON MARJORAM GEOFF GRANT DAVID MAYHEW MATTHEW GREEN PETER MAYHEW WILLIAM GRZESIK TOM McCARTHY OLIVER HOWLETT PAUL NASH RAYMOND JAMES COLIN OSGOOD JOHN LLOYD TONY SNOOK GRAHAM WEAMES PETER McCARROLL JASON WEST GLENN MEES Apprentice Carpenters NIK BILLAM-SMITH STEPHEN MORRIS MARK WILLIAMS DENIS MURRAY Wood Machinists ANDREW CASTLE MICHAEL O'CALLAGHAN DANIEL WELLS STEPHEN POWELL Scenic Artists ROHAN HARRIS TONY PUTT JAMES GEMMEL ROBERT RAMSEY STEVE MITCHELL KEVON RICHARDS Assistant Scenic Artist ; . NIGEL HUGHES JOHN ROBERY Decorative Artists SIMON HAGUE JEREMY ROSE JULIAN WALKER ANDY SANDBACH HOD Painter MICHAEL SOTHERAN GARY STOKES Supervising Painter ALAN GOOCH ANDREW TOMBS Chargehand Painter ; JASON IVALL RAYMOND TRICKER Painters JOHN BROGAN ILiJAVASIC ADAM CAMPBELL STEVAN VASIC KEITH CONNOLLY BRIAN WHITE PETER DAVIS DOUGLAS WOODS PETER EDGE Supervising Plasterer's Labourer OTIS BELL LARRY GOOCH P.!asterers' Labourers SIMON CORDELL ANDY GUYETT PETER CROUCHER RICHARD HALL LEE KEARY SCOTT MEEKING LEN ROBERTS JAY SOTHERAN DWAYNE TAPPIN MICHAEL WEAVER Apprentice Plasterers JOSH FIELD

-5- DANIEL WAlTS BRADLEY FARMER HOD Rigger JOHN FIELD DAVE FISHER Riggers PAUL GARRAlT PETER FORD ROBERT GURNEY ANDY GODBOLD PAUL MITCHELL PAUL HERBERT MELVYN SANSOM GARY HOPTROUGH RICHARD WILLIAMS ROB INCH JOHN WRIGHT JOHN KEARNEY Supervising Electrical Rigger KEN SLATER PAUL KENNINGTON HOD Metalworker NIGEL GRAY MARC MAILLEY Supervising Metalworker ANTHONY WASS PETER MILES Metalworkers STEPHAN BAlTERHAM MARK MOlTRAM FREDRICK BUHAGIAR DANIEL NAPROUS HISHAM EJJAYHA RAY NICHOLAS NORRIE HENDERSON PETER PEDRERO BRUCE MAYHEW DOMINIC PREECE Metalwork Labourer MAlTHEW ROBERTS GORDON SEED HOD Stagehand KEITH SMITH ANDY SMART Stagehands ALAN BILLAM Stand-In for Cate Blanchett COLElTE APPLEBY JOHN FOLLY Stand-In for Geoffrey Rush STEVE MORPHEW COLIN SMITH Stand-In for Clive Owen ROY BORRElT DAN SMITH Unit Publicist STACY MANN JAMES WARREN Stills Photographer LAURIE SPARHAM STUART. WILLIS Transport Captain MIKE BEAVEN Shipwright CLAUS WANG HANSEN Shekhar Kapur's Driver WASEEM BARLAS Advanced Nautical Rigger T. NIELSEN & CO. LTD. Cate Blanchett's Driver PETER TABECKI Standby Nautical Rigger JAMIE GREEN Geoffrey Rush's Driver LEE ISGAR Stonemason , -.. WILLIAM REID Clive Owen's Driver LOL SMITH Gaffer JIMMY WILSON Unit Drivers ALLAN BRADSHAW Best Boy MARK FUNNELL MIKLOS KOZMA Rigging Gaffer , IAN FRANKLIN PETER MERCER Electricians TONY BURNES ENYO MORTTY GUY HAMMOND TERRY REECE JOHN SAUNDERS Facilities Coordinator MIKE HARRIS MARTIN WELLAND Facilities Drivers FINN PARKER Generator Operator DANNY YOUNG DUNCAN PRENTISS Electrical Rigger COLIN SMITH Camera Car Driver KEN PRICE Chargehand Rigging Electrician DAVID WALL Costume Drivers , ALAN LEWANDOWSKI Rigging Electrician SAM KITE MICHAEL MULHERN Additional Electricians BILL BULPllT STEVE PIKE EUGENE GROBLER Props Drivers ALAN DODD DENNIS HOLLIDAY RITCHIE MAGENNIS STEPHAN L1STNER . NIGEL MORRIS ANDY MUNDAY JOHN ROY BRIAN SULLIVAN Special Effects Driver BOB TURNER Assistant Stunt Coordinator ROWLEY IRLAM Stunt Double for Cate Blanchett ABBI COLLINS Construction Drivers EDDIE COOK Stunt Double for Clive Owen JAMES GROGAN VINCE WELLAND Stunt Performers DAVID ANDERS Video/Sound Driver BARRY BRITNELL NICK CHOPPING Minibus Drivers TONY EVANS GEORGE COlTLE IAN DRINKWATER DANNY DE FREITAS GAVIN MULLENS BEN DIMMOCK DAVE SMITH RICK ENGLISH KAREN RUSSELL

-6- Second Unit Grip DAVID ASHBY Unit Manager ROBBIE KIRKPATRICK First Assistant Director WILLIAM BOOKER Makeup and Hair MARION MCCORMACK Second Assistant Director RICHARD GRAYSMARK Unit Nurse JANE HUGHES Third Assistant Directors ZOE LAING Standby Props STUART CUNNINGHAM BRYN LAWRENCE PEIRO JAMIESON Location Manager ALEX GLADSTONE Driver RANALD MACLEAN Camera Operator MARK MILSOME Runner CHRIS CAMERON First Assistant Camera lAIN STRUTHERS Re-Recording Mixer STEVE SINGLE Second Assistant Camera TOBY EEDY Foley Recordists JASON MANNELL FT2 Camera Trainee TOBIAS MARSHALL BLAIR SLATER Grip NICK RAY Foley Artist MARIO VACCARO Script Supervisor KAREN FRYER ADR Recordists MARK APPLEBY Video Operator DAVID KIRMAN ANDY THOMPSON Marine Coordinator DAREN BAILEY Voice Casting BRENDAN DONNISON, MPSE Gaffer BRIAN BEAUMONT VANESSA BAKER Best Boy IAN GLENISTER Electricians PAUL MALLOY Visual Effects by MARK THORNTON THE MOVING PICTURE COMPANY Standby Propman JACK GARWOOD Sound Mixers ; JOHN CASALI VFX Producers MICHELLE CORNEY COLIN CODNER VICTORIA MOWLAM Sound Maintenance Engineers JEREMY BENNET CG Supervisor IAN WARD MITCHELL LOW Compositing Supervisor JESSICA NORMAN Standby Carpenter GARY FISHER Executive Producers MICHAEL ELSON Standby Rigger JOHN WRIGHT DREW JONES Second Unit Nurse RUTH NICOL Visual Effects Coordinator JULIAN BLOM Additional Photography by DAVID KATZNELSON Lead Lighter ...... •. JORDI CARDUS CG Artists DAVID ARMITAGE Underwater Unit THOMAS CARRICK HOWARD MARGOLIUS Underwater Action Director GREG POWELL MATT MIDDLETON Underwater Cameraman MARK SILK DAVID MUCCI Underwater Gaffer BERNIE PRENTICE CENAY OEKMEN Diving Coordinator DAVE SHAW SIMON PAYNE CLAIRE PEGORIER Sea Plate Unit SAMREMFRY GUILLAUME ROCHERON Location Manager '" MANUS HINGERTY JASON WEN Focus Puller PADDY BLAKE PHIL YOUNG Clapper Loader ANTHONY MEADE Lead Compositor RICHARD LITTLE Compositors IZET BUCO Scotland. Unit MARK CURTIS ANDREW FLETCHER Production Manager CLAIRE HUGHES RON GANBAR Production Coordinator MICHAEL WILSON QIAN HAN First Assistant Director ALAN J. WANDS CHRISTIAN IRLES Second Assistant Director ALISON GORING PETER JOPLING Third Assistant Director MARRISSA CARRARA SCOTT MARRIOTT Camera Focus Puller JULIE BILLS MARIAN MAVROVICH Camera Loader ANNA BENBOW DAVID SCOTT Rigger IAN HARRISON MIQUEL UBEDA Costumer Supervisor DEE WALSH Concept Artist VIRGINIE BOURDIN Costume Trainee SYSTA MOGENSEN Digital Matte Painters DAVID GIBBONS

-7- DAVID SWIFT Minibus Hire TRANSCAMERA LTD. Render Engineer ANDREW BUNDAY Extras Casting CASTING COLLECTIVE LTD. Software Development ELAINE KIERAN 2020 CASTING Visual Effects Editors PAUL ALEXIOU Lighting Equipment LEE LIGHTING LIMITED ALED ROBINSON Costumiers ANGELS THE COSTUMIERS Matchmove ANTHONY ABEJURO ARTE E COSTUME sri GABRIEL ARNOLD CORNEJO ARAM BALAKJIAN COSPROp. JON CAPLETON COSTUMI D'ARTE ROME JIGESH GAJJAR TIRELLI COSTUMI ROMA DAVID SUDD E. RANCATI sri Roto/Prep RICHARD BAILLIE Jewelry Supplied by ERICSON BEAMON MIKE BRAZELTON LABA sri ROMA LUAN DAVIS DPP DI VALERIA PERCOSSI PAPA sas ROB HALL Shoes Supplied by POMPEII GREG HOWE-DAVIS K&D ALASDAIR McNEILL Wigs Supplied by RAY MARSTON Data Ops ; KIERAN BELSHAW TERRY JARVIS CHRIS FRASER CAROL WAUGH LEWIS GUARNIERE Horses & Carriages Supplied by R & S DENT TOBY LANGLEY Horse Master EMMA DENT MARLIN McGLONE Animals Supplied by ACTION STUNT DOGS CAROLINE ROWLANDS Weapons Supplied by BAPTY & CO Supervising Armourer DAMIAN MITCHELL Digital Film Mastering by Royal Barge & Marine Services .. TURK FILM SERVICES THE MOVING PICTURE COMPANY On Camera & Safety Vessels AQUA FILMS Prop Makers. ; CREATION WORKSHOPS Producers MATTHEW BRISTOWE DICK GEORGE ASSOCIATES BEGONA LOPEZ Stills Processing LOFTY'S LAB Colourist MAX HORTON Walkie Talkies WAVEVEND IQ Editors RICHARD ETCH ELLS Location Security THE MOVIE LOT JAMIE LEONARD Marquees Supplied by THE ORGANISATION CAROLINE ROWLANDS Insurance Services AON/ALBERT G. RUBEN PATRICK WINTERSGILL Legal Research , . Scanning TECHNICOLOR CREATIVE SERVICES MARSHALUPLUMB RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. Front Title Sequence CATO PURNELL PARTNERS Additional Visual Effects by MACHINE End Titles VOODOODOG@ Negative Cutting CUTTING EDGE Catering PREMIER CATERERS LTD. Laboratory Contact CLIVE NOAKES Catering Manager. CAROL BULMER Rushes Transfer ARION FACILITIES Chefs MATTHEW BARRY Rushes Colourist DANCRUSSELL MARK EMMETT Post-Production Facilities .. GOLDCREST POST, GARY ETHERINGTON Sound Re-Recorded at .. TWICKENHAM FILM STUDIOS TONY JUDD Foley Recorded at SOUNDFIRM Catering Assistant NATASHA HUDSON EPK SPECIAL TREATS PRODUCTIONS Personal Chef to Shekhar Kapur SURESH KHALE Historical Music Arrangement Crowd Catering CHEFS ON LOCATION and Composition WILLIAM LYONS Health & Safety Consultant LARRY EYDMANN Executive in Charge of Music Unit Nurse ROSIE BEDFORD-STRADLING for KATHY NELSON ConstructionNurses EMMA BROWN Recorded and Mixed by GEOFF FOSTER JUDITH EDWARDS Assistant Engineers NICKCERVONARO Fire Cover 1st DEFENSE FIRE AND RESCUE JAKE JACKSON Equipment Transport LAYS INTERNATiONAL Score Recorded and Mixed at ..... AIR STUDIOS, LYND- Facility Vehicles LOCATION FACILITIES LTD. HURST HALL, LONDON

-8- Crown and Crystals courtesy of SWAROVSKI Orchestrated by , MATT DUNKLEY CRAIG ARMSTRONG Kind Permission for Reproduction of Art Works courtesy Conducted by CECILIA WESTON of The Bridgeman Art Library Programming and Additional Arrangements by , DAVID DONALDSON Footage from RYAN'S DAUGHTER Additional Orchestration, Licensed byTurner Entertainment Co. Arrangement and Programming by .... KAZIMIR BOYLE All Rights Reserved. Additional Programming by KRISHNA CHETHAN Music Editor TONY LEWIS Footage from ELIZABETH Orchestra Contractor ISOBEL GRIFFITHS Courtesy.of Universal Studios Licensing LLLP. Orchestra Leader PERRY MONTAGUE-MASON All Rights Reserved. Choir METRO VOICES Choirmaster JENNY O'GRADY Music Preparation by DAKOTA MUSIC SERVICE With Special Thanks to: Score Supervisor EMMA FORD Solo Soprano by , CATHERINE BOTT THE DEAN & CHAPTER OF ELY CATHEDRAL SARAH EYDEN Solo Vocal. by CATHERINE O'HALLORAN THE MASTER & FELLOWS OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, Solo Violin by CLIO GOULD CAMBRIDGE Solo Cello by ANTHONY PLEETH Acoustic Spanish Guitar by JOHN PARICELLI THE RECTOR, CHURCH WARDENS & STAFF OF THE Ethnic Woodwind by , ANDY FINDON PRIORY CHURCH OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE GREAT, WEST SMITHFIELD Ethnic Percussion by PAUL CLARVIS Duduk by MARTIN ROBERTSON Dilruba by SAROJA THE ADMINISTRATOR & FELLOW CHAPLAINS, WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL Additional Vocal by ,. MARIYAM TOLLER Music Consultants KIRSTEN AND CHARLES LANE on behalf of RIGHT MUSIC LIMITED THE DEAN & CHAPTER OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL

