The Edge of Love (2008)

Director:

John Maybury

Writer:

Sharman Macdonald (written by)

Release Date:

20 June 2008 (UK)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

The only thing more dangerous than war... is love.

Plot:

Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.

Plot Keywords:

Poet | Wales | Infidelity | Jealousy | Blitz

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Simon Armstrong	...	Wilfred Hosgood
Ben Batt	...	Sergeant
Geoffrey Beevers	...	Registrar
Rachel Bell	...	Midwife
Paul Brooke	...	Mr. Justice Singleton
Huw Ceredig	...	John Patrick
Richard Clifford	...	Alistair Graham
Richard Dillane	...	Lt Col David Talbot Rice
Joel Dommett	...	Train Soldier
Rachel Essex	...	Mel
Craig Gallivan	...	Sailor Beating Dylan
Callum Godfrey	...	Boy on Train
Simon Kassianides	...	Partisan
Keira Knightley	...	Vera Phillips
Anne Lambton	...	Anita Shenkin
Raymond Llewellyn	...	Dewi Ianthe (as Ray Llewellyn)
Alastair Mackenzie	...	Anthony Devas
Neville Malcolm	...	Big Joe
Sienna Miller	...	Caitlin MacNamara
Cillian Murphy	...	William Killick
Acacia Pattison Biggs	...	Rowatt Aged 1 Month
Bethany Towell	...	Rowatt Aged 1 Month
Jonathan Phillips	...	John Eldridge (as Jonny Phillips)
Kyle Redmond-Jones	...	Boy Soldier
Matthew Rhys	...	Dylan Thomas
Leo Robertson	...	Rowatt Aged 8 Months
Olivia Robertson	...	Rowatt Aged 8 Months
Jenny Runacre	...	Woman in Yellow Dress
Camilla Rutherford	...	Nicolette
Lisa Stansfield	...	Ruth Williams
Diego Stephens	...	Llewellyn
Lanark Stephens	...	Llewellyn
Nick Stringer	...	PC Williams
Graham 'Suggs' McPherson	...	The Crooner (as Suggs)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karl Johnson	...	Dai Fred (uncredited)
Anthony O'Donnell	...	Jack Lloyd (uncredited)
Simon John Wilson	...	US G.I. / English Soldier (uncredited)

Directed by
John Maybury

Writing credits
Sharman Macdonald		(written by)

Produced by
David Bergstein	....	executive producer
Paul Brett	....	executive producer
Rebekah Gilbertson	....	producer
Bill Godfrey	....	co-producer
Nick Hill	....	executive producer
Linda James	....	executive producer
Huw Penalt Jones	....	co-producer
Hannah Leader	....	executive producer
Joe Oppenheimer	....	executive producer
Sarah Radclyffe	....	producer
Tim Smith	....	executive producer
Lesley Stewart	....	line producer
David M. Thompson	....	executive producer
Anna Webster	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Angelo Badalamenti

