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Quartet

Synopsis

Quartet tells the story of Reggie (Courtenay), Wilf (Connolly) and Cissy (Collins) who reside in Beecham House, a home for retired opera singers. Each year they stage a concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday, which also raises funds for the home. Reggie's ex-wife Jean (Smith) arrives at the home and creates tension, playing the diva part but refusing to sing in the concert.

Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Features
Running time
95 mins
Director
Dustin Hoffman 1st Feature
Producer
Finola Dwyer, Stewart MacKinnon
Executive Producer
Jamie Laurenson, Dario Suter, Christoph Daniel, Marc Schmidheiny, Dickon Stainer, Thorsten Schumacher, Xavier Marchand, Dustin Hoffman
Editor
Barney Pilling
Screenwriter
Ronald Harwood
Director of Photography
John de Borman
Production Designer
Andrew McAlpine
Sound
Martin Trevis
Composer
Dario Marianelli
Principal cast
Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins, Billy Connolly

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Headline Pictures

1 Lexington Street
London
W1F 9LX
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 2985
Fax: +44 (0)20 7220 2965

Sales Company

HanWay Films

24 Hanway Street
London
W1T 1UH
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7290 0750
Fax: +44 (0)20 7290 0751

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