BURGHLEY HOUSE "VOLTAA4" (John Dowland) Performed by The Consort of Musicke CHOPARD Conducted by Anthony Rooley Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd. CONCHRA CHARITABLE TRUST Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd. DORNEY COURT & ST JAMES THE LESS, DORNEY "RON DES I & VII {Dansereye}" (Tielman Susato) ENGLISH HERITAGE Performed by the New London Consort Conducted by Philip Pickett THE FORESTRY COMMISSION S.E. Courtesy of The Decca Music Group Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd. , HERTFORDSHIRE

"CORONATION BANQUET" THE NATIONAL TRUST- () BADDESLEY CLINTON, ; Conducted by David Hirschfelder, BREAN DOWN, WESTON SUPER MARE; Ric Formosa and Sam Schwarz LITTLE FRENSHAM POND, FRENSHAM, SURREY; Courtesy of Universal Studios PETWORTH HOUSE & PARK, PETWORTH, WEST SUSSEX "LOVE THEME-ARREST" (David Hirschfelder) STEPHEN JONES MILLINERY Conducted by David Hirschfelder, Ric Formosa and Sam Schwarz SOUTH WEST DEFENCE TRAINING ESTATE Courtesy of Universal Studios for use of their land

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-10 - CATE BLANCHETT, reprising the role she originated in the seven-time Academy Award@-nominated Elizabeth, readies her men for war in a gripping historical laced with treachelY and romance-Elizabeth: The Golden Age. ELIZABETH THEGOLDEM AGE

Academy Award@ winner CATE BLANCHETT Globe winner and Oscar@ nominee CLIVE OWEN returns to her star-making role from ' (Children of Men) as Sir Walter Raleigh, a dashing seven-time Oscar

THE LOOK AND THE SETS Wells and Winchester, where the scale is still grand but the detail within the architecture is scaled down (e.g., In keeping with the director's "fresh and rather than one massive stone column, we see Elizabeth exciting" take on the subject matter, young and walking around aduster of columns that take up the same innovative production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas-who began as an illustrator/concept illustrator for multiple heavy-duty projects and graduated to designing such block- busters as X2 and Superman Returns-. was brought onboard to collaborate with Kapur and his Elizabeth veterans Adefarasin, Byrne and Shircore, along with editor Bilcock. Per Dyas: "It was clear from my first meeting with the producers that they had a very strong idea of what Elizabeth (CATE BLANCHETT) has an unexpected moment a/intimacy with Raleigh (CLIVE OWEN). -23 - Dyas' years of experience as an illustrator came into play with his up-close and intensive atten- tion to detail-considering how water runs down a wall, how wood ages in different environ- ments. These building blocks were combined to produce a "visual language" for the film's design. This environmental approach had the advantage of not only producing stunning sets that agreed with the period loca-

CATE BLANCHETT as the Virgin Queen. tions, but also provided the performers with a credible, area). This working within a different sense of scale authentic world in which to create their characters. makes her appear stronger within the environment. Another distinct advantage to Dyas' all-encom- Simultaneously, there. are more classically feminine passing design? Kapur is known for on-the-spot deci- cosmetic features in these locations-floral motifs in the sions with regard to camera locations. Dyas observes, stone carvings, more "delicate" gargoyles, a warmer and "lfhe decides to shoot an actor's head right up against creamier coloring in the stone. All of this physically rein- a particular wall, I'd be in a lot of trouble if that wall forces the. concept that the Queen has clearly become wasn't as realistic as it could possibly be, and as high- more comfortable in the spaces she inhabits. definition cameras come into play, these high levels Dyas welcomed the opportunity to work at these of finish will become even more necessary." locations: "It was imperative to do it. No matter how big All of this only added to the workload of the our combined imaginations are, the architecture of design team, as some of the textures and finishes they these cathedrals is incredible, simply spectacular, and it hoped to create could only be achieved by actually would be foolish of us not to take advantage of these going through the processes as originally executed by spaces. They bring tremendous scale to the project and the craftsmen centuries ago. "I have to ensure I give Shekhar and Remi Adefarasin are brilliant at looking at Shekhar the freedom to point the camera in any direc- a space and very quickly deciphering ways to make it tion and feel that what he is looking at is authentic seem even larger and more dramatic." and real, and that the audience isn't going to be Having appropriated the ecclesiastical spaces of distracted by something looking out of place." several cathedrals to resemble a palace environment, Dyas guesses that designing the Queen's Private Dyas and his team more than had their work cut out for Chambers set waS one of the most difficult challenges them in linking these spaces together via the sets of his career-Kapur had chargedhim to come up with designed and constructed at Shepperton Studios. The a set devoid of walls, the idea being to create a slightly results: the Privy Chamber and the Queen's Private skewed array of arches and columns through which the Quarters, both created with massive attention to detail director and his DP could shoot without physical restric- and authenticity. tions. This would provide them with the ability tomove -24- the camera around, to create depth, continually varying seductive and attractive because of his life at sea, so the shots while maintaining a living, visual sense that the boat was hugely important." would be inherently interesting to the audience. Part of The final structure measured 180 feet in length, Kapur's filming style involves off-camera voices, with and was constructed from four-inch thick planks of the audience having to search for the speakers-the timber screwed to an enormous steel frame. The camera often tracking around until the characters are Tyger sat ona gimbal, a large structure that provides discovered. Dyas created the ultimate Kapur set-a movement, imitating a ship at sea in a variety of visual puzzle with an endless array of potential camera conditions-everything from calm to stormy to angles and placement. under attack. The build took several months, as once Authenticity was achieved not only through the steel frame was bolted to the gimbal, each timber considered design, but also with consideration of the frame was treated with a vigorous process-the materials that would be utilized in construction. wood was burned to remove some of the outer fibers, Using real materials-granite for the floors in both leaving only tougher, core fibers and resulting in a the Privy Chamber and the Queen's Private sea-battered and aged effect. Chambers; beautiful and elaborate woodwork created After the aging process, the painters came in, and from a mixture of wood enhanced by patterns scaffolding was built to allow the crew to work on the sculpted in plaster, then stained and waxed to match decks, adding the details that combined to create the the wood of its time-the designer created a set that appearance of a rugged war ship of the period: replete not only appears real, it sounds and feels real as well. with railings, stairs and beautifully carved figure- Comments Jonathan Cavendish, "Guy is remarkable, heads. Sails were also sewn, then aged, torn and fixed a massive talent. His attention to detail and his drive (in a rough, sailorly way), to give a sense that cannon for perfection is extraordinary." balls had ripped through them. In addition to the palace sets, Dyas was charged Then came the enormous and incredibly compli- with creating Raleigh's ship The Tyger, an cated job of rigging the ship, which involved using outstanding construction (built to actual scale) that would be used as Raleigh's men defended England against the Spanish Armada. In order to maximize the expenditure of the production, The Tyger-. when. re- dressed and shot from another side- also cleverly functioned as a Spanish ship for the film. Kapur explains, "We could not compromise on the ship. Doing a film with the Spanish Armada as a backdrop, it was absolutely essential for us to have a vessel that we could shoot in and around to show what life Director SHEKHAR KAPUR gives direction to CATE BLANCHETT as Queen Elizabeth! on the set was like at sea. Raleigh's character is a/Elizabeth: The Golden Age. ~25 - uncluttered by supports or pillars-is simply awe- inspiring ..This expansiveness is typical of the cathedral's exotic Byzantine style-favored by its architect, John Francis Bentley-which lent it so perfectly to standing in as Spain's EI Escorial Palace, circa 1588, with few changes needed. Here, the production shot over two nights, capturing scenes featuring Philip II of Spain, the most powerful man CATE BLANCHETT as Queen Elizabeth Ion the set of the film. in the world at that time. historically accurate methods to tie thousands of feet Observes Kapur, "It was such a fantastic place in of tar-covered rope. "It must be every designer's which to shoot. It was difficult, because it's so huge and dream, at least once in their career, to get the oppor- you want to encompass all of it into the frame, but you tunity to design and build a vessel of some kind," have to be selective, Scale is the ability of the camera to offers Dyas. "Quite frankly, the older the vessel, the move and keep moving. And to keep finding things." more character, the more interesting it is. To construct Production next traveled to Hatfield House, The Tyger and see Clive looking so heroic on its Hertfordshire, the home of the Marquess of Salisbury, deck-well, it was a great honor and one of the high- and one of Britain 's most famous stately homes. Here, lights of my career." the filmmakers dressed.the North Entrance Hall and the Armoury, replacing the wood paneling with