Enid (film)
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| Original title | Enid Blyton |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 90 minutes |
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| Director | James Hawes |
| script | Lindsay Shapero, Shelagh Stephenson |
| production | Lee Morris |
| music | Nicholas Hooper |
| camera | Matt Gray |
| cut | Richard Cox |
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Enid Blyton is a British television film directed by James Hawes that premiered in the fall of 2009 on the British broadcaster BBC Four . The film is about the life of the famous children's author Enid Blyton . Actress Helena Bonham Carter plays the title role.
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The film is about the ambitious, committed, but initially unknown writer, from the emergence of her imagination, through the misfortunes of her childhood, two world wars and a first marriage that ended in divorce, right through to achieving great fame. The story explores how the reassuringly clear words Blyton created in her stories clashed with the complications of her own life.
production
Filming took place in London and Surrey in early 2009 . The film is part of a series of different biographies about extraordinary women of the 20th century, produced by BBC Four , in which besides Enid Blyton other icons such as Gracie Fields , Margot Fonteyn and Winnie Mandela appear.
Awards
On November 22, 2010, Helena Bonham Carter won the International Emmy .
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC Press Office: Helena Bonham Carter to star as Enid Blyton on BBC Four . March 7, 2009.
- ↑ Daily Mail Reporter: Helena Bonham Carter takes on Enid Blyton in new BBC biopic series . August 20, 2009.
Web links
- Enid in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Press release of BBC (English)
- Set photos with Helena Bonham Carter