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 SYNOPSIS

SHORT SYNOPSIS:

A quirky young woman dreams of being a children’s book author all while establishing an
unlikely friendship with her cantankerous neighbor.

MEDIUM SYNOPSIS:
Set against the backdrop of a beautiful London garden, this contemporary fairy tale centers on
the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young woman who dreams of writing children’s
books and a cranky widower. Facing eviction over her neglected garden, Bella (Jessica Brown
Findlay) meets her grumpy, loveless, next-door neighbor (Tom Wilkinson), who happens to be
an amazing horticulturalist.

LONG SYNOPSIS:
A contemporary fairy tale revolving around the unlikely of friendship between a reclusive
young woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a cantankerous widower, set
against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London. Bella Brown (Jessica Brown
Findlay) is a beautifully quirky young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a
successful children’s book.
When she is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets
her nemesis, match and mentor in Alfie Stephenson (Tom Wilkinson), a grumpy, loveless, rich
old man who lives next door and happens to be an amazing horticulturalist.
 Q&A WITH DIRECTOR/WRITER – SIMON ABOUD
Please explain the title and plot of the film – THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC
This is the story of a young woman crippled with OCD and an intense fear of flora that comes from
her abandonment as a newborn. She also harbors the dream of one day becoming a children’s
book writer and illustrator. Her landlord tells her that her, suitably neglected, garden needs to be
fixed or she’s out.

Her cantankerous old neighbor, a man who loves flora and just hates people becomes her unlikely
friend and they go on a journey together as they create her garden. He helps her unlock her
potential and find her own, dysfunctional family.

The title was the first thing I wrote at the top of my first screenplay. The first three words on this
journey. They make no real sense but I liked the way they sounded together. The title just stuck.

What inspired you to write this story – a contemporary fairy tale revolving around the
most unlikely of friendships?
I suppose it’s always about where you are in your own life and I guess I was a little lost at the time.
I was directing commercials and there was one guy, also a director, who used to use gardening
metaphors as introductions. So he used say things like “Hey, how are the flowers in your garden?”
by way of a hello. I liked this and think that became a train of thought that started the story.

Tell us about the casting –

• Did you have any of the cast in mind when you came on board to direct the film?
My agent talks about “the stars aligning” and I think that’s a great phrase. Tom had been attached
before and we were just lucky to keep him. Jessica, Andrew, Jeremy and Anna just fell into place.
With Andrew, the dates worked out to the day as he was off to shoot Swallows and Amazons
straight after.

• And – were they your first choice(s) for their roles?

I’m not sure that’s ever possible but I can’t imagine any other actor who would have brought more
to the role

As the majority of this story takes place in a “staged” setting (i.e. in the garden) describe
some of the challenges in getting this film made in such a confined setting.
We used the first location I ever saw because it was so close to what was in my head but the
weather was hot and we were in confined spaces with a lot of crew and lights so it wasn’t the most
comfortable of experiences.

We also had a set (the garden) that was constantly evolving so my production designer (Alex
Walker) was under time pressures every day. Add to that a twenty day schedule and there wasn’t a
lot of time to breathe

You have a very talented cast…

• As cast had to work in such close proximity - how did everyone get along?
Fantastically, of course.

• Could you see the dynamics between Findlay and Wilkinson working early on - even
during prep?
It started to come together very early. It was clear in rehearsals that it would work. When I met
Jessica for the first time, she had a very clear take on Bella and Tom is Tom. He pushes you hard to
justify every word on the page but once we were there he just nails it, time after time

• How much input did your cast have? Any specific examples? Wardrobe? Script?
Andrew and Tom are very keen to refine each scene as it comes up. Part of their process, very
thorough. Jeremy got very involved in bringing the role of Billy to life. He worked with costume and
art departments to refine the awkward inventor.

The two main characters are key to telling the story through their dialogue - tell us about
the journey Bella (Jessica) – who is full of hope, and Alfie (Tom W.) who is bitter and
lonely - take in this film.
I’ve always seen it as Bella being on the journey into life and Alfie on the journey to death. That’s
why the gardening/nature/seasons metaphor works so well.