stone, ON THE ROAD: and transforming it into Mary Queen of Scots' Private Quarters at Chartley Hall, where she was incarcerated LOCATION SHOOTING OF for a time prior to her execution. The filmmakers also ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE used parts of Hatfield House-specifically the Marble Hall, the Grand Staircase and the Long The locations in Elizabeth: The Golden Age Gallery-for Walsingham's Londonhouse. provided the production with a tour of some of the St. Bartholomew's Church is one of London's most magnificent cathedrals in the country-as well as churches, stately homes and national parkland- treasures and one of her best-kept secrets. The beau- and the opportunity to set the story against extraordi- tiful Norman Church is concealed by the narrow nary backdrops, all of which have played their own streets and passages of Smithfield, and here, produc- parts in English history. tion shot one of the pivotal moments in the film: the Location shooting began with Westminster execution by beheading of Mary Queen of Scots Cathedral, the largest and most important Catholic (which actually took place at Fotheringhay Castle, Church in England and Wales. To stand in the center razed in 1627). Witha need to telescope the last three of the cathedral-the immense space that unfolds, horrific but magnificent hours of Mary's life into just -26- a few minutes of film, the filmmakers picked key embraced an idea of production designer Dyas to moments from historical record and wove them into a show S1. Paul's as a work-in-progress, complete master shot that sees Mary enter (ignoring the with scaffolding. This had the added advantage of Protestant prayers of the Dean of Peterborough), providing director Kapur with the opportunity to mount the scaffold, disrobe to reveal a crimson shift shoot through obstructions. (As some restoration (the color of Catholic martyrdom) beneath her black work was actually going on in Winchester Cathedral dress, grant her executioner forgiveness and, finally, at the time of filming, the filmmakers cast the real place her head on the block. stonemasons, who cut real stone during the scene, Recalls historical researcher Justin Pollard: "The as extras. ) scene had a startling effect on both the crew and the Next, it was on to S1. John's College, Cambridge, lOO-plus actors and extras in the room. Despite the the second largest of the constituent Colleges of the lights and cameras, it feltas though we were actually . St. John's was founded in witnessing the execution." Adding to the effect of 1511 by. Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King those present was the musical theme of the film's Henry VII (and so Elizabeth's great grandmother) on composers, Craig Armstrong and AR Rahman, which the site of the medieval hospital of St. John. The first rose over the largely silent scene and echoed around court in St. John's was constructed mostly between the ancient walls of the church as Samantha Morton 1511 and 1520, and so it makes a perfect setting for (as Mary) took her last steps. one of the great fabled scenes from Elizabeth's reign: On to Winchester Cathedral, a magnificent struc- the first meeting between the Queen and Raleigh, tute in the West of England, the building of which was where he purportedly threw down his cloak to cover a begun in 1079, 13 years after William the Conqueror muddy puddle in the road ... hence preventing the invaded England from Normandy. The east end of the Royal Feet from getting dirty. Church was extended around 1200 and the Nave was But is the story true? Comments historical completely remodeled around 1400. The production researcher Pollard: "Well, it isn't recorded in any spent four days filming in Winchester Cathedral, contemporary document and the earliest reference to which is seen in the film as St. Paul's Cathedral (the it I know is Thomas Fuller's in 1663. But it is original St. Paul's was gutted in the Great Fire of certainly the sort of thing Raleigh might have done London in 1666 and then demolished to make way for and just the sort of showmanship that the Queen the present cathedral). liked. We decided to use the scene, partly because it is With. its huge vaulted ceilings and enormous so iconic, and partly because it still, all these stained-glass windows, Winchester is remarkably centuries later, provides a wonderful way to first bring similar to what the old St. Paul's Cathedral would have Raleigh and the Queen together." looked like. The production used the Lady Chapel as The production remained in Cambridge to film the Chapel Royal (where Elizabeth comes to pray and the Royal Barge (where Walsingham tackles the meets her would-be assassin), and also filmed in the touchy subject of Elizabeth and marriage while trav- spectacular Nave (where one of the more dramatic e1ing down the River Thames on their way to scenes of The Golden Age takes place-Elizabeth London). The barge itself has its own historical value, calling all to arms against the Spanish Armada). having been used in the classic A Man For All Under Elizabeth, London experienced a tremen- Seasons, among other films. There, production was dous amount of construction, and filmmakers hampered by torrential rain, proving a challenge for -27 - everyone, especially the costume and art departments, In the l580s, the world was barely half-explored by who battled against wind and rain to keep the actors Europeans, with the tempting promise of strange lands (and props) dry and looking suitably regaL and fabulous riches just beyond the horizon. Filmmakers Another wonderful Norman cathedral provided chose to flavor what might have been a traditional the production with its next location: Ely. Cathedral, banqueting scene with this. sense of the exotic-such built on what was, in the 12th century, an "island" in things as awonderful selection of period dishes prepared the vast expanse of marshland known as the Fen. In from original recipes and illustrations, including heron this flat, watery world, the cathedral seemed to float pies, crystallized fruits, stuffed peacocks, march panes on the wetland, gaining it the title "The Ship of the and sugar elephants. For entertainment, the royal occa- Fen." Ely did not appear as itself, but politely subbed sion boasts a parade of animals from the royal for Elizabeth's court at Whitehall. menagerie, including New World parrots; an Indian "The choice of this location and,. indeed, the other python, a monkey and even a zebra. (Pollard muses, cathedrals," explains Pollard, "is to give us a sense of "Such animals were often presented to the crown as gifts scale-an idea of the grandeur and majesty of the from other rulers, and there was considerable competi- court at one level and ofthe vulnerability and frailty of tion to acquire particularly rare examples.") humanity set against its cold, stone facades at another. Next stop, the West Country, to Brean Down--one It is also, of course, a chance to celebrate the range and ofthe most dramatic landmarks on the Somerset coast-. virtuosity of England's architectural heritage." to film Elizabeth's famous Tilbury speech, in which she The production spent almost two weeks at Ely, rouses the troops just prior to the confrontation with the filming first in the Nave the key scenes in which Spanish Armada. Explains producer Cavendish: "The Elizabeth confronts the Spanish Ambassador with the Tilbury speech marks the moment both in history-and Spanish plot, and her reaction to the news that Mary in our film-where Elizabeth takes complete command has been executed. This last scene is typical of of the battle against the Spanish Armada. In doing so, Kapur's signature style, shot from high in the octagon she starts moving from her mortal presence to a more of the Cathedral, revealing her as a frail human form divine one." against the vast stone vault. Says Pollard: "The Adds Pollard, "SeeingCate crest the ridge ofBrean building becomes part of the story itself: a grand, Down on horseback-in the armor and mailcoat made echoing, unmoving riposte to Elizabeth's emotions." especially for the film, the sea breeze streaming her red Next, on to the Lady Chapel, remodeled by hair behind her-it's easy to see what effect Elizabeth's production designer Dyas as a backdrop for Raleigh's arrival must have had on this hopelessly outnumbered first presentation at court-another iconic Raleigh band of men. With the sun sparkling on her polished moment, where he introduces the and tobacco, armor plates, she must have looked more angel than brought back from the New World. Too, the unit human, and every man and boy there hoped she would filmed Elizabeth's banquet in honor of Archduke prove to be an angel of victory." Charles of Austria, a potential suitor. Again, Pollard: The rocky peninsula, capped with a row of Tudor "The arrival of Elizabeth's suitor provides the occa- tents (replicated in CGfor wider shots to afford scope sion for a lavish banquet, in which we hope we have and scaletothe encampment), was chosen because the created some of the exotic flavor of court life as a combination of its inspiring landscape and fantastic background for action, which centers on Elizabeth, quality provided a spectacular backdrop for the water- Walsingham, Bess Throckmorton and Raleigh." shed moment. But the stunning location also provided -28 - a host of challenges ... standing nearly 100 meters larger forces of Destiny. It was this thought that (around 328 feet) above sea level, cast and crew had to governed the way I not only approached this film, but make their way up the steep cliffby shuttle bUs,with the the way I shot it. It's operatic and it's mythic ... especially fitter members of the crew (along with the horses) now, four centuries later." making the journey on foot. Universal Pictures Presents, in association with Staying in the West Country, the production relo- StudioCanal, a Working Title Production of a Shekhar cated to Wells Cathedral, the present building of which Kapur Film: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive was begun in 1180. The impressive