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MARRIED LIFE
A strong blend of suspense, star-crossed romance, and wry comedy of manners, Married Life is
an unconventional human drama about the irresistible power and utter madness of love.
Harry (Chris Cooper) decides he must kill his wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson) because he loves her
too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Harry and his much-younger girlfriend Kay
(Rachel McAdams) are head over heels in love, but his best friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan)
wants to win Kay for himself.
As Harry implements his awkward plans for murdering his wife, the other characters are occupied
with their own deceptions. Like Harry, they are overwhelmed by their passions. but still struggle
to avoid hurting others.
Married Life is an uncommonly adult film that surprises and confounds expectations. While it
plays with mystery and intrigue, its ultimate concern is: “What is married life?”
In its sly way, Married Life poses perceptive questions about the seasonal discontents and
unforeseen joys of all long-term relationships.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
Writer/director Ira Sachs (Forty Shades of Blue, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, 2005) is an
ardent film buff, with a particular love for 1940s and 1950s movies, particularly ones starring
Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. “What I like about those movies is that the dramas can be so
extreme and outrageous and yet they deal with people’s personal lives in ways that communicate
powerfully with audiences,” says Sachs. “I wanted to do a film that would talk frankly and
directly about the complexities and intricacies of marriage and intimate life—and I thought that in
today’s film context, a movie like this could be a fresh way to do so.”
Looking for a story to adapt, Sachs pored over stacks of little-known mystery and pulp novels,
until he came upon John Bingham’s Five Roundabouts to Heaven. “It was exactly what I was
looking for—a really great story about being married,” he says. “I thought this story could be a
very intriguing vehicle for me to explore what it’s like to share a bed with someone, over a long
period of time.”
When Sachs began working with his co-writer, Oren Moverman, they agreed that the film should
have a playful tone. “I tried to signal that right away, in the credit sequence,” says Sachs. “The
credits give a sense that there is whimsy in the very serious things to follow. I wanted the
audience to understand that they don’t need to take every action too literally. Now that doesn’t
deny the serious nature of what happens between these characters, and I certainly don’t want to
undercut the effect of going through these experiences with them, I just don’t want the audience
to over-think the story.”
“Every time I describe the film in a one-sentence line—people smile,” Sachs continues. “And
there’s a reason for that. It’s over-the-top. A gentle, middle-aged man who falls in love decides
to kill his wife because divorce would cause her too much pain. You could maybe find it hard to
understand the decision our protagonist, Harry (Chris Cooper) makes, but that’s looking at the
story too literally. It’s really more of a metaphor. I find Harry very familiar—all too many
people have difficulty choosing themselves over their marriage. All the same, he’s not an easy
character to make sympathetic, and I needed someone to play him that the audience would always
empathize and identify with. And Chris Cooper makes a very good Everyman.”
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Harry’s assumption that his wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson) can’t live without him is based on a
complete misunderstanding of who she is. “There’s immense narcissism to his actions,” says
Sachs. “He considers himself of such importance that he thinks Pat would be better off dead than
without him—and he’s totally wrong. He’s lost and he doesn’t know his way out, but instead of
choosing an honest way, he chooses a dishonest one and that leads him into a lot of trouble. But
as it turns out, Harry turns out to not be a particularly good murderer, which is part of the humor
of the film.”
“I think Harry’s big flaw is that he expects too much,” says Cooper. “When Kay comes to meet
Harry and Richard at the restaurant, it caps what Harry wants all the time. In Noel Coward’s
words, he’s looking for that ‘first, fine careless rapture.’ I think he had it with his wife, but it
didn’t last, and now Harry is carried away by his curious need for something more. He could be
going through what we all call a mid-life crisis.”
“Harry starts out in the film like a young man in love,” says Sachs. “He’s like a kid in a candy
store. And then things get more serious for him because adult life is not like that adolescent joy
from first love—there are too many complications that spring from all the history that’s come
before.”