The story encompasses abandonment, desperation, loss, friendship, and hope - how did
you ensure that all of these emotions – from all cast involved - would be conveyed in such
a confined setting?
I always liked the idea that in a huge city, so much love can go into, what is essentially a small strip
of dirt (i.e. a garden). The lack of space was always important in the story. I worked with Mike
(DOP) and Alexandra (production designer) throughout pre-production on how we would recycle
space, constantly re-inventing our location. The garden changes, she starts to put illustrations on
her wall. When Vernon comes to work for her, he changes the space once more. The story allows
the location(s) to develop which made things a lot easier.
 DIRECTORS NOTE

At its heart this is a story of a man making his way to death and a young woman struggling to
make sense of life who find each other and form an unlikely but magical friendship as Alfie
teaches Bella about life and love through the metaphor of gardening and Bella reminds Alfie
of what it feels like to be alive.

This Beautiful Fantastic is one of those rare scripts - a unique story with a beautiful voice that
will blossom into a true cinematic gem. It is a deceptively layered piece - an adult fairy tale, a
romantic story of blossoming love and a coming-of-age comedy.

My focus as a filmmaker is always on the emotional truth of the story and the characters and
their journeys. In the same breath, I want This Beautiful Fantastic to be a truly cinematic
entity, balancing emotional heartache and warmth with carefully choreographed
cinematographic beauty.

The warm, timeless nature of the script will be reflected in visual warmth, controlled
primarily through the Digital Grade in Post Production, combined with carefully chosen
colour and texture in the Production Design. Our colour journey will blend from cold deep
blues and greys in the opening childhood sequences, through to a gradually brighter and
warmer set of tones that will reflect Bella’s journey of discovery and awakening. Camera
movement will be carefully selected, with soft, almost poetic use of the Movi rig to accentuate
the warm, floatier moments of her journey to where she finally finds love and in her darker
moments of melancholia, we will hold a rigid, sombre, conservative framing. In simple terms,
our energy of camera movement will be a direct reflection of Bella’s mood in each stage of her
story. It’s important to note that the garden itself will become a major character in the film
and as the garden takes on more importance in Bell’s life, so it starts to intrude more on our
framing and consciousness. The garden will start to become part of the texture of the
cinematography, finding its way into foreground and background.

We will be carefully building a world and a period - I like to think of it as ‘somewhere between
now and then’ – that is quintessentially English, but not specific to a particular year or place.
It is not present day, with all the associated contemporary technological gadgetry, but rather
a nostalgic slice of fabricated Art Nouveau Englishness, reflected both in the designed
architecture and sourced locations. The Costume design will also play a crucial part in the
film’s palette, defining each character’s individuality, while maintaining an overall integrity
drawn from vintage influences.

Music will also be an ever-present character in This Beautiful Fantastic. In addition to a pared
back score led by piano and strings that follows the story and the seasons, I want to create a
couple of moments where the music is more contemporary and led by a powerful female
vocal so that it almost amplifies Bell’s emotions, shouts them out. In this regard, I am greatly
influenced by the work of The Cocteau Twins and, more recently, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

When describing the tone of This Beautiful Fantastic, it is hard to avoid comparisons with
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amelie (2001). All the comedy is played for real, not broad cartoon. This
Beautiful Fantastic will be quirky and warm, but never goofy or whimsical.

In broad terms, it will embrace the sentiment of our story, without ever veering towards
sentimentality.
 CAST

JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY

(BELLA BROWN)
Jessica Brown-Findlay is a British actress best known
to audiences around the world for playing Lady
Sybil Crawley in the wildly popular, and award
winning British period drama DOWNTON ABBEY. She
has also starred in the hit films THE RIOT CLUB and
WINTER’S TALE, as well as the acclaimed comedy
drama ALBATROSS. Jessica also featured in the
controversial television drama JAMAICA INN for the
BBC and can soon be seen starring alongside Daniel
Radcliffe and James McAvoy in Paul McGuigan’s
retelling of the classic Universal monster movie,
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN

TOM WILKINSON
(ALFIE STEVENSON)
Tom Wilkinson is an O s c a r n o m i n a t e d British actor
who has starred in projects across film, tv, and
theatre for nearly forty years. He has featured in a
host of award winning and critically acclaimed films
such as THE FULL MONTY, BATMAN BEGINS and
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, and has
received Academy Award Nominations for his
performances in MICHAEL CLAYTON and IN
THE BEDROOM. Tom also featured in the award
winning HBO drama JOHN ADAMS for which he won
an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role a s
B e n ja m in Franklin. He has most recently featured
in the Oscar nominated drama SELMA, and the hit
comedy UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
JEREMY IRVINE
(BILLY TRANTOR)
Irvine starred as the leading character in the epic war
film War Horse, which was nominated for six Academy
Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and five BAFTAs.
The film became a box office success and turned Irvine
into an overnight film star. He also earned widespread
critical acclaim for his role in the independent film
Now Is Good, leading critics to list him among
Hollywood's fastest-rising stars. He received critical
praise by earning a reputation as a method actor after
he went for two months without food and performed
his own torture scene stunts in the film adaptation of
The Railway Man.