structure, along with Owen in Elizabeth.' The Golden Age, starring Rhys the surrounding buildings associated with the cathedral, Ifans, Jordi Molla, Abbie Cornish and Samantha has survived eight centuries and still dominates the Morton. Casting is by Fiona Weir. The music is by lovely city of Wells, in the heart of Somerset. An Craig Armstrong and AR Rahman. Makeup and hair extraordinary staircase links the North Transept with the designer is Jenny Shircore. The costume designer is Chapter House and was used to substitute for the main Alexandra Byrne. The editor is Jill Bilcock, ACE; the entry into Whitehall Palace, which, according to production designer is Guy Hendrix Dyas; and the Pollard, is "the portal of the palace-the point between director of photography is Remi Adefarasin, BSC. the world outside and the rarefied environment of the The co-producer is Mary Richards. The executive court within." producers are Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin and Before returning to Shepperton, final locations Michael Hirst. Elizabeth: The Golden Age is included: Waverley Abbey, the slowly crumbling ruins produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Jonathan of an almost-forgotten monastery, seen in the film as the Cavendish, and it is written by William Nicholson and meeting place for the Catholic conspirators; Dorney Michael Hirst. The film is directed by Shekhar Kapur. Court, home of the Palmer family for more than 450 A Universal Release ~2007 Universal Studios. years and a Grade I listed building, used in the film as www.elizabeththegoldenage.net Raleigh's house; and, finally, to Petworth Park, the stunning parkland landscaped by "Capability" Brown and immortalized in Turner's paintings-where the ABOUT THE production filmed a riding sequence involving a private CAST moment between Elizabeth and Raleigh. Since graduating from Australia's National Institute **** of Dramatic Art (NIDA), For director Shekhar Kapur, the decision to return CATE. BLANCHETT to the subject matter of one of the greatest rulers that (Queen Elizabeth I) has ever. lived was an easy one. For him, in Elizabeth I, worked extensively in the history shows us a cunning strategist, an intellectual theater, significantly with head of state and a born leader. Yet even in the face of Company B, a loose ensemble such larger-than-life subject matter, what continues to of actors (including Geoffrey interest the filmmaker most is the solitary woman who Rush, Gillian Jones and bore it all ... the Queen who ,herself had to answer to a Richard Roxburgh) based at higher power: "For all the will and power we as human Belvoir Street, under the direc- beings think we have, we are ultimately subject to the tion of Neil Armfield. Her roles have included Miranda -29- (The Tempest), Ophelia (-. for which she was directed by ; An Ideal Husband, directed nominated for a Green Room Award), Nina (The Seagull) by Oliver Parker; and The Talented Mr. Ripley, directed and Rose (The Blind Giant Is Dancing). by , for which she received a For the Sydney Theater Company (STC), she BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Cate appeared in Caryl Churchill's Top Girls, David also starred in The Gift, directed by Sam Raimi, and in Mamet's Oleanna (awarded The Sydney Theater Sally Potter's The Man Who Cried, which premiered at Critics Award for Best Actress), Michael Gow's Sweet the Venice Film Festival and for which Cate was Phoebe (also for the Croyden Warehouse, London) awarded Best Supporting Actress by the National and Timothy Daly's Kafka Dances (also for The Board of Review and the Florida Film Critics Circle. Griffin Theatre Company, for which she received the In 2001,Cate appeared in Bandits with Critics Circle award for Best Newcomer). and Billy Bob Thornton, directed by Barry Levinson, For the in 1999, Cate played for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomina- Susan Traherne in David Hare's Plenty on London's tion and a Screen Actors Guild nomination for West End. Outstanding Supporting Actress. Cate has also appeared Her television credits include lead roles in in The Shipping News, alongside Kevin Spacey and Bordertown and Heartland, both for the Australian directed by Lasse Hallstrom, based on the 1994 Pulitzer Broadcasting Commission. Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx. She was also Her film roles include Susan Macarthy in. Bruce seen as Galadriel, Queen of the Elves, in The Lord of the Beresford's Paradise Road; Lizzie in Thank God He Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment Met Lizzie, an anti-romantic comedy directed by of Peter Jackson's trilogy, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Cherie Nowlan, for which Cate was awarded both the fantasy novels. Cate was honored by the National Board Australian Film Institute (API) and the Sydney Film of Review as the 2001 Best Supporting Actress for her Critics awards for Best Supporting Actress; and outstanding supporting performances in Bandits, Lucinda in Oscar and Lucinda, opposite Ralph The Lord oftheRings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Fiennes and directed by Gillian Armstrong, a role that The Shipping News. She reprised her role as Galadriel earned her an API nomination for Best Actress. in 2002 for the second installment of the trilogy, In 1998, Cate portrayed Queen Elizabeth I in the The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and again in critically acclaimed Elizabeth, directed by Shekhar 2003 in the final installment, The Lord of the Rings: Kapur, for which she received a Golden Globe Award The Return of the King. for Best Actress in a Drama and a BAFTA for Best In 2002, Cate was also seen in the title role of Actress in a Leading Role, as well as Best Actress Charlotte Gray, directed by Gillian Armstrong and Awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association, based on Sebastian Faulks' best-selling novel. Cate the London Film Critics Circle, the Toronto Film also appeared in Heaven, opposite Giovanni Ribisi Critics Association, the Online Film Critics Society, and directed by Tom Tykwer, which premiered at the Variety Critics and the u.K. Empire Award. She also Film Festival (where the film was awarded the received a Best Actress nomination from the Screen Golden Camera Award). Actors Guild and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts In 2003, Cate was seen in Veronica Guerin, the and Sciences. fact-ba'Sed story of the Irish journalist who was slain In 1999, Cate appeared in Pushing Tin with John in her homeland in 1996 by drug dealers, which was Cusack, a black comedy about air traffic controllers directed by Joel Schumacher. Her performance - 30- earned her a Golden Globe nomination in thecate- Cate is currently in production on the fourth gory of Best Performance by anActress in a Motion installment of Indiana Jones, with Harrison Ford, Picture Drama and a nomination by the Washington, directed by . Todd Haynes' I'm Not nc. Area Film Critics Association for Best Actress. There will be released on November 21 of this year. She also starred in the Columbia Pictures' thriller The Cate has also completed production on The Curious Missing, opposite Tommy Lee Jones for director Ron Case of Benjamin Button, co-starring and Howard; the film was released in November 2003. directed by , a 2008 release. In early 2004, Cate appeared in the film Coffee & Cigarettes for director Jim Jarmusch. In this United GEOFFREY RUSH (Sir Francis Walsingham), Artists release, Cate played two roles opposite each one of today's most respected other-herself and the role of her cousin. Her actors, started his career in performances earned her a Best Supporting Female Australian theater and has nomination for the 2005 Independent Spirit Awards. since appeared in over 70 In July 2004, Cate returned to the Sydney Theatre theatrical productions and Company to play the title role in Andrew Upton's more than 20 feature films. adaptation of Hedda Gabler. The play was a critical Rush won an Emmy, success, earning her the prestigious Helpmann Award Golden Globe and Screen for Best Female Actor in a Play. She also starred in Actors Guild Award for his her first Australian film in several years, Little Fish, captivating performance in directed by Rowan Woods, for which she was HBO Films' The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, in awarded Best Actress by the Australian Film Institute. which he portrays the title character. This November Cate received an Academy Award@ for her he can be seen starring in Candy, opposite Heath portrayal as in The Aviator, Ledger, for director Neil Armfield. Rush was most directed by Martin Scorsese. She was also honored recently seen in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World 50 with the BAFTA Award and a SAG Award for her role End, where he reprised his role as Captain Barbossa. in the 2005 release. Additionally, she was recognized His other recent film credits include the box-office by several critics' organizations and received a nomi- giant Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man 50 Chest nation from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. and the Academy Award@-nominated Munich for In 2006 Cate was seen in Babel, opposite Brad Pitt, director Steven Spielberg. directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Ifiarritu. The film Rush caught the eye of many for his starring role received a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for in director Scott Hicks' feature film Shine. His role numerous awards, including an Academy Award@and portraying David Helfgott in Shine garnered him an a SAG Ensemble Award. Cate was also seen in The Academy Award@for Best Actor. He also won Golden Good German, co-starring with George Clooney, Globe, SAG, BAFTA, Film Critics Circle of Australia, directed by Steven Soderbergh. She received a Golden Broadcast Film Critics, AFI, New York Film Critics Globe nomination, a SAG nomination and an Academy Circle and Film Critics Association Award@nomination for Notes on a Scandal, opposite