Country: USA
Year: 2017
Duration: 104'
After a string of successful novels, Charles Dickens has had three flops in a row. With the needs of his burgeoning family and his own extravagance rapidly emptying his pockets, Dickens grows desperate for another bestseller. Tormented by writer’s block and at odds with his publishers, he grasps at an idea for a surefire hit, a Christmas story he hopes will capture the imagination of his fans and solve his financial problems. But with only six weeks to write and publish the book before the holiday, he will have to work feverishly to meet his deadline.
Biography
film director
Bharat Nalluri
Bharat Nalluri (UK) made his name directing the pilots for three iconic BBC dramas: MI-5, Hustle (which he also co-conceived) and Life on Mars. MI-5 went on to win the BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama, Hustle earned him a Directors Guild nomination and Life on Mars garnered the International Emmy for Outstanding Drama. He followed this with the HBO miniseries Tsunami: The Aftermath, and then directed Frances McDormand and Amy Adams in the feature film Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. A commercial and critical success in the U.S., it was followed by Nalluri directing and executive producing the pilot for the sci-fi drama The 100. He then returned to helm MI-5.
FILMOGRAFIA
New Voices (ep., serie tv/tv series, 1995), Downtime (1997), Killing Time (1998), The Crow: Salvation (Il corvo 3 - Salvation, 2000), Cyclops (tv, 2001), 2004 Hustle (Hustle - I signori della truffa (ep., serie tv/tv series, 2004), Tsunami: The Aftermath (Tsunami - Il giorno dopo, ep., serie tv/tv series, 2006), Life on Mars (id., ep., serie tv/tv series, 2006) The Hunters (tv, 2006), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Un giorno di gloria per Miss Pettigrew, 2008), Cupid (ep., serie tv/tv series, 2009), Outcasts (ep., serie tv/tv series, 2011), Torchwood (ep., serie tv/tv series, 2011), MI-5 (Spooks, ep., serie tv/tv series, 2012-2013), Emily Owens M.D. (ep., serie tv/tv series, 2014), The 100 (id., ep., serie tv/tv series, 2015), Spooks: The Greater Good (Spooks: Il bene supremo, 2015), The Player (ep., serie tv/tv series, 2015), Mars Project (tv, 2016), The Man Who Invented Christmas (L’uomo che inventò il Natale, 2017).
Declaration
film director
“It’s a rare treat to get a script that’s so fully formed. It’s a fun, enjoyable piece with great characters and visual flare. Underneath it all, it has a little something to say about the world we live in. In a way, it takes after Dickens, who created these larger-than-life, often very comedic characters and used them to tell stories that delivered a profound impact on society and were fun to read.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Bharat Nalluri
soggetto/story
dal romanzo The Man Who Invented Christmas di/from the novel with the same title by Les Standiford
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Susan Coyne
fotografia/cinematography
Ben Smithard
montaggio/film editing
Jamie Pearson, Stephen O’Connell
scenografia/production design
Paki Smith
costumi/costume design
Leonie Prendergast
musica/music
Mychael Danna
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Dan Stevens (Charles Dickens), Christopher Plummer (Scrooge), Jonathan Pryce (John Dickens), Justin Edwards (John Forster; il fantasma dei Natali presenti/ghost of Christmas present), Morfydd Clark (Kate Dickens), Donald Sumpter (Haddock; il fantasma di Marley/ghost of Marley), Miles Jupp (Thackeray), Simon Callow (Leech)
produttori/producers
Robert Mickelson, Ian Sharples, Susan Mullen, Niv Fichman, Vadim Jean
produzione/production
Parallel Films, Rhombus Media
**
contatti/contacts
Notorious Pictures
Irene Tomio
i.tomio@notoriouspictures.it
www.notoriouspictures.it
Bharat Nalluri
soggetto/story
dal romanzo The Man Who Invented Christmas di/from the novel with the same title by Les Standiford
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Susan Coyne
fotografia/cinematography
Ben Smithard
montaggio/film editing
Jamie Pearson, Stephen O’Connell
scenografia/production design
Paki Smith
costumi/costume design
Leonie Prendergast
musica/music
Mychael Danna
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Dan Stevens (Charles Dickens), Christopher Plummer (Scrooge), Jonathan Pryce (John Dickens), Justin Edwards (John Forster; il fantasma dei Natali presenti/ghost of Christmas present), Morfydd Clark (Kate Dickens), Donald Sumpter (Haddock; il fantasma di Marley/ghost of Marley), Miles Jupp (Thackeray), Simon Callow (Leech)
produttori/producers
Robert Mickelson, Ian Sharples, Susan Mullen, Niv Fichman, Vadim Jean
produzione/production
Parallel Films, Rhombus Media
**
contatti/contacts
Notorious Pictures
Irene Tomio
i.tomio@notoriouspictures.it
www.notoriouspictures.it
