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THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
by Richard Loncraine
Country: UK
Year: 2010
Duration: 92'
the special relationship 1996. Blair and Clinton have much in common: they are both lawyers, they share a center-left view of politics and they are both bolstered by ambition and faith in their role. The fact that their wives are friends further consolidates their relationship. With the hopeful eyes of the entire world on them, the most powerful man on Earth takes the British Prime Minister under his wing. But this personal and diplomatic idyll is destined to have a short life and will be undermined by the Lewinsky scandal and the war in Kosovo. “If you’re dealing with the lives of people who are still out there, you want to make sure you don’t do them a disservice. An enormous effort was made to check the accuracy of what we say and do in this film. I think filmmakers have a lot of responsibility to their subjects.” “In the film, you get a sense of the potential, of the excitement of having these two men, as Clinton says, ‘on the same team.’ With their hands on the joystick of power for the first time together, it felt like the world was about to change.” (Michael Sheen)
Biography
film director
Richard Loncraine
Richard Loncraine (UK, 1946) began his career as a sculptor, with his work being displayed from time to time at the Institute of Contemporary Art of London, before becoming an award-winning director of commercials. Since then he has directed a host of acclaimed film and television productions. His work includes Blade on the Feather (1980, BAFTA nomination), Richard III (1995, Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival), the Emmy Award-winning miniseries Band of Brothers (2001). He then directed for HBO The Special Relationship, which garnered five Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe nominations, and most recently directed Ruth & Alex (2014), starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton.
FILMOGRAFIA
Brimstone and Treacle (Le due facce del male, 1982), Bellman and True (Rapina al computer, 1987), Richard III (Riccardo III, 1995), The Gathering Storm (2002), My House in Umbria (La mia casa in Umbria, 2003) Wimbledon (id., 2004), Firewall Firewall - Accesso negato, 2006), My One and Only (id., 2009), The Special Relationship (I due presidenti, 2010), Playhouse Presents - City Hall (tv, 2012), Ruth & Alex (Ruth & Alex - L’amore cerca casa, 2014), Finding Your Feet (2017).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Richard Loncraine
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Peter Morgan
fotografia/cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
montaggio/film editing
Melanie Oliver
scenografia/production design
Maria Djurkovic
costumi/costume design
Consolata Boyle
musica/music
Alexandre Desplat
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Michael Sheen (Tony Blair), Dennis Quaid (Bill Clinton), Hope Davis (Hillary Clinton), Helen McCrory (Cherie Blair), Mark Bazeley (Alastair Campbell), Adam Godley (Jonathan Powell), Marc Rioufol (Jacques Chirac)
produttori/producers
Frank Doelger, Tracey Scoffield, Ann Wingate
produzione/production
Rainmark Films, Kennedy-Marshall
distribuzione/distribution
Medusa Film
vendita all’estero/world sales
Cinetic International