Cinematography by
Jonathan Freeman

Film Editing by
Emma E. Hickox

Casting by
Nina Gold

Production Design by
Alan MacDonald

Art Direction by
Grant Armstrong
Mark Raggett

Set Decoration by
Tina Jones

Costume Design by
April Ferry

Makeup Department
Catherine Davies	....	crowd hair
Catherine Davies	....	crowd makeup supervisor
Joe Hopker	....	makeup artist
Kristyan Mallett	....	prosthetic makeup designer
Daniel Phillips	....	hair designer
Daniel Phillips	....	makeup designer
Tapio Salmi	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Mark Davies	....	unit manager
Clare Maclean	....	post-production supervisor
Jacqueline Thorogood	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joey Coughlin	....	third assistant director
Carlos Fidel	....	second assistant director
Henry Forsyth	....	assistant director: second unit
Clare Glass	....	crowd second assistant director
Richard Styles	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Graham Caulfield	....	drapesmaster
Graham Caulfield	....	upholstery
Sophia Chowdhury	....	assistant set decorator
Kelvin Cook	....	dressing props
Gary Dawson	....	dressing props
Katie Driscoll	....	graphic designer
John Greaves	....	storyboard artist
Tina Jones	....	set dresser
Hannah Moseley	....	draughtsman
Allen J. Polley	....	property master
Mark Reynolds	....	chargehand dressing prop
Emma Saunders	....	art department assistant
Anna Thomas	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Dafydd Archard	....	sound studio assistant
Paul Botham	....	boom operator
Jeremy Brown	....	sound assistant
Chris Burdon	....	sound re-recording mixer
Doug Cooper	....	sound re-recording mixer
Simon Fraser	....	sound mixer
Phillip Mark Freudenfeld	....	assistant dialogue editor
Phillip Mark Freudenfeld	....	foley editor
Phillip Mark Freudenfeld	....	foley recordist
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Rick Gould	....	foley artist
Tim Hands	....	supervising sound editor
Sam Jones	....	sound assistant engineer
Nick Kray	....	foley recordist
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Ruth Sullivan	....	foley artist
Rachael Tate	....	adr recordist
Jack Whittaker	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Stuart Brisdon	....	special effects supervisor
Mark Haddenham	....	special effects senior technician
Graham Hills	....	senior special effects technician
Tez Palmer	....	special effects technician (as Terry Palmer)
Nigel Wilkinson	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Németh Ádám	....	digital artist: Cube Effects
Louie Alexander	....	digital compositor: Framestore-CFC
Christopher Anciaume	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Bacsó Anna	....	roto/prep artist: Cube Effects
Szvák Antal	....	visual effects coordinator: Cube Effects
Jaume Arteman	....	digital compositor: double negative
Szapek Attila	....	compositor: Cube Effects
Ben Baker	....	head of digital lab: Framestore CFC
Matthew Baker	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore-CFC
Vajda Bálint	....	roto/prep artist: Cube Effects
Adrian Banton	....	senior compositor: Double Negative
Zoltán Benyó	....	visual effects producer: Cube Effects
Rodrigo Bernardo	....	systems engineer
Zachary Bloom	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Turea Blyth	....	visual effects editorial: Framestore
Clare Brody	....	digital intermediate: data operator
Nik Brownlee	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Paul Burke	....	scanning and recording: Framestore
Andy Burrow	....	scanning & recording manager
Francesca Canducci	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore-CFC
Jerome Dewhurst	....	engineer: Framestore CFC
Laboncz Edina	....	roto/prep artist: Cube Effects
Richard Edwards	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Péter Farkas	....	lead digital compositor: Cube Effects
Julian Foddy	....	digital artist: Double Negative
André Gabriella	....	roto/prep artist: Cube Effects
Papp Gabriella	....	roto/prep artist: Cube Effects
Joe Godfrey	....	conform editor: Framestore CFC
Azzard Gordon	....	digital matchmove artist: Double Negative
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: double negative
Jeremy Hardin	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Adam Hawkes	....	title compositor
Karsten Hecker	....	film mastering engineer: Framestore CFC
Bence Hegybíró	....	digital artist: Cube Effects
Jan Hogevold	....	executive producer: Framestore CFC
Lee Ifans	....	visual effects editor: Double Negative
Karászi Ildikó	....	visual effects coordinator: Cube Effects
Horváth Gál István	....	roto/prep artist: Cube Effects
Vajda István	....	compositor: Cube Effects
Yan Jennings	....	film mastering engineer
Körmöczy Károly	....	roto/prep artist: Cube Effects
Pál Klemm	....	2D supervisor: Cube Effects
Éva Korda	....	roto/prep artist: Cube Effects
Dávid Kozma	....	compositor: Cube Effects
Brian Krijgsman	....	colourist: Framestore CFC
Katalin Kriskó	....	digital artist: Cube Effects
Esme Long	....	production assistant: Framestore CFC
James Long	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Kevin Lowery	....	color management supervisor
Veronica Marcano	....	scanning and recording operator: Framestore
Jan Maroske	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Gurel Mehmet	....	digital matte painter: Double Negative
Miklós Mesterházy	....	digital artist: Cube Effects
Ana Mestre	....	roto/prep artist: Double Negative
John Moffatt	....	visual effects supervisor
Mike Morrison	....	digital intermediate producer: Framestore CFC
Erzsébet Nemes	....	roto/prep artist: Cube Effects
Papp Nikolett	....	digital artist: Cube Effects
Fábry Olivia	....	roto/prep artist: Cube Effects
Kate Phillips	....	visual effects producer
Lee Rankin	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Tamás Ravasz	....	digital artist: Cube Effects
James Reed	....	scanning and recording
Jimmy Saul	....	scanning and recording operator
Dan Snape	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Nick Stanley	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Zoltán Szegedi	....	senior digital compositor: Cube Effects
Gábor Székely	....	technical director: Cube Effects
Fiedler Tamás	....	digital artist: Cube Effects
Ria Tamok	....	senior digital compositor: Cube Effects
Pál Tauszig	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Melissa Taylor	....	visual effects executive producer
Odean Thompson	....	digital paint artist: restoration: Framestore
Jenõ Udvardi	....	visual effects producer: Cube Effects
Simon Wessely	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Péter Zavorszky	....	visual effects production manager: Cube Effects
Fiedler Zoltán	....	digital artist: Cube Effects
Taz Lodder	....	technical support: Double Negative (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Nick Beeks-Sanders	....	camera operator
John Clarke	....	electrician
Andy Cole	....	rigging gaffer
John Colley	....	gaffer
Jason Dully	....	additional second assistant camera: "b" camera
Dan Garlick	....	second grip
Alex Howe	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Martin Hume	....	assistant camera operator
Vince Madden	....	rigging gaffer
Glen Milner	....	video assist operator
Chris Plevin	....	camera operator
Paul Snell	....	central loader
Matt Wilson	....	practical electrician
James Foster	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting
Robert Sterne	....	casting assistant
Rose Wicksteed	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathryn Blight	....	wardrobe assistant
Christopher Bradshaw	....	wardrobe master
Nigel Egerton	....	costume supervisor
Uliva Pizzetti	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Chris Andrews	....	negative cutter
Kerri Aungle	....	negative cutter
Anna Dick	....	second assistant editor
Andrew Jadavji	....	associate editor
Sabine McDonald	....	negative cutter
Lea Morement	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Becky Bentham	....	music supervisor
Jim Bruening	....	soundtrack coordinator
Daniel Coe	....	music assistant
Sophie Cornet	....	music editor
Scott Davidson	....	music engineer
Helen Gavriel	....	assistant music supervisor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Joseph LoDuca	....	musical associate
Joshua Mathews	....	assistant music engineer
John-Paul Palescandolo	....	assistant engineer
Steve Price	....	score mixer
Steve Price	....	score recording engineer
Simon Rhodes	....	song recordist
Polly Taylor	....	assistant music supervisor
Oscar Zambrano	....	song recording engineer