Sachs sees Harry’s friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan) as the most fun character in the film. “He’s
intelligent, he’s charming, he has a wicked, dry sense of humor,” says Sachs, “he gives pleasure
to everyone around him. And Pierce Brosnan brings lightness and a mischievous energy to
Richard, while also showing you his vulnerability. He makes him a cad you hopefully will come
to love.”
Richard is involved in what might be seen as the biggest betrayal in the film—trying to seduce
and steal away Kay (Rachel McAdams), the love of Harry’s life and the woman he sees as his
sole hope for happiness. “I’m not going to try to defend what Richard does,” says Sachs, “but
this story is about how people pursue their desires, and each of these characters pursues them
with great passion. And that’s not necessarily when people are the most kind to everyone around
them. And to be honest, haven’t we all done things for ourselves at some point, rather than for
the people we love?”
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“Richard really is intoxicated by Kay,” says Brosnan, “but at the same time it’s his best friend, so
there’s a little tug of guilt in his heart. But he doesn’t have any burden of conscience, that’s the
mantra of Richard. He talks about the burden of conscience, but basically he wants Kay. Also,
Harry and Pat are Richard’s only true friends—they really know him. And if Harry goes off with
Kay, and breaks up his marriage, Richard loses everything.”
For the role of Kay, Sachs needed an actress who would leave no doubt about her ability to
enchant Harry and Richard. “The whole drama turns on Kay,” says Sachs. “She’s the star in the
middle of the universe between these two men. When Kay walks into the Cloud Room restaurant
in the opening of the movie, you needed to have someone with whom these two men could
believably fall in love with. Obviously Rachel McAdams has the loveliness, but more
importantly, she has a mystery—and that’s what holds your interest. She’s very touching and
sympathetic, but at the same time, she holds things back. There’s always something going on just
under the surface.”
Kay is a character who has suffered an incredible amount of loss—her father died when she was
young, and she recently lost both her mother and her husband. “She’s spent a lot of time with
herself, and I think she’s lost touch with reality a little bit,” says McAdams. “I think she’s drawn
to Harry because they’re both a little bit broken, and need mending—and they comfort each
other.”
“Kay sees Harry as someone who can give her a home, security and love” says Sachs, “and that
means economic security, strength, consistency, and a kind of paternal comfort. It’s a feeling of
paternal love that she has transformed into a romantic love for Harry. I think that at the start of
the film she believes that she has met the man of her life. Unfortunately, she then meets a man
who might be even better. I think things would have been good for her and Harry, but when she
meets Richard, it suddenly seems the world could not only be safe, but big.” “When Richard
comes along,” says McAdams, “Kay starts to feel the wind in her hair and the leather seats in his
car. He brings her out of her shell.”
Harry’s wife, Pat (Patricia Clarkson), is also someone who’s trying to find her way in life. “She
doesn’t know what she wants,” says Sachs. “She’s in great conflict. She’s someone who has
come to the point in her life where she feels the need for a little more, but she can’t make a
decision.” “Pat has lived a rather conventional life,” says Clarkson, “but she isn’t conventional
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herself. She thinks people have a self-deceiving attitude about love, and that it’s really only about
sex. So if she fulfills that, she’s fulfilling her wifely duties. I do think she has a real relationship
with Harry—it isn’t some false marriage—but I don’t think it was ever a deep, romantic love.
And there’s something to be said for a woman, particularly at that point in her life when she has
to look down the barrel of growing old with her husband, wanting that as well.”
“A lot of people, particularly women, identify with Pat more than any of the other characters in
the movie,” says Sachs. “She seems like someone you know. And Patty imbues her with an
earthiness, and a wry, loving nature. Pat’s full of life, passion and tenderness, and that gives her
such poignancy, as she is the woman who Harry is plotting to kill.”