ANDREW SCOTT
(VERNON)
Andrew Scott is an Irish film, television, and stage
actor. He received the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award
for Outstanding A c h i e v e m e n t i n an Affiliate
Theatre for the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs production
of A Girl in a Car with a Man, and an IFTA award
for the film Dead Bodies. Scott's notable television
roles have included Paul McCartney in the BBC
television drama Lennon Naked and arch-villain Jim
Moriarty in Sherlock, for which he was awarded the
2012 British Academy Television Award for Best
Supporting Actor, along with the 2013 award for
Best Supporting Actor in the television category at
the Irish Film and Television Awards. He also won
the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best
Actor Consecutively in the 2012 and 2013 BBC Audio
Drama Awards for his roles in Nick Perry's Referee
and Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, respectively. Alongside
this, Scott was nominated as Best Lead Actor for his
role in The Stag at the 2014 Irish Film and Television
Awa
SIMON ABOUD: Director & Writer

Simon is a renowned commercials director and photographer. His first script ‘This Beautiful
Fantastic’ secured him a place on the Brit List 2009 and 2012 release Comes A Bright Day was his
fourth feature script and directorial debut. Starring Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd and
Timothy Spall the film was selected and premiered as part of Generation 14+ competition in
February 2012. It has been picked up so far in 5 territories for theatrical release and will be
released in the UK by Soda Pictures theatrically and on DVD by Sony Home Entertainment.
[Link]

Simon’s background was in commercials and he started work at JWT when he was 21 and moved
to McCann-Erickson to work on the Coca-Cola account 5 years later. During his time at McCann, he
ran the Coca-Cola account across Europe, became a creative director of McCann-Erickson London
and was the founder and Creative Director of Magic Hat, McCann’s youth division. Simon wrote
and directed campaigns for Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Nescafe, Bacardi and MTV amongst others. Simon
left Magic Hat and McCann-Erickson in 2001 to write and direct full time and since then has
written and directed short films for fashion designers Frost French and Katarzyna Szczotarska as
well as producing four feature scripts (all optioned) and his debut feature.

Simon Aboud’s script appeared on The Brit List 2009, a list of the best un- produced screenplays.
By sheer serendipity Simon Aboud received back the rights to his screenplay just as he was in the
position of completing his feature film directorial debut ‘Comes A Bright Day’. Having gained the
necessary experience and proven his credentials on this debut feature Simon now finds himself in
a position to direct his first and highly regarded screenplay ‘This Beautiful Fantastic’, continuing to
work with Producer Christine Alderson, who he formed a successful partnership with on ‘Comes A
Bright Day’ .

CHRISTINE ALDERSON: Producer

Ipso Facto Productions is a creative producer that enjoys working with ambitious writing and
directing talent to create theatrical films that are both critically and commercially acclaimed. It is
the company of producer Christine Alderson. Ipso Facto Productions looks for exceptional stories
told with a distinctive voice, vision and passion.

The multi award winning Ipso Facto Films has existed since 1993 with Ipso Facto Productions
established in 2012 and has made 18 feature films. Films include Anthony Byrne's SHORT ORDER,
Lance Daly's THE HALO EFFECT, Sam Garbarski's IRINA PALM, Luis Galvao Teles' DOT COM,
Shimmy Marcus' SOULBOY, Nicolas Winding Refn’s VALHALLA RISING, Andrew Hulme’s SNOW IN
PARADISE and Simon Aboud's debut film which premiered in Berlin's Generation 14+ competition
COMES A BRIGHT DAY.

Christine is a graduate of ACE, EAVE, EAVE + and INSIDE PICTURES and is a voting member of
European Film Academy and BAFTA.

