On Chesil Beach
Synopsis
Adapted for the screen by Ian McEwan from his best-selling novella.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Gala Screening - Love Strand
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 105 mins
- Director
-
Dominic Cooke 1st Feature
- Producer
- Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley
- Co-Producer
- Caroline Levy
- Executive Producer
- Zygi Kamasa, Joe Oppenheimer, Beth Pattinson, Thorsten Schumacher, Chiara Gelardin, Norman Merry, Peter Hampden, Ian McEwan
- Editor
- Nick Fenton
- Screenwriter
- Ian McEwan (novella and screenplay)
- Director of Photography
- Sean Bobbitt
- Production Designer
- Suzie Davies
- Sound
- Robert Ireland
- Composer
- Dan Jones
- Principal cast
- Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Samuel West, Anne-Marie Duff, Adrian Scarborough
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Number 9 Films
8-9 Stephen MewsLondon
W1T 1AF
Sales Company
Rocket Science
5th Floor140 Wardour Street
London
W1F 8ZT
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