awards. Rush also received an Academy Award@ . Also in 2006, Cateand her husband, nomination for his performance in Philip Kaufman's' Andrew Upton, were named co-directors of the Sydney Quills and an Academy Award@ nomination and a Theatre Company. Their debut season begins in 2009. Golden Globe nomination for Shakespeare in Love. -31- His other film credits include Intolerable Cruelty, Gold's telefilm adaptation of The Return of the Finding Nemo, Ned Kelly, Lantana, , The Tailor of Native, which aired on CBS. More recently, he Panama, House on Haunted Hill, Mystery Men, starred in the BBC's Second Sight police dramas, in Elizabeth, Les Miserables, A Little Bit of Soul, Children which he performed as DCI Ross Tanner, and which of the Revolution, On Our Selection, Twelfth Night, aired on PBS's Mystery! Oscar and Lucinda and Starstruck. His UK. telefilm credits also include Andrew Rush received a degree in English at the University Grieve's Lorna Doone, Andy Wilson's An Evening of Queensland before continuing at the Jacques Lecoq With Gary Lineker, Diarmuid Lawrence's The Echo School of Mime and Theater in . Returning to and David Blair's Split Second. Australia, he starred in the theater production of King Owen's feature films also include 's Lear and appeared alongside Mel Gibson in Waitingfor Vroom; 's Close My Eyes and Godot.Recently, he received rave reviews for his role Century; Sean Mathias' Bent; Joel Hershman's in Exit the King. Greenfingers; and Robert Altman's star-studded He was a principal member of Jim Sharman's . His acclaimed stage work includes pioneering Lighthouse Ensemble in the early 1980s, portraying Romeo. at the , starring in Sean playing leading roles in numerous classics. His work Mathias' staging of Noel Coward's Design for Living, onstage garnered many accolades, including the Sydney and playing the lead role in 's original Critics Circle Award for Most Outstanding Performance, production of Closer at the . the Variety Club Award for Best Actor and the 1990 In the fall of200 1,he starred in London in Laurence Victorian Green Room Award for his lauded performance Boswell's staging of Peter Nichols' A Day in the Death in Neil Armfield's The Diary of a Madman. He also of Joe Egg and in The Hire series of BMW Internet received Best Actor nominations in the Sydney Critics' short features, in which he was directed by (respec- Circle Awards for his starring roles in Gogol's The tively) John Frankenheimer,, Wong Kar-Wai, Government Inspector, Chekhov's Uncle Timya and Guy Ritchie and Alejandro Gonzalez liiarritu. Mamet's Oleanna. In 1994 he received the prestigious Clive's next films only added to his already brilliant Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award for his work in theater. and diverse choice of film credits. He chose Beyond Geoffreyresides in , Australia, with his Borders, a romantic war drama co-starring Angelina wife Jane and their two children. Jo1ie; Mike Hodges' thriller I'll Sleep When I'm Dead; the action war drama King Arthur; and Sin City, which CLIVE OWEN's (Sir Walter Raleigh) performance co-starred Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro, Rosario in the title role of Mike Hodges' Dawson and JessicaAlba. sleeper hit Croupier had critics In 2005, Clive won a Golden Globe and was nomi- comparing him to the likes of nated for an Academy Award@ for his role as Larry in Bogart, Mitchum and Connery. Closer, directed by Mike Nichols. The film also starred Owen first came to the , and . UK. public's attention as the Clive was seen in 2005 in Derailed, opposite star of the television series Jennifer Alliston, and went on to star in Spike Lee's Chancer. US. audiences later 2006 Inside Man, opposite Denzel Washington and saw him starring opposite , and the more recent Children of Men, co- Catherine Zeta-Jones in Jack starring and Michael Caine, under the -,32 - direction of Alfonso Cuaron ..He was most recently seen In the theater, he has appeared at the Donmar starring in the action thriller Shoot 'Em Up, with Paul Warehouse in Robert Delamere's Accidental Death of Giamatti and Monica Bellucci for writer/director an Anarchist and 's Finger; at the Michael Davis. National Theatre in ' and 's ; at the Duke of RHYS IFANS (Robert Reston) is one of Britain's York Theatre in Hettie MacDonald's Beautiful Thing; finest contemporary actors. at the in James MacDonald's He was born and raised in Thyestes; and at the Royal Exchange in Braham Wales, attending youth.acting Murray's Smoke and Ronald Harwood's Poison Pen. schools at Theatre Clwyd, On television, most recently, he played the role of MOld, and appeared in many in Terry Johnson's Not Only but Always, Welsh-language television for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best programs before embarking Actor. He also appeared in Shakespeare Shorts on his film career. (BBC); Trial & Retribution (YTV); The Two Franks His breakout performance (); Judas and the Gimp (BBC); Night Shift; Spatz came in 1999, in Roger (S4C); Burning Love (S4C); and Review (S4C). In Michell's Notting Hill, opposite Julia Roberts and Hugh 2005, Rhys made a guest appearance for the rock Grant, for which he received a BAFTA Film Award band Oasis in the video for their single "The nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Importance of Being Idle," for which he accepted Supporting Role. Prior to that, Rhys starred in Charles their award for Video of the Year at the 2005/2006 McDougall's Heart, 's Twin Town (along- NMEAwards. side his brother LlyrEvans),' August and Karl Francis' Streetlife. JORDI MOLLA (King Philip II of Spain) is one Since 1999, he has appeared in more than 20 films, of Spain's best-recognized ar- including Andy Hurst's You're Dead; Clare Kilner's tistic personalities: an actor, Janice Beard; Edward Thomas' Rancid Aluminum; director, painter and writer. Dominic Anciano's Love, Honor and Obey; Ed Bye's Jordi trained as an actor at Kevin & Perry Go Large; Howard Deutch's The the Barcelona Institute of Replacements; Steven Brill's Little Nicky; Michel Theatre, also taking acting Gondry'sHumanNature; RonnyYu'sFormula 51; Mike classes in Italy, Hungary and Figgis' Hotel; Lasse Hallstrom's The Shipping News; and England. As an actor, he has Shane Meadows' Once Upon a Time in the Midlands. worked in many films for such More recently, Rhys starred in Jeff Balsmeyer's prestigious directors as Bigas Danny Deckchair; Mira Nair's Vanity Fair; Roger Luna, Pedro Almodovar, Peter Greenaway, Montxo Michell's Enduring Love, for which he was nominated Armendariz, Ricardo Franco and Fernando Colomo. for a Best British Actor Award by Empire magazine; Jordi first received acclaim in Bigas Luna's Jamon, Martha Fiennes' Chromophobia; Francesca Joseph's Jamon in 1992. Since then, he has appeared in films Four Last Songs; and 's Hannibal Rising. including Montxo Armendariz' Historias del Kronen He most recently completed filming Pawel (1994); Pedro Almodovar's La Flor de Mi Secreto Pawlikowski's The Restraint of Beasts. (1994); Gerardo Vera's La Celestina (1996), for which - 33- he received a Goya Award nomination for Best Actor; Touted as Australian film's most accomplished up~ Ricardo Franco's La Buena Estrella (1997), for which and-coming actress, ABBIE he won the Butaca Award for the Best Catalan Film CORNISH (BessThrockmorton) Actor and the Best Actor Award at the Ondas Awards, won the attention of critics and as well as sharing the Best Actor Award at the Mar del audiences alike with her sensual, Plata Film Festival and receiving a Goya Award nomi- steamy performance in Cate nation for Best Actor; Fernando Colomo's Los Aiios Shortland's Somersault. A stir- Barbaros (1998); Bigas Luna's Volaverunt (1999); ring glimpse into a 16-year-old Mateo Gil's Nobody Knows Anybody (1999), for which girl's escape into serial sex, he was nominated for the Fotogramas de Plata's Best Somersault swept the board at Movie Actor Award; Gerardo Vera's Segunda Piel the 2004 Australian Film In- (1999), for which he also received a Goya Award nomi- stitute Awards, winning every single feature-film award, nation for Best Actor; Bigas Luna's Son de Mar (1999); including Best Actress in a Leading Role for Abbie. Peter Greenaway's The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1 Cornish also won the FCCA Award for Best Female and Part 2 (2003/04); Daniel Calparsoro's Ausentes Actor, the IF Award for Best Actress and Best (2005); and Antonello Belluco's Antonio Guerriero di Breakthrough Performance at the 2005 Miami Film Dio/II Santo (2006). Morerecently, he starred in Renzo Festival. She was also named Australian Star of the Year Martinelly's The Stone Merchant, Miguel Courtois' at the Australian International Movie Convention in 2005. Gal and Angelo Longoni's telefilm Caravaggio. Prior to Somersault, Abbie played a tortured young Upcoming for Molla are Mary McGuckian's A.R.T in poet in Samantha Lang's detective mystery The Monkey s Las regas and StevenSoderbergh's Che. Mask, a scheming teen in Horseplay and a rave-party In 2001,Jordi made his Hollywood debut in the casualty in the more recent One Perfect Day. Her subse- critically acclaimed Blow, opposite quent roles include the short Everything Goes, an adap- and Penelope Cruz, as Colombian drug smuggler tation of a story, in which she stars with Diego Delgado. He followed this, in 2003, with ; Candy, the story of a young couple and Michael Bay's comedy crime thriller Bad Boys II, their struggle with heroin. addiction, .in which she stars opposite Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, and, in with and Geoffiey Rush;.and Ridley Scott's 2004, starred in John Lee Hancock's The Alamo, A Good Year, opposite Russell Crowe. opposite Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton and Abbie's acting career began on the Australian Jason Patric. Broadcasting commission series Children s Hospital, Jordi has also directed two short films: Walter playing a quadriplegic. In 1997, she landed a part in a Peralta, for which he won the National Short Film television series called Wildside. Other television