MIKE ELEY: DOP

Mike Eley is a BAFTA award winning and Emmy nominated director of photography who has worked across
film and television for more than 20 years. He is best known for his work on director Kevin MacDonald’s
acclaimed documentaries TOUCHING THE VOID (2003), for which he won a BAFTA, and MARLEY (2012).
Mike also shot Clio Barnard’s acclaimed THE SELFISH GIANT (2013) as well as NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS
(2010) for director, Susanna White.

Alongside his film work he has shot a number of highly acclaimed television series including PARADE’S
END (2012) starring Benedict Cumberbatch, KLONDIKE (2015) and JANE EYRE, for which he was
nominated for an Emmy. Mike also received an Emmy award nomination for his work on GREY GARDENS
in 2009.

ALEXANDRA WALKER: Production Designer

Alex has worked as an Art Director with Stuart Craig on three of the Harry Potter movies, she’s also
worked on Notting Hill, The World is Not Enough, The Young Victoria, Fantastic Mr Fox and
Frankenweenie, Tim Burton’s new animation. Each time she has changed roles, learned from the very
best and moved up through the art department. She has now started Production Designing in her
own right and has designed two low budget features, The Barn (Ruaridh Webster) and Love
Tomorrow (Christopher Payne) winner of Raindance Best UK Feature 2012. She most recently
designed Snow In Paradise the feature film debut of Andrew Hulme which was selected in Un Certain
Regard in Cannes earlier this year.

Alex collaborates closely with Sophia Chowdbury as Set Decorator. Sophia is one of the UK’s top set
decorators having worked on a broad spectrum of features such as The Bourne Ultimatum, The
Queen, The Edge of Love, Kick Ass & Harry Brown. She’s also worked closely with Mike Leigh on
Another Year where she extensively interviewed the actors to establish their character’s
environment. This unorthodox approach achieved a detailed backdrop for the characters created by
it’s director.

Alex and Sophia are working together to create the naturalistic yet fantastical tone and mood for
the film

DIXIE CHASSAY: Casting Director

Dixie started on Harry Potter and trained with Jina Jay. She went on to cast Joe Wright’s films
including Atonement, Anna Kareneina, Hanna and most recently Pan. She cast Madame Bovary and
is currently casting Corin Hardy’s The Crow.

IAN FUCHER: Costume Designer

Ian Fulcher’s diverse credits range from director Andrew Hulme’s gritty and moving Snow in
Paradise, in which the lead character leaves a life of crime after finding salvation in Islam, to Simon
Aboud’s slick and glamorous Comes a Bright Day starring Imogen Poots and Timothy Spall.
He is currently working on the forthcoming AMC and Kudos Films sci-fi drama series Humans,
starring William Hurt.
Before that he worked on Marvellous, a BBC film based on the true story of a man once labeled
with ‘learning difficulties’, who lived life to the full whilst defying all it’s limitations, directed by
Julian Farino and starring Toby Jones and Tony Curran.
Other credits include director Paul Andrew Williams’ BBC film Murdered By My Boyfriend and the
Lennox Brothers’ hyper realistic, cartoon style, fairytale comedy film AmStarDam.
ANNE NIKITIN: Composer

Anne Nikitin is an award-winning composer who has scored a wide range of films from action-
thriller to emotional dramas, cutting edge documentaries and natural history.
Her music for the BAFTA-winning film The Imposter ([Link] Layton) was described by The
Guardian as a ‘classy score’. More recently, her score for the apocalyptic thriller Revelation: The
End of Days II ([Link] Catling) was nominated for an International Sound + Music Award for
Best Television Soundtrack.

She is currently scoring This Beautiful Fantastic, a modern day Fairytale drama (dir. Simon
Aboud) starring Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott and Jeremy Irvine.

Anne writes in a variety of styles but has an affinity for dark, moody, atmospheric music. Her scores
are informed by her love of indie rock, electronica and contemporary classical composers.

She has been referred to as a “princess of darkness!” and her music described as “a beautiful
eclectic mix of strings, guitars and percussion mixed with sweeping orchestral – its own unique
sound”.

Other recent films include Darkhorse: the Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance
([Link] Osmond), which won the Audience Award at Sundance (2015) and is currently
nominated for a BIFA;Chuck Norris Vs.
Communism ([Link] Calugareanu), which premiered in Sundance and will be released by
Netflix in 2016;Freistatt ([Link] Brummund), a German drama which opened in cinemas last
year; and Prince of Pennsylvania, a moving 30 for 30documentary about Team Foxcatcher
directed by Jesse Vile.
She has composed countless scores for hit series such as Paranormal Witness and Locked Up
Abroad, described by the New York Post as “One of the most compelling, relentlessly riveting
series TV has ever provided”.