Transportation Department
John Smith	....	transportation captain
Marcus Ward	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Jessica Adams	....	assistant to director
Pip Ayers	....	electronic press kit
Jennine Baker	....	first assistant accountant
Michael Barnes	....	financial legal services
Simon J. Brooks	....	production runner
Henry Camilleri	....	military coordinator
Jessica Cole	....	assistant to cast
Tom Crooke	....	assistant location manager
Emma Davie	....	unit publicist
Owain Gillard	....	liaison: film commission
Alex Gladstone	....	location manager
Sarah Golding	....	script consultant
Siân Eve Goldsmith	....	key floor runner
Erin Graham	....	second assistant production accountant
Damian Mitchell	....	armorer
Simon Neville	....	set armorer
Caroline O'Reilly	....	script supervisor
Sam Radclyffe	....	runner: londond office
Bill Ridealgh	....	unit medic
Asha Sharma	....	location assistant
Alisha Smith	....	stand in: Sienna Miller
Maxine Stanley	....	post-production accountant
Trevor Stanley	....	production accountant
Ann Summerhayes	....	production secretary
Steve Wentworth	....	floor runner
Charlotte Wright	....	assistant location manager
Darren Helman	....	location support (uncredited)
Gareth Lewis	....	floor runner: dailies (uncredited)