credits Award at the Alcala de Henares Short Film Festival, include Close Contact, Water Rats, Outriders, Life and No Me Importaria Irme Contigo. His first feature Support, White Collar Blue and . film as a director, God s on Air, was released in 2002, Abbie will next appear in Kimberly Pierce's Stop Loss, and was nominated for the Golden Biznaga at the opposite , the story of a soldier who refuses Malaga Spanish Film Festival. to return to after a visit home. She is also set to star as Additionally, Jordi has written two books ("Las the lead in filnunakerJane Campion's Bright Star, which Primeras Veces" and "Agua Estancada") and is a self- chronicles. the affair between the 19th-century poet John trained painter. Keats () and Fanny Brawne (Cornish). -34- SAMANTHA MORTON (Mary Stuart) has been received her second Oscar@ nomination for Best hailed as one of the foremost Actress) and Claire in Roger Michell's Enduring Love actresses of her generation. (for which she received a British Her career to date has seen.her Award Best Actress nomination). work with some of the most Films in 2005 and 2006 included the New Zealand respected directors in the epic River Queen, The Libertine, opposite Johnny Depp, world, including Steven and Lassie. She also received a half-lifetime achievement Spielberg and . award from Dennis Hopper's Cinevegas Film Festival. The diverse and often difficult This fall Morton will be seen in Control,. playing choices of roles she has made Deborah Curtis in 's filmabout the life of are reflected in the list of acco- the late singer , and as a Marilyn lades that she has received, including a Golden Globe Monroe impersonator in 's highly and two Academy Award@nominations. anticipated . Morton grew up in , England. At 13 she Earlier this year Morton played the part of Myra joined CentralTelevision'sJunior Workshop,where shewas Hindley, opposite , in the NBC/Channel quickly spotted and cast in early television roles, including 4 film Longford (which aired in the States on HBO). Cracker and Peak Practice. Acclaimed theatre work Her performance earned her a BAFTA and, more includedtwo award-winning plays at London's Royal Court recently, an Emmy nomination. Theatre:Ashes and Sand and Stargazy Pie and Sauerh-aut. Samantha is currently filming Synecdoche, New York Aged 17, Morton was cast as Tracy in the award- with director , opposite Philip Seymour winning television drama Band of Gold. The television Hoffman and Michelle Williams, for release in 2008. films Emma and TornJones quickly followed and led to her playing the title role in Robert Young's acclaimed ABOUT THE telefilm Jane Eyre. FILMMAKERS Morton first came to the attention of International film audiences as Iris in Carine Adler's harrowing Under the SHEKHAR KAPUR (Directed by) started his Skin. It was a role that earned her unanimous critical career a far distance from the acclaim and the Boston Film CriticsAward for BestActress. film industry, taking his degree In 1999, Woody Allen cast her as the mute Hattie in with honors in economics Sweet and Lowdown, for which she received both Academy from the University of Delhi Award@ and Golden Globe nominations for Best and starting work as a char- Supporting Actress. Notable roles in Alison Maclean's tered accountant, a corporate Jesus Son, 's Pandemonium, Eric Style's planner for Burma Oil and a Dreaming of Joseph Lees andAmos Gitais' Eden followed. management consultant in the In 2002, Morton starred as the title role in Lynne U.K. After several years, he Ramsay's critically acclaimed Morvern Callar. She decided to leave this world then went on to appear opposite as the pre- behind him and returned to India to pursue a career in cog Agatha in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report, the film and entertainment industry. Maria Gonzales in 's , In addition to his success as a commercial director, Sarah in 's In America (for which she Kapur has directed some of India's most celebrated ~35- and successful films to date-including Mr. India, This film brings Kapur back to his passion for which is widely regarded as India's greatest-ever directing and continuing the story and journey of mainstream film for children; the acclaimed Elizabeth I, and reunites him with much of the acclaimed Masooum; and one of India's most controversial films, cast and crew from the original picture. The highly Bandit Queen, which caught the attention of the anticipated Elizabeth: The Golden Age has been an worldwide film community when it became the rage incredible journey for aU concerned and Kapur is very at the . After this film, Kapur much looking forward to what is yet to come. directed Elizabeth, his first English-language film. Elizabeth was nominated for seven Oscars~ including WILLIAM NICHOLSON (Written by) was born Best Picture and Best Actress. After Elizabeth, Kapur in 1948 and grew up in Sussex and Gloucestershire. He went on to direct the film version of the best.,.selling was educated at Downside School and Christ's College, book The Four Feathers for Paramount/Miramax. Cambridge, and then joined BBC Television, where he Kapur's creative interests are not limited solely to worked as a documentary filmmaker. There his ambi- directing. As a young man, he worked as a leading tion to write, directed first into novels, was channeled actor in Indian film, as India's first celebrity male into television drama. His plays for television include model and as a chat-show host for three seasons of On and Life Story, both of which won the the Other Hand, for India. It was Kapur BAFTA Best Television Drama award in their year; who brought the idea of the hit show Bombay Dreams other award winners were Sweet As You Are and The to , co-creating the base story March. In 1988 he received the Royal Television with Webber and persuading him to bring on the now- Society's Writer's Award. acclaimed Indian composer AR Rahman for the His first play, an adaptation of Shadowlands for music. Kapur also founded the Intent Corporation the stage, was Evening Standard Best Play of 1990 with best-selling author and guru Deepak Chopra, to and went onto a Tony Award-winning run on "provoke and platform the emerging Asian culture to Broadway. He was nominated for an Oscar@ for the the rest of the world." Through Intent, he has founded screenplay of the film version, which was directed by Virgin Comics and Imagination, a venture with and starred Anthony Hopkins Richard Branson's Virgin brand-. involving approxi- and Debra Winger. mately 100 artists and writers in Bangalore and in Since then he has written more films: Sarafina, New York who create new characters for multimedia Nell, , Grey Owl and Gladiator (as co- exploitation in the international marketplace. writer), for which he received a second Oscar

British screenwriter MICHAEL HIRST (Written awards given to British filmmakers: the Michael Baleon by/Executive Producer) has been partly responsible for Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema the resurgence of filmic and television interest in Tudor at the Orange British Academy Film Awards (2004) and royalty, having penned not only the BAFTA and multi- the Alexander Walker Film Award at the Evening Osca~-nominated Elizabeth (himself earning a BAFTA Standard British Film Awards. They were both recently nomination for Best Screenplay), but also all 10 madeCBEs (Commanders of the British Empire). episodes ofthe immensely popular and critically lauded Working Title has enjoyed long and successful continuing Showtime series The Tudors. The series- creative collaborations with filmmakers Richard which places a rock star-like Henry VIII in the middle Curtis, and the Coen brothers, as well of a highly sensual court full of beauties and intrigue- as actors Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, received four Emmy nominations. Hirst is also at work and , among others. Its worldwide writing the second season of the drama. successes (in addition to the above-mentioned) Hirst's feature film screenplay credits-in addition include Mike Newell's Four Weddings and a Funeral; to Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The ' ; Stephen Daldry's Billy Golden Age (with William Nicholson)----.,-includeJim Elliot; Roger Michell's Notting Hill; Mel Smith's McBride's Uncovered, Istvan Szabo's Meeting venus, Bean; Sydney Pollack's ; Peter Howitt's 's The Ballad of Sad Cafe (fromthe play Johnny English; Joel and Ethan Coen's 0 Brother, by Edward Albee), Pat O'Connor's Fools of Fortune, Where Art Thou?; Chris and Paul Weitz's About a Boy; KrzysztofZanussi's Wherever YouAre (co-written with both Bridget Jones movies (directed by Sharon the director) and Nicholas Meyer's The Deceivers. Hirst Maguire and Beeban Kidron, respectively); Joe also wrote the telefilm Have No Fear: The Life of Pope Wright's Pride & Prejudice; Kirk Jones' Nanny John Paul II, among other projects for the medium. McPhee; Edgar Wright's ; and Steve Upcoming for Hirst (in addition to The Tudors, Bendelack's Mr. Bean s Holiday. The company has Series 2) is a television version of Camelot, along also found great success in the u.K. with Mark with the feature film projects Rasputin, Cry of the Mylod's , starring Sacha Baron Icemark, The Balance of Power, Wuthering Heights Cohen, and Edgar Wright's award-winning sleeper hit and The Royal Physician s Visit. "rom zorn com" (romantic zombie comedy) . Working Title Films, co-chaired by TIM BEVAN The success of on film has since been and ERIC FELLNER (Produced by) since 1992, is repeated on the London stage. Stephen Daldry and - 37 ~ by Paul McGuigan and starring Malcolm McDowell screenwriter reunited for a stage musical and Paul Bettany; Ordinary Decent Criminal, starring version in 2005, with songs composed by Sir Elton Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, and John. The hit production, marking Working Title's directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan; Croupier, starring debut theatrical venture (co-produced with Old Vic Clive Owen and directed by Mike Hodges; Nothing Prods.), continues to play to full