Both Harry and Pat are characters that are frightened of their own needs. “They both feel guilty,”
says Sachs. “I believe on some level it’s because of the formal structure of married life. It’s a
very monolithic way of living, and I think the people inside these monoliths are struggling. I
think that anyone who is married or in a relationship has some understanding of that. You can’t
point a finger at these characters if you’re being honest with yourself.”
“The most important thing for me was that the tone of Married Life not be a cynical one,” says
Sachs, “because I don’t feel cynical at all about long-term relationships. I just feel that they’re
always a great, even noble, challenge. You could say it’s a humanist approach to a genre story,
so in the end, it becomes perhaps not really a genre picture at all. Everyone has some level of
good, bad, and beauty in them.”
“Harry’s put Pat and his relationship with her in a box,” says Cooper. “He just settled and didn’t
really appreciate how much he had. It’s a fatal flaw in a lot of relationships. Couples have to
constantly work at keeping their relationships interesting and fresh. And I think Harry lost sight
of that.”
“Marriage is a struggle, and it takes work,” says Brosnan. “You may be challenged in life when
you least expect it. And this film makes you ask yourself: ‘Can you do the honorable thing?’”
“This film sheds a lot of light on the complications of relationships,” says McAdams. “You don’t
always feel what you’re supposed to feel, and you’re not always the person that other people
think you are. You’re not even always the person you think you are, until push comes to shove
and your character is tested.”
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“What I hope the movie does is make people feel less alone,” says Sachs. “When you’re in bed
and you’re feeling slightly alienated from your wife or loved one, you can feel a certain kind of
distance that is painful. And I hope that people will realize that they are just like the person in the
next house, who’s also coping with these kinds of questions.”
“Harry starts off in the beginning of the movie knowing the least about the other characters,”
Sachs continues, “and by the end he knows the most. He’s the one who knows all the secrets. He
has come to wisdom, and through that wisdom has the ability to love.”
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ABOUT THE CAST
CHRIS COOPER (Harry Allen)
One of the most respected character actors of our time, Chris Cooper was recognized in 2003
with an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal
of John Laroche in Columbia Pictures Adaptation, written by Charlie Kaufman (Being John
Malkovich) and directed by Spike Jonze. The film, loosely based on Susan Orlean’s novel, The
Orchid Thief, followed a sexually frustrated screenwriter’s attempts to adapt Orlean’s anecdotal
novel for the screen. Cooper was also recognized for his performance in this film by numerous
critics associations including the Broadcast Film Critics, the Los Angeles Film Critics
Association and Toronto Film Critics Association.
Cooper recently completed production on two films. Alongside Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, and
Jason Bateman, Cooper co-stars in the Universal film The Kingdom, which tells the story of a
team of U.S. government agents who are sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility
in the Middle East. Directed by Peter Berg, the film will be released on September 28th.
Most recently, Cooper starred in the Universal Pictures film Breach, playing the title role of
Robert Hanssen, a renowned operative for the FBI who was found guilty of spying for the
Russians. Cooper received extraordinary praise from movie critics around the country for his deft
performance. The film was directed by Billy Ray (Shattered Glass) and co-stars Ryan Phillipe.
In 2006, Cooper also had strong supporting roles in Sony Classics’ Capote, Universal’s Jarhead,
for director Sam Mendes, and Warner Bros.’ Syriana, for writer and director Stephen Gaghan.
In 2005, Cooper re-teamed with director and friend John Sayles in New Market Film’s Silver
City, a political drama and murder mystery which chronicled the story of a small town in
Colorado and the events leading up to a local election. The impressive cast included Maria Bello,
Thora Birch, Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Roth, Daryl Hannah and Billy Zane. The film was screened
at the Toronto Film Festival.
In 2003, Cooper starred in the Universal Pictures film, Seabiscuit based on the best-selling novel.
Cooper was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for his portrayal of Seabiscuit’s trainer,
Tom Smith. Seabiscuit was directed by Gary Ross and also starred Tobey Macguire and Jeff
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Bridges. In the same year, Cooper was nominated for an Emmy Award for his supporting
performance in the HBO film My House in Umbria starring Maggie Smith.