Anne was born in Canada to Romanian and Polish parents and grew up in several countries around
the world. She immersed herself in avant-garde music while studying composition at McGill
University, Montreal. In 2001 she was awarded a SOCAN prize for Young Composers of Canada.

She completed her Master’s in Composition for Screen at the Royal College of Music, London,
studying with Dario Marianelli and Gabriel Yared.

In 2006, Anne won the BBC New Talent, New TV Composers Scheme. The prize was a commission
to score the BBC Natural World film, White Falcon, White Wolf, which won an award.

Anne has been on various juries including BAFTA and Ivor Novello. She is also a member of the PRS
Creator Voice, a programme that seeks to promote the understanding of copyright and the valuing
of works by creators and publishers under threat in the digital age.

She has played guitar, keyboard, and computer with “the six” who released their debut album
Projections through Cavendish Music Label, a cinematic post rock album available on iTunes.
 FILM CREDITS

First Assistant Director JAMIE MACDERMOTT

Second Assistant Directors CATRIN STRONG & JAN ZALAR

Production Manager SELINA FERGUSON

CAST (in order of appearance) Young Bella

MIA FARKASOVSKA
Bella JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY
Mrs Bramble ANNA CHANCELLOR Billy
JEREMY IRVINE
Milly EILEEN DAVIES Alfie TOM
WILKINSON
Vernon ANDREW SCOTT
Rhian NATALIE NASSERALDEEN Amy
NANCY NASSERALDEEN
O'Brien PAUL HUNTER

Line Producer VANESSA TOVELL Production

Accountant NIGEL WOOD
Production Coordinators ANTONIO AUSTONI
DEBORA SETNIK REBECCA BUSSFELD
Assistant Production Coordinator HELENA LEWIS Production
Runner ALICE DENNEY
Runner INDIA CLARKE
Post Production Supervisor ALEX HURLE

Third Assistant Directors ADAM SEIFERT

TONY LUCAS
Set Runners CAMERON SMART
HOLLY DAVIES ARTHUR DONALD

Director of Photography MIKE ELEY BSC Focus Puller

IAN COFFEY
Key Grip SERGIO BERNUZZI Grip JOHN
HEALD
Steadicam Operator SHAUN COBLEY Focus Puller
Daily RALPH MESSER
Second Assistant Camera ANCA BADITA
MAIYA ROSE
Second Assistant Camera (Daily) BECKYLEE Digital Imaging
Technician DEREK ZACHO
 Camera Trainees CALLUM BEGLEY
JAKE WHITEHOUSE

Gaffer PAUL MURPHY Best Boy

ALEX SWINTON
Electrician CHRIS BARROW Electricians
(Dailies) DARREN HARVEY
STEVE YOUNG DELROY BURLEY
GARY SYEVEN NAGLE DAVID OWEN
COLIN K M VINTON VINCENT
PRUNIER
Rigger ROBIN EARLE Rigger (Dailies)
MAT ARNSTEIN

Sound Recordist MITCHELL LOW Sound

Maintenance HUGH SHERLOCK
Boom Operators CHRIS PROSHO
ALEX BRYCE

Script Supervisor JELENA GRISINA Location

Manager ALEXIS DONOVAN

Assistant Location Manager EMILY FISHER

Production Designer ALEXANDRA WALKER Set Decorator

ROSIE GOODWIN
Art Director LAURA PHILLIPS Art Department
Assistant JOHANNA VALEUR
Props Master TOM ROBERTS Production Buyer
TONJA SCHURMANN Petty Cash
Buyer JO MCDONALD
Dressing Props RUBEN ALLEN
NICK SWAIN PIOTR MICYK
HARRY LARKIN
Standby Props SEBASTIAN PIETROVITO Trainee
Standby Props CATHERINE CLARK
Prop Department Dailies JASON VAKHARIA
HOLLY COOPER PIOTR MICYK
HARRY LARKIN CATI VANZI
BENNY CASEY FRANCIS LANDAU

