Project Detail

Birthday Girl

Synopsis

John Buckingham was an ordinary bank employee with a small home and a life built on routine - until he took a bride through a mail order service called 'From Russia with Love'.

The morning she arrives is her birthday, but he's the one who's in for the surprise.

She's more attractive than he expected. She has an insatiable appetite for sex. She only speaks one word of English: Yes. And almost nothing about her is what it appears to be.

No one can hold a candle to Nicole Kidman, the star of this sexy new thriller.

Details

Year
2000
Type of project
Features
Format
35mm Kodak
Director
Jez Butterworth
Producer
Paul Webster, Harvey Weinstein, Colin Leventhal
Editor
Chris Tellefsen
Screenwriter
Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth
Director of Photography
Oliver Stapleton
Sound
Garth Marshall
Principal cast
Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassell, Matthieu Kassovitz

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Miramax/HAL Films

Elsley House
24-30 Gt. Tichfield Street
London
W1P 7AD
UK

Sales Company

Miramax/HAL Films

Elsley House
24-30 Gt. Tichfield Street
London
W1P 7AD
UK

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