In 2002, Cooper was seen in The Bourne Identity for Universal Pictures in the strong supporting
role as the mastermind of the CIA’s controversial clandestine operation, Treadstone. In 2004, he
appeared in the flashback scenes in the second installment, The Bourne Supremacy.
In 2000 Cooper portrayed Colonel Burwell opposite Mel Gibson in Sony Pictures The Patriot, a
Revolutionary War epic directed by Roland Emmerich. In the same year, Cooper appeared with
Jim Carrey in the comedy Me, Myself and Irene, for directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly.
In 1999 Cooper received a Screen Actor’s Guild Award for his supporting performance alongside
Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening in Dreamworks’ Academy Award winning film, American
Beauty. In a stunning and dramatic display, Cooper portrayed a stern ex-Marine Colonel who
persistently monitored his son’s every move.
In 1999 Cooper starred as the father of an amateur rocket enthusiast in the acclaimed coming-of-
age drama October Sky, which was screened at the 1999 Venice and Deauville Film Festivals
with great notice. He had previously earned a Best Actor nomination in 1997 from the
Independent Spirit Awards for his work in John Sayles’ Lone Star. Nearly a decade earlier,
Cooper made his feature film debut in Sayles’ Matewan.
Among his film credits are Robert Redford’s The Horse Whisperer, Great Expectations, A Time
to Kill, Money Train, This Boy’s Life, Guilty by Suspicion and City of Hope.
On the small screen, he has had roles in a number of long form projects, including the miniseries
Lonesome Dove, and Return to Lonesome Dove. He most recently starred in HBO’s Breast Men,
and includes among his other credits Alone, One More Mountain, Ned Blessing, Bed of Lies,
Darrow, In Broad Daylight, A Little Piece of Sunshine, Law and Order and Journey to Genius.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Cooper attended the University of Missouri School of Drama and
started his professional career on the New York stage. His theater credits include “Of the Fields
Lately” on Broadway, “The Ballad of Soapy Smith” and “A Different Moon.”
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Cooper resides in Massachusetts.
PIERCE BROSNAN (Richard Langley)
Recognized internationally as one of the most dashing and skilled dramatic actors in Hollywood
today, Golden Globe Award nominee Pierce Brosnan will next star opposite Meryl Streep in the
film adaptation of the Broadway hit Mamma Mia!
Brosnan received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a
Motion Picture for his role as Julian Noble in the critically acclaimed film The Matador in 2005.
Additionally, he received a nomination for this performance for Best Actor in a Lead Role from
the Irish Film & Television Academy.
Most recently he starred opposite Liam Neeson in Seraphim Falls. The film, about a colonel who
hunts down an officer to settle a wartime grudge at the end of the Civil War, was shot entirely on
location in New Mexico and Oregon.
In addition to his work in front of the camera, Brosnan has always had an interest in the art of
filmmaking. Having achieved international stardom as an actor, Brosnan expanded the range of
his film work by launching his own production company, Irish DreamTime in 1996, along with
producing partner Beau St. Clair.
Apart from The Matador, Irish DreamTime has produced four other films to date: The Nephew
(1998), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Evelyn (2002) and Laws of Attraction (2004). The
company's first studio project, The Thomas Crown Affair, was a critical and box-office success
and one of the best-reviewed and highest-grossing romantic thrillers in years. Evelyn, directed by
Bruce Beresford, opened to critical acclaim at the Toronto and Chicago Film Festivals and also
garnered rave reviews. Laws of Attraction, a romantic comedy, which teamed Brosnan with
Julianne Moore, focused on dueling divorce attorneys who fall in love.
Shooting recently wrapped on Irish DreamTime’s sixth production, Butterfly on a Wheel, in
which Brosnan stars with Maria Bello and Gerard Butler. The psychological thriller, which shot
on location in Vancouver and Chicago, centers on a happy couple with a seemingly perfect life
whose daughter is abducted. Over the course of a day, the kidnapper dismantles the family’s lives
with brutal efficiency.