Construction Manager JAMES WADDINGHAM Painter

DAVE PEARCE
Stage Hand MICKY ROCKET Prop Drawings
JONAS CARVELL
Prop Artwork ALEXANDRA McKENSIE Graphics
Artist LUCY BEGENT
 Assist Graphics SOPHIE LOCKWOOD

Supervising Puppet Maker ANDY GENT

Puppet Makers ELIZABETH DALTON
RICHARD BLAKEY
Master Puppeteer OLIVER TAYLOR Puppeteers
KATHERINE PETIT

Food Technicians KATHERINE TIDY

LISA PETERS

SFX Supervisor NICK RIDEOUT SFX Technicians

JOHNNY RAFIQUE
ALAN SENIOR DANIEL VICO
RYAN LONG

Horticultural advisor PETER BEARDSLEY

Costume Designer IAN FULCHER Costume

Supervisor CARLY GRIFFITH
Costume Standby BETH GILLMAN Costume (Dailies)
ELEANOR CORNFORD
Crowd Costume Standby DIANE LOGEL
NATALIE WILLIS

Hair & Make-Up Designer ALICE HOPKINS Hair & Make-

up Artist KIRSTIN INNES
Hair & Make-Up Trainee LISA CARTLIDGE Make-Up Daily
CHARIS TYRRELL

Casting Director DIXIE CHASSAY Casting Associate

ISABELLA ODOFFIN

Editor DAVID CHARAP

Additional Editing BILLY SNEDDON Assembly Editor
JOSH LEVINSKY Assistant Editor THY QUACH
VFX Editor NATASHA WESTLAKE

Storyboard Artist CYRILLE NOMBERG Driver

PASCALE LE COMTE

Lead Security COLIN GILES SecurityLUIS

NOVIAS
BEN HOPE
 EPK KHARN ROBERTS
MATTEO SANGUINETTI

Social Media REBECCA BUSSFELD

Special Stills MARY McCARTNEY Production

Stills TRACEY GILBERT
Audio Post Production by THE PROJECT POST

Supervising Re-Recording Mixer ANDREW STIRK Sound Effects

Editor JENS PETERSON
Sound Consultant JAMES MATHER Foley

recorded at UNIVERSAL SOUND

Foley Mixer SIMON TRUNDLE Foley Artist

PAUL HANKS
Foley Supervisor PHILL BARRETT

Post Production Services by Lipsync Post Facility

Director LISA JORDAN

Post Producer BEVERLEY HORNE Grade &

Online by Lipsync Post

Head of DI JAMES CLARKE

Colourist STUART FYVIE
DI Producer ABIGAIL McKENZIE Senior Flame
Editor WILLIAM CHETWYND
Flame Editor BEN NORTH
DI Department Data Ops THOMAS WADDINGTON
MATT ROBERTS REUBEN
YARWOOD JOSH KELLY
KATIE CROFT
Head of Technical Support RICK WHITE VT Operators
WILL AKBAR
MARK LANGLAY-SMITH CALLUM
GRANT

Titles & Graphics by Lipsync Design

Head of Design HOWARD WATKINS Senior

Designer JULIA HALL
Designer SIMON EDWARDS Visual Effects

by Lipsync Design
Visual Effects Supervisor SHEILA WICKENS Visual Effects
Producer PAUL DRIVER

Head of Visual Effects SHANAULLAH UMERJI Development

Producer EMMA CUMMINS
Visual Effects Coordinator GEORGE STONE Compositors
KIA COATES
JAY MURRAY ANDY QUINN
GARTH REILLY KATHY TOTH

Visual Effects Artist ELI REZIK, STUDIO BEIT SITTI Executive for

Lipsync DANIEL PAGAN

Executive Producers NORMAN MERRY

PETER HAMPDEN

Legal CHRISTOS MICHAELS ANGELA SCURRAH

DAVID DENNEHY LEE & THOMPSON

Editing Equipment FILM POST

Completion Bond FILM FINANCES

Insurance PETER SUDDELL, MEDIA INSURANCE BROKERS

Camera Equipment TAKE 2 FILMS Lighting

Equipment PANALUX LONDON

Catering CRUNCH CATERING

ORANGES LOCATION CATERING

Printer Hire U2 EVENTS Stationary

Supplier ACTION STATIONERS
Furniture Hire FURNITURE HIRE UK
Water Cooler Hire KINGS WATER
Facility Vehicles FILM FLOW
Radio Hire WAVEVEND
Ducks AMAZING ANIMALS

