Becoming Cary Grant
Synopsis
For the first time, using newly discovered personal footage and Grant's own words from his unpublished autobiography, he retraces his journey (voiced by Jonathan Pryce), exploring his own screen image and what it took to create it.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
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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
Categories
Production Status
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 Kidel26 Archfield Road
Bristol
BS6 6BE
Sales Company
ARTE France
Audrey Kamga8 rue Marceau
92785 Issy-Les-Moulineux
France
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