Project Detail

Iris

Synopsis

John Bayley, adoring husband to the famous novelist Dame Iris Murdoch, holds on to what he can as the witty, brilliant Iris slips into the devastation of Alzheimer's. A poignant, poetic evocation of a modern literary legend confronted with true love.

Adapted from the writings of John Bayley.

Details

Year: 2002
Type of film: Features
Running time: 90 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Richard Eyre
Producer: Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Tom Hedley, Guy East, David M Thompson, Harvey Weinstein
Editor: Martin Walsh
Screenwriter: Richard Eyre, Charles Wood
Director of Photography: Roger Pratt
Composer: James Horner, Joshua Bell (soloist)
Principal cast: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton

Genre

Literary Adaption Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Robert Fox Ltd

6 Beauchamp Place
London SW3 1NG
UK

T 00 44 (0)20 7584 6855

Scott Rudin Productions

120 W 45th Street
New York
NY 10036
USA

T 00 1 323 956 4600

Sales Company

Intermedia

Contact: Michael Dragotto
8490 Sunset Boulevard
Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90069, USA

T 00 1 310 777 0007

info@intermediafilm.com

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www.intermediafilm.com

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