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Perhaps best known worldwide as James Bond, Brosnan reinvigorated the popularity of the Bond
legacy in box-office blockbusters such as Goldeneye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1999), The
World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002). Brosnan’s first three Bond films
earned over a billion dollars at the international box-office and Die Another Day alone garnered
almost a half-billion dollars worldwide.
In addition to his four Bond films, three other Brosnan films—The Thomas Crown Affair, Dante's
Peak (1997) and The Lawnmower Man (1992) combined have earned hundreds of millions of
dollars internationally, cementing him as one of the world’s most bankable stars.
Brosnan’s other film credits include John Boorman’s critically acclaimed film from the John
LeCarre novel, The Tailor of Panama (2001), Bruce Beresford's Mr. Johnson (1990) and Sir
Richard Attenborough's Grey Owl (1999). In addition to The Matador, Brosnan has also shown
his comedic skills in such films as Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and Mars Attacks (1996). He also had a
supporting role alongside Barbra Streisand in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).
Some of his many accolades include the 2007 Goldene Kamera Award for his environment work,
a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2002 Chicago Film Festival, the International Star of the
Year at the Cinema Expo in Amsterdam, an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the Dublin Institute
of Technology, an Honorary Doctorate from the University College Cork and an Order of the
British Empire bestowed by Her Majesty the Queen.
Brosnan was born in County Meath, Ireland and moved to London at age 11. At 20, he enrolled
in drama school and while in London, performed in several West End stage productions including
Franco Zeffirelli's Fulimena and Tennessee Williams' The Red Devil Battery Sign at the York
Theater Royal.
Brosnan relocated to Los Angeles in 1982 and immediately landed the role of private investigator
Remington Steele on the popular ABC television series of the same name first marking his
worldwide recognition.
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PATRICIA CLARKSON (Pat Allen)
The roles Patricia Clarkson plays are as varied as the platform in which she plays them. Her
comfort in taking on roles from motion pictures, television and the theatre has earned her great
accolades and success, and has become one of today's most respected actresses in the
entertainment industry.
Clarkson is wrapped production on several films including Stanley Tucci's Blind Date in
Belgium., Daniel Banz's directorial debut Phoebe in Wonderland and Woody Allen's Untitled
Spanish project in Barcelona opposite Scarlett Johanson and Javier Bardem.
Blind Date centers around a couple (Tucci and Clarkson) who have lost a child and tries to
rebuild their relationship by pretending to be other people by meeting on blind dates.
In Phoebe in Wonderland she stars opposite Felicity Huffman, Bill Pullman and Elle Fanning.
Clarkson plays the role of an unconventional drama teacher who tries to guide a rebellions little
girl (Fanning).
This fall, Clarkson will be seen in Lars and the Real Girl opposite Ryan Gosling and Emily
Mortimer. Lars is the story of a timid man (Gosling) whose life changes dramatically when an
Internet friend comes to visit. The beautiful, religious missionary is in fact an inanimate replica of
a woman. MGM is releasing the film October 12th.
She will then be seen in Elegy opposite Sir Ben Kingsley and Dennis Hopper. Directed by Isabel
Coixet, the film is based on the novel by Philip Roth about a cultural critic, played by Kingsley,
whose life is thrown into disarray after an encounter with a student. MGM is scheduled to release
the film November 16th.
Additional credits include: All The King's Men, Goodnight, and, Good Luck, The Dying Gaul and
The Woods, Far from Heaven, Pieces of April, The Station Agent, Miracle, High Art, Dogville,
Welcome to Collinwood, The Pledge, The Green Mile, Everybody's All-American, The Dead
Pool, Rocket Gibraltar, Tune in Tomorrow, Joe Gould's Secret, Wendigo and Brian De Palma's
The Untouchables, her film debut.
