Women Talking Dirty
Synopsis
The film is based on the popular novel by Scottish author Isla Dewar, published in 1996, and marks the debut production from Elton John's Rocket Pictures, which acquired the rights to the novel and then brought on board Giedroyc on the strength of her previous film. Rocket then teamed up with Jean Doumanian, the New York-based producer best known for her collaborations with Woody Allen, in an Anglo-American co-production. The work-in-progress print was screened at last year's Toronto Film Festival, since when the film has been back into the cutting rooms for fine-tuning. It has just been completed.
Meanwhile, Rocket Pictures is developing a number of features across the genres and budget ranges, including the partly-animated Just So series, in co-production with the Walt Disney Co, and So I Am Glad, an adaptation of another Scottish novel, this time by AL Kennedy, which will be co-produced and star husband and wife team Ed Harris and Amy Madigan.
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of project
- Features
- Director
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Coky Giedroyc
- Composer
- Elton John.
- Dir
- Coky Giedroyc. 2000. 35mm. 93mins. Exec prods: JE Beaucaire, Jean Doumanian, Elton John. Prods: David Furnish, Polly Steele. Scr: Isla Dewar, based on her novel. DoP: Brian Tufano. Prod des: Lynne Whiteread. Ed: Budge Tremlett. Main cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Gina McKee, Eileen Atkins, Kenneth Cranham, James Nesbitt, James Purefoy, Ken Drury, Julien Lambroschini, Richard Wilson. Budget: £3m. Funding: Jean Doumanian Productions, Rocket Pictures.
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Production Status
Production Company
ROCKET PICTURES 1 Blythe Road London W14 0HG Tel: (44) 20 7603 9530 Fax: (44) 20 7348 4830
Sales Company
Intermedia (44) 20 7495 3322
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