houses in London Personal, directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan and star- and garnered nine 2005 Olivier Award nominations, ring James Frain and Ian Hart; Into the West, directed including a win for Best New Musical. Preparations by Mike Newell and starring Ellen Barkin and are now underway to take Billy Elliot to Sydney and Gabriel Byrne, which won Best European Film at six then New York, where it will open in 2008~ Last year saw the release of Paul Greengrass' international film festivals; and December Bride, directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan. and starring Donal United 93 to critical acclaim worldwide, leading to McCann and Saskia Reeves, which won 17 interna- two BAFTA wins (for Best Direction and Best Editing) and an Academy Award@ nomination for tional awards, including the Special Jury Prize at the Best Director. Most recently, the company saw the European Film Awards. His most recent films include Marc Evans' continuation of the worldwide phenomenon of Bean with the release of Mr. Bean s Holiday, again starring psychological chiller Trauma, starring Colin Firth and Mena Suvari; Churchill: The Hollywood Years, Rowan Atkinson. Forthcoming releases in2007 include 's written and directed by Peter Richardson; and The Key, a drama for the BBC directed by David Blair and Atonement, adapted from the book by Ian McEwan, written by Donna Franceschild. Bernard and Doris, starring James McAvoy, and ; and Adam Brooks' Definitely, Maybe, starring starring and Ralph Fiennes, is m Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke, Abigail post-production. Cavendish has also produced or executive- Breslin,. Elizabeth Banks and . produced several features and series for television, Films in preproduction and production include Nick Moore's Wild Child, starring Emma Roberts; which include most recently The Many Lives of Albert Walker (2002), a drama based on extraordi- Beeban Kidron's , starring nary real events,.starring John Gordon Sinclair; Dirty Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, and Max Minghella; Kevin Macdonald'sState of Play, starring Tricks (2000) for Carlton Television, starring Martin Clunes; All for Love (1998), a television film Brad Pitt; Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon, adapted by directed by Harry Hook and starring , Peter Morgan from his play of the same name and starring Frank Langella and Michael Sheen; and Joel arid Richard E. Grant; The and Ethan Coen's Burn After Reading, starring Writing on the Wall (1996), a television series star- George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand and ring Dennis Haysbert and William H. Macy; The Hanging Gale (1994), a television series starring the John Malkovich. McGann brothers and Michael Kitchen, which was JONATHAN CAVENDISH (Produced by). is nominated for four BAFTA awards including Best joint managing director of Little Bird and has served Serial; and In the Border Country (1991), a television as producer on many feature films, including the orig- film starring Juliet Stevenson and , which inal Bridget Jones s Diary and .Bridget Jones: .The won the Best Film Award at the Chicago Film Edge of Reason, as well as Gangster No.1, directed Festival and Best Film at the BANFF TV Festival. ~38 - LIZA CHASIN (Executive Producer) has served DEBRA HAYWARD (Executive Producer) as president of U.S. production at Working Title Films serves as head of film for Working Title Films and is since 1996. Most recently, Lizaserved as executive creatively responsible for the company's entire slate producer on the critically acclaimed films Catch a of motion pictures in conjunction with her U.S. coun- Fire, directed by and starring Derek terpart, Liza Chasin. Luke and Academy Award@winner Tim Robbins, and Hayward joined Working Title in 1989 as a producer's United 93, directed by Paul Greengrass. Liza also assistant on such films as Fools of Fortune and Dakota executive-produced the highly successful children's Road and then moved to the development department, film Nanny McPhee, starring Emma Thompson and where she worked on such diverse films as 1991'sLondon Colin Firth; and the Academy Award@- and Golden Kills Me and 1993's Map of the Human Heart. Hayward most recently served as executive Globe-nominated adaptation of the classic novel Pride & Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley and an producer on Pride & Prejudice (with Keira Knightley heading an impressive ensemble cast), Nanny ensemble cast. She is currently executive-producing Definitely, McPhee (with Emma Thompson and Colin Firth), the romantic comedy BridgetJones: The Edge of Reason Maybe, written and being directed by Adam Brooks and Wimbledon (starring and Paul and starring Ryan Reynolds, Rachel Weisz, Isla Bettany). She served in the same capacity on last Fisher, Derek Luke, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Kline year's Phillip Noyce-directed political thriller Catch a and ; and Atonement, directed by Joe Fire and the upcoming Atonement, the adaptation of Wright and starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. She recently executive-produced Smokin' Ian McEwan's novel starring Keira Knightley. She also served as co-producer on the suspenseful Aces, directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ben Affleck, Alicia Keys, Ray thriller The Interpreter, starring Academy Award@ winners and and directed Liotta and Andy Garcia. Liza served as co-producer on The Interpreter, star- by Oscar@ winner Sydney Pollack. Additional recent ring Academy Award@ winners Nicole Kidman and co-producer credits include Ned Kelly, starring Heath Sean Penn and directed by Academy Award@ winner Ledger and Orlando Bloom; Richard Curtis' world- wide hit Love Actually; the international hit Johnny Sydney Pollack. She executive-produced the box-office success Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, starring English, starring Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia Oscar@ winner and Golden Globe nominee Renee and John Malkovich; and the award-winning About a Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. Liza served as Boy. She also executive-produced The Guru and 40 producer on the international hit Wimbledon, starring Days and 40 Nights. Hayward's additional co-producing credits Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany, and as executive include the worldwide smash Bridget Jones s Diary, producer on the highly acclaimed Thirteen, which won Captain Corelli s Mandolin, the lauded Elizabeth, The the best director slot at the Sundance Film Festival for Matchmaker and The Borrowers. As a development Catherine Hardwicke and stars (in an executive, she was instrumental in helping to bring Oscar@-nominated performance) and Evan Rachel such films as Notting Hill, Plunkett & Macleane, Wood. She also co-produced Richard Curtis' worldwide French Kiss, Moonlight and Valentino, Panther, Four hit, the ensemble romantic comedyLoveActually. Weddings and a Funeral and Posse to the screen. She Over the past several years, Liza has been also served as associate producer on Loch Ness. involved in the development and production of '2;uch -39~. nominated for an Academy Award@for Best acclaimed films as Dead Man Walking, Fargo, Cinematography, an ASC Award and the Chicago Nolting Hill and 0 Brother, Where Art Thou? Liza Critics Award. served as co-producer of About a Boy, directed by More recent feature film credits include Terence Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, starring Hugh Grant, Davies' The House of Mirth, PJ. Hogan's and Rachel Weisz; Bridget Jones s Unconditional Love, Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz's Diary, starring Renee Zellweger; and executive About a Boy, Peter Howitt's Johnny English, Rob producer of High Fidelity, starring John Cusack. She Minkoff's The Haunted Mansion, Paul Weitz's In also co-produced the Academy Award@- and Golden Good Company, Woody Allen's and Globe-nominated critical success Elizabeth, starring Scoop, and Michael Apted's Amazing Grace. His Cate Blanchett. cinematography will also be seen in the upcoming A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, holiday comedy release , starring Vince Liza first joined the company in 1991 as director of Vaughn and an ensemble cast. development. She was subsequently promoted to vice president of production and development, becoming After obtaining his master's degree from the pres- the head of the Los Angeles office for Working Title, tigious Royal College of Art m. London, overseeing the company's creative affairs in the U.S. GUY HENDRIX DYAS (Production Designer) Prior to joining Working Title Films, Liza worked for moved to Japan, where he began his career as an several years in various capacities at New York-based industrial designer for the Sony Design Centre in production companies. Tokyo. In 1993, Guy was hired as an art director by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), and he eventually REMI ADEFARASIN (Director of Photography) moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue a career is one of the most accomplished cinematographers of his day. He first made his mark in British television in in film design. As a production designer, his credits include Bryan the early'SOs working with on a variety of Singer's X2: X-Men United; 's The productions, including Grown-Ups, Home Sweet Home Brothers Grimm; and 's Superman and Four Days in July. Other notable television credits Returns. As an assistant art director, his credits include include Angela Pope's Sweet as You Are, Adrian The Cell and Swordfish; and as conceptual artist his Shergold's Christabel, Beeban Kidron's Great credits include such films asPearl Harbor, Vanilla Sky, Moments in Aviation, Nigel Finch's The LostLanguage Planet of the Apes and The Matrix Reloaded. a/Cranes, Philip Saville's The Buccaneers and, most Dyas is currently designing the upcoming fourth recently, Band of Brothers, for which he received an installment of the Indiana Jones adventures and Emmy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. Superman: Man of Steel, the follow-up to the hit In the '90s he expanded his repertoire into feature films, working. with director Anthony Superman Returns . Minghella on Truly, Madly, Deeply; Angela Pope on Captives and Hollow Reed; Anthony Minghella once JILL BILCOCK (Editor) is one of the world's more as second-unit cinematographer on The leading editors, having worked with directing heavy- English Patient; Peter Howitt on Sliding Doors; and weights such as , and Fred Shekhar Kapur on Elizabeth, for which he won the Schepisi. An award-winning editor at an early age in her BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography and was native Australia, Bilcock'searlier feature film credits