Additional Cast
Nun NINETTE FINCHE
School Girl LOLA SULTAN
Priest STEPHEN MACCORTHY Nun
ALEXANDRA THOMPSON
Nun EVA CRANKSON
Baby Bella MORNIE PATTERSON
 Octogenarian DAVID TAPLIN Bella
Double SOPHIE HOPKINS
Billy Double - Motor bike DAVID GWYTHER
Billy Brother's Girlfriend ELLA PICTON
Godfrey JAN DE LUKOWICZ
Publisher CHARLOTTE ASPREY

Extras

Ryan Parker, Minoleuqas Greyn,Yoko Kushahe, Andrea Mascie, Joelle Koissi

Hahhan Copeland, Beryl Philips, Anth Hohele, Tony Homichberp, Bience Buhe
Jacqueline Wheeler, Nadie Glach, David Galee, Anthony Chrisholm
Stephen Mollyman, Ashley Leon, Tralee Dunn, Peter Budge
Ell Fox, Katza Herer, Philip Lyegbe
Victor Peters, Katrina Wilson, Robin George, Phillip Neeve, Sophia Grant
Gay Whelan Sidney Landes, Paul Morman, Joanna Mulvey, Sally Buckley
Robert Stark, David Morton, Molly Lucas, Paul Wingrove, Graham Wilson
Keira Sillwood, Sadie Richardson, Maddie Wollaston, Daisy Sneath, Molly Sneath, Torja Savill
Shenton, Lia Avanato, Evie Marlow, Mia Drummond, Daisy Curran, Holly Barnett, Sienna Pinnock
orne, Denan Conlon, Ysabelle Cooper, Honey Joyce, Indianna Sylvia, Marcquise Charlene Labiche-O'N th,
Kacey Coleman, Daisy Jones, Darcey White, Holly Conway, Imogen Kerr Isla Cole, Charlotte Flynn
ominique Pierlot, Katie Schofield, Harriet Pelling, Amelia Clayton, Rebecca Skidmore, Fay Wall
Grace Colwill, Holly Lake, Rae-Lorissa Crowe

MUSIC CREDITS

Music Supervisor JOHN BOUGHTWOOD

Composer ANNE NIKITIN

Orchestrator KATIE CHATBURN
Music Preparation DANNY RYAN
KATIE CHATBURN

Score published by Eaton Music Ltd (a Music Sales Company)

Music recorded at SCRIPT LONDON

Creative Director JONATHAN SHAKHOVSKOY

Violin 1 ELLIE FAGG

Violin 2 TOM NORRIS
Viola LAURIE ANDERSON
Cello PETER GREGSON
Double Bass ANDY MARSHALL
Piano TOM KELLY
Hammond & Wurlitzer OLIVER PATRICE WEDER
Accordian ŽIVORAD NIKOLIC
 Harp HUGH WEBB
Drum Kit and Percussion IAN CAPE
Glockenspiel ANNE NIKITIN
Guitar and Bass ADAM DOUBLE

Vocals JENNY DOUBLE

JOANNA FORBES-L'ESTRANGE JENNY
O'GRADY
EMMA BRAIN-GABBOTT

Score Engineer JOE RUBEL

Assistant Score Engineer RHYS NORD

Score recorded at SCRIPT STUDIOS, LONDON

Studio Manager JONATHAN SHAKHOVSKOY

Score Mixer JOE RUBEL

Assistant Score Assistant JACK SUGDEN

Mixed at PIXEL LONDON

TRACKS

SERENADE FOR STRINGS SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME

Composed by Lennox R Berkeley Written by Hal Swain and Irving King
Performed by Brno Philharmonic Orchestra Published by Chester Music Limited trading as Campbe
Published by Chester Music Ltd Performed by Eileen Davies
By Kind permission of Music Sales Creative
THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC
BRING ME SUNSHINE Written by Anne Nikitin, Adam Double, Joe Rubel
Written by Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee Lyrics by Matthew Catling and Anne Nikitin
Recorded by The Berners Street All Stars Produced by Joe Rubel
usic Ltd trading as Campbell Connelly & Co. Performed by Jenny Double, Adam Double, Nikolaj Bjer
By Kind permission of Music Sales Creative Published by Eaton Music Limited (a Music Sales Comp

made with the development support from CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA

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