Thanks
Natalie Howe	....	thanks
Jack Lechner	....	special thanks
Satesh Mathura	....	thanks

Production Companies

• BBC Films
• Capitol Films
• Prescience Film Fund
• Rainy Day Films
• Sarah Radclyffe Productions Limited
• Wales Creative IP Fund

Distributors

• Belga Films (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Capitol Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Hoyts Distribution (2008) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Imagem Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate Australia (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• MEED Films (2008) (Lithuania) (theatrical) (Baltic states)
• Neue Visionen Filmverleih (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Top Film (2009) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Image Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Lionsgate (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2008) (Romania) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• De Lane Lea  post-production facilities
• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Hothouse Music  music supervisor
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• Movie Lot, The  security
• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• Pivotal Post  Avid HD Editing Equipment Provided By
• Sapex Scripts  post-production services
• UCJ  soundtrack
• UK Computamatch  negative cutting

Also Known As:

The Best Time of Our Lives (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexuality, language and disturbing war images.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIB | USA:Unrated | Portugal:M/16 | USA:R (certificate #45422) | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Aldwych Underground Station, Aldwych, Holborn, London, England, UK

Company:

BBC Films

Trivia:

Lindsay Lohan was originally attached to play the role of Caitlin, but dropped out shortly before filming began.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When William Killick boards his transportation plane to Greece the C-47 Dakota shows "D-Day stripes" (aka "Invasion stripes") on fuselage and left wing. Historically and consistent with the period setting of the story - the "Blitz" - this must have been in spring 1941. However, these markings were not in use before June 1944.

Quotes:

Caitlin MacNamara: I never had a best friend before.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Uned 5: (2008-06-20)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Careless Talk

Slow, and a little soap-operatic, but stylish, and well acted.

Although I am very familiar with poet Dylan Thomas, I know nothing of his life. Whatever his life and specifically his marriage involved, I would imagine that The Edge of Love (based on the novel) manipulates things a bit, but unless you are a historian or a poet, who cares.

The movie is less about Thomas and more focused on the two most important women in his life. One is his wife Kathrine, and the other is Vera who was his first love. One romantic night on the beach as youths is something that both have tried to put behind them but cannot, now grown up they are good friends. I forgot to mention that this is set during the war. Vera becomes engaged to Captain Will Killing who he gets her pregnant and leaves for war. While he is away, Vera starts to fall for Thomas again, and Kathrine has fallen out of love with him. She is also carrying another man's child. Things get even more emotionally complex when Capt Killig returns

As you can see, it is a very soap operatic plot, and it takes shape in a fairy drab slow manner, with perhaps one too many sequences of sappy dialogue. But all is not lost yet. For a non- Hollywood production, I think that the Edge of Love is about as stylish a picture as one can get. It is certainly more dimensional and intelligent than about 90% of contemporary romances, Hollywood production or not. Some of it has to do with being set during the war, which sets up emotional conflict that feels more convincing and less artificial, a bit like Atonement. this one features acting and cinematography of equal talent to Joe Wright's Oscar nominee, but it is in far greater need for stable pacing and progression. Things are okay at the start and finish, but the middle section is where your attention span may be tested, unless you are deeply and profoundly rooted in the story.

I doubt if The Edge of Love will have that kind of an effect on the viewer, but is a good film to check. it might even make a good date night movie, considering it is so much smarter than the chick flicks that boyfriends are forced to endure today.