-40- Award; and 's Finding Neverland, for include FredSchepisi's A Cry in the Dark, for which she which she also received a BAFTA nomination. Her was nominated for an API Best Editing Award; Baz other feature film credits include Joel Schumacher's Luhrmann's , for which she received The Phantom of the Opera, for which she received a the AFI Award for Best Editing; PJ. Hogan's Muriel s nomination, and John Wedding, for which she was nominated for the AFI Madden's Captain Corelli s Mandolin. Award for Best Editing; 's I.Q.; Jocelyn Alexandra has also worked extensively in televi- Moorhouse's How to Make an American Quilt; Baz sion and the theater, both as costume and set designer. Luhrmann's s Romeo + Juliet, Her television costume credits include most notably forwhich she received both the AFI Best Editing Award Roger Michell's Persuasion, for which she received and a BAFTA nomination for Best Editing; and Shekhar the BAFTA TV Award for Best Costume Design, and Kapur's Elizabeth, for which she also received a Roger Michell's The Buddha of Suburbia, for which BAFTA nomination for Best Editing. she received a BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Other early credits include Strikebound, The More Things Change, Dogs in Space, Till There Was You, Costume Design. In the theater, Alexandra received a Tony nomina- Say a Little Prayer, You Seng, Erotique and Head On. tion for Best Scenic Designer for Roger Michell's More recently, Jill collaborated once again with Some Americans Abroad. Baz Luhrmann on Moulin Rouge!, for which she received the American Film InstituteAward for Editor JENNY SHIRCORE (Makeup and Hair of the Year, the Australian Film Institute Award for Designer) received both the Academy Award@and the Best Editing, the Award for BAFTA Award for Best Makeup for her work on Best Edited Feature Film-Comedy or Musical, and Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth. Her feature film credits both an AcademyAward@ nomination and BAFTA since include Roger Michell's Notting Hill; Paul nomination for Best Editing. Other recent. credits McGuigan's Gangster No. 1; Michael Apted's include Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition; Japanese Enigma; Shekhar Kapur's The Four Feathers; Neil Story, starring Toni Collette, for which she received Jordan's The Good Thief, Stephen Frears' Dirty Pretty the AFI Award for Best Editing; The Libertine, star- Things; Gregor Jordans' Ned Kelly; Peter Webber's ring Johnny Depp; and Phillip Noyce's political Girl With a Pearl Earring; Mira Nair's Vanity Fair; thriller Catch a Fire, starring Tim Robbins. Joel Schumacher's The Phantom. of the Opera; Jill is also the recipient ofthe AFI Byron Kennedy Stephen Frears' Mrs. Henderson Presents; Kenneth Award for outstanding creative enterprise, and the IF Branagh's As You Like It; Tom Vaughan's Starter For Living Legend Award. 10; and Michael Apted's Amazing Grace. ALEXANDRA BYRNE (Costume Designer)has Earlier credits include Rasputin; The SecretAgent; established herself as one of the finest costume In the Bleak Midwinter; Mary Reilly; Sister My Sister; designers working in the industry today. Although she The Dwelling Place; Second Best; The Secret Rapture; has costumed only five feature films, she has earned The Secret Garden; The Big Man; Erik the Viking; Academy Award@ nominations for three: Kenneth Paperhouse; Stormy Monday; Wish You Were Here; A Branagh's Hamlet, for which she also received a Month in the Country; and Personal Services. BAFTA nomination; Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth, for She has also worked in television, where her which she also received the International Film Critics credits include most notably Roland Joffe's 'Tis Pity -41- that premiered at the Edinburgh Festival ("20 She s a Whore; Piers Haggard's Pennies From Movements" in 1996 and "Chamber Opera" in 1993), Heaven; Bill Vincent's The Oresteia; Peter Duffell's and wrote "The Broken Heart" for the Royal Caught on a Train; Jack Gold's ; and Elijah Shakespeare Company (premiered 1994). Moshinsky's A Midsummer Nights Dream.

AR RAHMAN (Music by) has redefined contem- Award-winning Scottish-born musician CRAIG porary Indian music. In a country where film scores are ARMSTRONG (Music by) has proved his versatility the most popular kind of music, Rahman (dubbed the by fluidly shifting between musical genres, equally at "Mozart of Madras" by Time magazine) is one of the home writing film scores or theatrical and classical most successful artists of all time-according to BBC compositions, producing/composing/arranging for estimates, he has sold more than 100 million albums world-class recording artists and recording his own from his more than 50 movie scores. solo albums. Rahman was born into a musically affluent family His work on Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking (his father, RK Shekhar, was a composer, arranger musical Moulin Rouge! earned him AFI's Composer and conductor for Malayalam movies), and he started of the Year, a Golden Globe for Be-stOriginal Score of playing piano at an early age. His father died when he the Year and a BAFTA for Achievement in Film was only nine, and the family rented out musical Music. His score for The Quiet American garnered instruments to make ends meet. Rahman then joined him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Film noted composer Ilayaraja's troupe as a keyboardist Score. His other feature film. scoring credits include and computer programmer. After working with a the Oliver Stone drama World Trade Center; the string of notable composers, Rahman struck out on Oscar@-winning bio-pic Ray (which netted him his own, composing jingles and scores for popular another BAFTA nomination); the romantic comedy Indian television features. During this period, he also Must Love Dogs; and the worldwide ensemble obtained a degree in Western classical music from comedy smash Love Actually. His scores can also be Trinity College of Music, London, and set up his own heard in , Kiss of the Dragon, in-house studio called Panchathan Record. Inn at The Bone Collector, The Clearing, Plunkett & Chennai (arguably Asia's most sophisticated studio)~ Macleane, Best Laid Plans and Orphans. His work as In 1991, filmmaker Mani Ratnam offered co-composer on William Shakespeare 50 Romeo + Rahman the chance to score the film Roja-its Juliet (again with Baz Luhrmann) also earned him a runaway success brought nationwide fame to the BAFTA for Achievement in Film Music. He also composer, who won the Indian National Award for composed additional music for the features The Best Music Composer (the first time ever for a debu- Negotiator and Goldeneye. tante). He has since won the Indian National Award As a composer/producer/arranger, Armstrong has three more times (for the films Minsaara Kanavu, worked with a wide variety of artists, including , Lagaan and Kannathil Muthamittal), the most ever by , .Luciano Pavarotti, Massive Attack, Tina any composer. Time rated the score from Roja in the Turner, Suede, Pet Shop Boys, Michael Hutchence, top 10 of the 100 best movie of the Future Sound of London, Paul Buchanan and Texas. world. Themes from Rahman's scores have even made Armstrong has recorded four solo albums: "Piano it into thesoundtracks of such U.S. features as Lord of Works," "As If to Nothing," "The Space Between Us" and "Hope." He has composed t.wo original works War and Inside Man. -42- recording artist from South Asia. The resulting album, Rahman has won 17 Filmfare Awards (the Indian "Vande Mataram," appealed to India's youth and Oscar@), three MTV awards, four IIFAs, six Tamil brought with it a renewed spirit of nationalism. In 2001, Nadu State Awards, six Zee Awards and four Screen Rahman received an invitation from Andrew Lloyd Awards; in 2000, Rahman was conferred the prestigious Webber to compose for the stage musical Bombay Padmashree (the highest civilian honor in India) by the Dreams-which ran for two years in London's West government of the country in recognition of outstanding End and later on Broadway. Rahman's work has also contribution to the Indian film industry. been heard in the Chinese film Warriors of Heaven and His other film scores include Gentleman, Thiruda Earth and in the concert piece for violinist Vanessa Thiruda, Kaadhalan, Bombay and Minssara Mae, "Raga's Dance." His two recent world tours have Kannavu-these hits were also dubbed into Hindi as played to sold-out audiences around the globe. well. Other hits in Tamil include Alai Payuthey, Rahman also takes the time to give back through Kandukondian Kandukondian, Jeans, Mudalvan, his involvement with numerous charitable organiza- Kannathil Muthamittal and Boys. Hindi titles include tions, such as Save the Children hidia, serving as Rangeela, Dil Se, Tall, 1947 Earth, Pukar, Lagaan, global ambassador for the World Health Zubeida, Meenaxi, The Legend of Bhagat Singh, Yuva Organization's Stop TB Partnership and performing and Tehzeeb. His more recent film scores include concerts and forwarding proceeds to the 2004 Swades, Ah-Aah, Bose: The Forgotten Hero, The tsunami victims. Rising, Water and Rang De Basanti. In 1997, in a move celebrating 50 years of Indian -'- elizabeth: the golden age- independence, Sony Music signed Rahman as its first

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