Gideon's Daughter
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German title | Gideon's Daughter |
Original title | Gideon's Daughter |
Country of production | Great Britain |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2005 |
length | approx. 105 minutes |
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Director | Stephen Poliakoff |
script | Stephen Poliakoff |
production | Nicolas Brown |
music | Adrian Johnston |
camera | Barry Ackroyd |
cut | Clare Douglas |
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Gideon's Daughter is a British film drama from the year 2005 . Stephen Poliakoff directed and wrote the screenplay.
action
The action takes place in 1997; the death of Princess Diana and the construction of the Millennium Cathedral are shown as events taking place in the background . The widower Gideon Warner is a public relations consultant . He has a bad relationship with his daughter Natasha, who wants to study in Edinburgh so that she can live far away from her father.
Warner meets Stella, who recently lost her son. Stella's ex-husband accuses one of Warner's customers, a politician, of being guilty of his son's death. Gideon and Stella get closer and become a couple.
Reviews
The editors of All Media Guide wrote that the film should complement the 2005 drama Friends & Crocodiles by the same director. He is " sensitive " and " moving ".
Awards
Bill Nighy for Best Actor - Mini-Series or TV Movie and Emily Blunt for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie won the 2007 Golden Globe Award .
Bill Nighy won the Satellite Award in 2006 , and Miranda Richardson and Best TV Feature were nominated for the same award. The song Natasha's Song was nominated for an Emmy . The film won the Peabody Award in 2007 .
backgrounds
The film was shot in London and Edinburgh . It was screened on October 21, 2005 at the US Hamptons International Film Festival .
Web links
- Gideon's Daughter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gideon's Daughter at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The BBC website for the film (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ All Media Guide, accessed on November 9, 2007 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Filming locations for Gideon's Daughter, accessed November 9, 2007
- ^ Opening dates for Gideon's Daughter, accessed November 9, 2007