Besessen (2002)
Der wissenschaftliche Assistent Roland Mitchell hat am Lehrstuhl mit einigen Problemen zu kämpfen. Seine Bezahlung ist mies und sein Chef schenkt ihm so gut wie keine Beachtung. Aber eigentlich hat Mitchell ohnehin andere Dinge im Kopf: Während seiner Recherchen zum viktorianischen Dichter Randolph Henry Ash stellt er fest, dass dessen berühmte Liebesbriefe scheinbar gar nicht seiner Frau gewidmet waren, sondern der bisexuellen Poetin Christabel LaMotte. Um sicher zu gehen, nimmt er Kontakt zu der LaMotte-Biographin Maud Bailey auf. Die beiden verlieben sich ineinander, ebenso wie ihre Studienobjekte. Ohne Konflikte bleibt ihr Verhältnis nicht...
Der Regisseur:
Neil LaBute
Die Autor:
Laura Jones, Neil LaBute.
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Gwyneth Paltrow as Maud Bailey |
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Aaron Eckhart as Roland Mitchell |
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Jeremy Northam as Randolph Henry Ash |
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Jennifer Ehle as Christabel LaMotte |
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Lena Headey as Blanche Glover |
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Holly Aird as Ellen Ash |
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Toby Stephens as Fergus Wolfe |
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Trevor Eve as Cropper |
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Georgia Mackenzie as Paola |
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Tom Hollander as Euan |
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Graham Crowden as Sir George |
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Anna Massey as Lady Bailey |
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Elodie Frenck as Sabine |
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Shelley Conn as Candi |
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Holly Earl as May Bailey |
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Kate O'Toole as Mrs. Jameson |
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Meg Wynn Owen as Mrs. Lees |
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Roger Hammond as Professor Spear |
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Jeanne Marine as University Secretary |
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Tom Hickey as Blackadder |
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Craig Crosbie as Hildebrand |
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Christopher Good as Crabb-Robinson |
| Directing | Neil LaBute | Director |
| Writing | David Henry Hwang | Screenstory |
| Writing | Laura Jones | Screenplay |
| Writing | Neil LaBute | Screenplay |
| Editing | Claire Simpson | Editor |
| Sound | Sandy Buchanan | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Peter Burgis | Foley Artist |
| Sound | David Crozier | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Mike Dowson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Peter Gleaves | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Daniel Laurie | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Mark Taylor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Archibald | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kay Georgiou | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kate Holloway | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sallie Jaye | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rebecca Lafford | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Silvia Muñoz Romero | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Belinda Parish | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Astrid Schikorra | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Loulia Sheppard | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Whitney | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | John Casali | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Jim Smart | Electrician |
| Camera | David Appleby | Still Photographer |
| Writing | A.S. Byatt | Novel |
| Production | David Barron | Executive Producer |
| Production | Len Amato | Executive Producer |
| Production | Barry Levinson | Producer |
| Production | Stephen Pevner | Co-Producer |
| Production | Guy Tannahill | Line Producer |
| Production | Paula Weinstein | Producer |
| Camera | Jean-Yves Escoffier | Director of Photography |
| Art | Luciana Arrighi | Production Design |
| Art | Paul Ghirardani | Art Direction |
| Art | Andrew Sanders | Art Direction |
| Art | Sue Whitaker | Art Direction |
| Art | Ian Whittaker | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jenny Beavan | Costume Design |
| Crew | Rowley Irlam | Stunts |
| Sound | Daniel Laurie | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Gabriel Yared | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Mark Bakowski | Digital Compositor |