Some Voices
Synopsis
Day took Some Voices with her when she moved to FilmFour, where Paul Webster liked it and agreed to commission re-writes. Penhall reworked the script thoroughly over four years, finding a visual equivalent for the "gothic, heightened naturalism" of the play's dialogue. The result, Penhall says, is "a film based loosely on the play, rather than an adaptation", with the slide back into illness of schizophrenic Ray (Daniel Craig) depicted in imaginative imagery rather than words.
FilmFour brought Simon Cellan Jones on board to direct. Although it is his feature debut, the director had an impressive track record in television, including the Bafta-winning Our Friends In The North.
The story is set in Shepherd's Bush, west London, where Cellan Jones lives and Penhall used to. The film was shot on location in six weeks, with a handheld camera capturing the locals' everyday life. "Every now and again you would get people looking into the camera and yelling, but we would just have to let it go," says Cellan Jones.
Some Voices premiered in Directors' Fortnight at Cannes this year.
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of film
- Features
- Director
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Simon Cellan Jones
- Music
- Adrian Johnston.
- Dir
- Simon Cellan Jones. 2000. 35mm. 101mins. Prods: Damian Jones, Graham Broadbent. Co-prod: Fiona Morham. Scr: Joe Penhall. DoP: David Odd. Prod des: Zoe MacLeod. Ed: Elen Pierce Lewis. Main cast: Daniel Craig, David Morrissey, Kelly Macdonald, Julie Graham, Peter McDonald. Funding: FilmFour.
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Production Status
Production Company
DRAGON PICTURES 23 Golden Square London W1R 3PA Tel: (44) 20 7734 6303 Fax: (44) 20 7734 6202.
Sales Company
FilmFour International (44) 20 7868 7700.
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