Project Detail

Becoming Cary Grant

Synopsis

Cary Grant was one of Hollywood's biggest names, the quintessential leading man and the ultimate self-made star. Born in Bristol in 1904 and christened Archibald Leach, Grant was haunted by conflicts between his public persona and his personal life, and in his fifties started a cure of LSD aiming to free himself from his demons.
For the first time, using newly discovered personal footage and Grant's own words from his unpublished autobiography, he retraces his journey (voiced by Jonathan Pryce), exploring his own screen image and what it took to create it. The story of the man behind the mask of subtle charm and suave sophistication. A man in search of himself and the love he did not find in his life.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2017 - Cannes Classics

Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Features
Running time: 85 mins
Director: Mark Kidel
Producer: Christian Popp, Nick Ware
Executive Producer: Annie Roney, Sue Turley
Editor: Cyril Leuthy
Screenwriter: Mark Kidel, Nick Ware
Director of Photography: Jean-Marie Delorme
Sound: Adam Wolny, Doug Dunderdale, Elliot Hartley, Sara Lima, Andreas Schlueter
Composer: Bob Locke, Tim Norfolk, Adrian Utley
Principal cast: With contributions from: Judy Balaban, Mark Glancy, Jennifer Grant, Barbara Jaynes, David Thomson. The words of Cary Grant spoken by Jonathan Pryce
Editorial Advisor: Dr. Mark Glancy, Queen Mary, University of London
Archive Research and Co-ordination: Joan Cohen, Tim Jordan, Eugénie Gaubert

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A YUZU Productions (FR), ARTE France (FR) production in association with Calliope Media (UK), Ro*co Films International LLC (US) presented by ARTE France (FR) and Showtime Documentary Films (US) with the support of Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union, CNC (FR), Procirep - Société des Producteurs and ANGOA (FR)

Calliope Media Ltd

Mark Kidel
26 Archfield Road
Bristol
BS6 6BE

Sales Company

ARTE France

Audrey Kamga
8 rue Marceau
92785 Issy-Les-Moulineux
France

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