Project Detail

Miss Potter

Synopsis

Whilst delighting generations of children with her books, Beatrix Potter kept her own story locked carefully away. Directed by Chris Noonan and starring Academy Award® winner Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Cold Mountain) and Ewan McGregor (Star Wars, Moulin Rouge!), Miss Potter is the enchanting love story inspired by Beatrix Potter’s life and love affair with her publisher Norman Warne.

 
 

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Features
Running time
92 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Chris Noonan
Producer
Renée Zellweger, Nigel Wooll, Louis Phillips, Steve Christian
Co-Producer
Renée Zellweger, Nigel Wooll, Louis Phillips, Steve Christian
Editor
Robin Sales
Screenwriter
Richard Maltby Jr
Director of Photography
Andrew Dunn
Production Designer
Martin Childs
Sound
Peter Lindsay
Composer
Maggie Rodford
Principal cast
Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Hopping Mad Productions (IOM) Ltd

10 Orange Street
London
WC2H 7DQ
UK

Sales Company

Summit Entertainment L.P.

T +1 310 309 8400

trish@summit-ent.com

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