The Other Boleyn Girl (film)
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| The Other Boleyn Girl | |
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| Directed by | Justin Chadwick |
| Produced by | Mark Cooper Alison Owen Scott Rudin |
| Written by | Philippa Gregory (novel) Peter Morgan (screenplay) |
| Starring | Natalie Portman Scarlet Johansson Eric Bana Brice Stratford |
| Music by | Ed Shearmur |
| Cinematography | Kieran McGuigan |
| Editing by | Paul Knight |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Focus Features |
| Release date(s) | December 21, 2007 |
| Budget | £20m/$40m[1] |
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The Other Boleyn Girl is a movie adaptation of the novel of the same title by British author Philippa Gregory. It is a romanticised account of the life of the 16th-century aristocrat, Lady Mary Boleyn, who was the sister of Queen Anne Boleyn and one-time mistress of King Henry VIII of England.
The project was filmed in the UK in late 2006, and will be released on December 21, 2007 (UK Jan 2008). The film is directed by Justin Chadwick from a script by Peter Morgan (who also wrote a two-part television drama on Henry VIII in 2003).
Scarlett Johansson has been cast in the lead role, alongside Eric Bana as Henry VIII and Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn. The supporting cast includes Eddie Redmayne as Mary's second husband William Stafford, Kristin Scott Thomas as Lady Elizabeth Boleyn (Mary and Anne's mother), Bill Wallis as Archbishop Cramner, Tiffany Freisberg as Lady Mary Talbot and Jim Sturgess as George Boleyn, with Brice Stratford as William Henry Bourchier, Captain of the King's bodyguard and Ana Torrent as Catharine of Aragon.
Costumes design is by Sandy Powell who also worked on Shakespeare in Love, and filming locations include Penshurst Place, Knole Park and Dover Castle, in Kent.
In addition to the criticism the novel received for its presentation of Anne Boleyn, there was further criticism from some sections of the British press for the decision to cast three foreigners in the main roles. Critics included veteran academic and broadcaster Dr David Starkey, author of several best-selling factual accounts of the Tudor royals. Johansson dismissed these criticisms[2], claiming her only reservations about the filming were about its melodramatic storyline.
[edit] References
- ^ Charlotte Higgins. Johansson to play Boleyn who escaped Henry's wrath. Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
- ^ Daily Mail
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