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In 2003, Clarkson's work in two independent films earned her unparalleled recognition. She was
nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG Award, Broadcast Film Critics Award
and an independent Spirit Award for her role in Pieces of April. In addition, the Sundance Film
Festival awarded her the Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance in Pieces of April, The Station
Agent and All the Real Girls. Her performance in The Station Agent earned her a SAG Award
nomination for Best Actress and Best Ensemble Cast. The National Board of Review and the
National Society of Film Critics named her Best Supporting Actress of the Year for her work in
Pieces of April and The Station Agent.
She also won best-supporting-actress awards from the New York Film Critics Circle and National
Society of Film Critics for her performance in Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven. That role also
earned her a nomination from the Chicago Film Critics.
Her performance as Greta in Lisa Cholodenko's High Art earned her a nomination for an IFP
Independent Spirit Award.
On television, Clarkson won an Emmy in 2006 and 2002 for her guest-starring role on HBO's
acclaimed drama, Six Feet Under.
Clarkson made her professional acting debut on the New York stage. Her theatre credits include
"Eastern Standard" (on and off-Broadway), "Maidens Prayer" (for which she received Outer
Critics Circle and Drama Desk Award Nominations), "Raised in Captivity", "Oliver Oliver", "The
House of Blue Leaves", and "Three Days of Rain". Her regional credits include performances at
the Williamstown Theatre Festival, South Coast Repertory, and Yale Repertory."
Born and raised in New Orleans, Clarkson began acting in school plays in her early teens. After
studying speech at Louisiana State University for two years, she transferred to Fordham
University in New York, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in theatre arts.
She earned her MFA at the prestigious Yale School of Drama, where she appeared in "Electra",
"Pacific Overtures", "Pericles", "La Ronde", "The Lower Depths", and "The Misanthrope".
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RACHEL MCADAMS (Kay Nesbitt)
One of most sought after new actresses, McAdams has gained a solid reputation as an actor’s
actor.
McAdams was first recognized as the character Regina George 2004’s Mean Girls. She followed
Mean Girls with the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ novel The Notebook, alongside Ryan
Gosling.
In 2005, she played Owen Wilson's love interest in Wedding Crashers and then starred in the
suspense thriller Red Eye with Cillian Murphy. Her most recent role was in the comedy The
Family Stone where she starred in an ensemble cast alongside Diane Keaton, Craig T. Nelson,
Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Wilson, Brian J. White and Claire Danes.
McAdams was born in London, Ontario. At the age of thirteen she took up acting at a summer
theatre camp. She later graduated from York University with honors and a BFA in Theatre.
McAdams currently lives in Toronto, Canada.
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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
IRA SACHS (Writer/Director/Producer)
Married Life is the third feature from the writer and director Ira Sachs. His previous film, the
2005 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner Forty Shades of Blue, was released
theatrically in the U.S by First Look Pictures, and sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams. His
first feature, The Delta, was screened at the Toronto, Sundance and Rotterdam film festivals and
distributed in the U.S. by Strand Releasing. Sachs was the recipient of the Emerging Talent
Award at the 1997 Los Angeles Outfest, and was awarded a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship
in 1999. He was also a 2001 Fellow at the MacDowell Artist Colony, and has made several
shorts, including Vaudeville and Lady (Sundance, 1995).
Sachs was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee and has been a resident of New York City
since 1988.
SIDNEY KIMMEL (Producer)
Producer Sidney Kimmel is chairman and CEO of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, the Los
Angeles and New York-based production, finance and distribution company.
Active in the motion picture industry for more than 20 years, Kimmel is responsible for such
pictures as Blame It On Rio, 9½ Weeks and The Emperor’s Club. His passion as an independent
producer eventually led to the founding of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment in October 2004.
Producing up to ten features per year, the company works with esteemed filmmaking talent to
create quality, commercial films.
Kimmel and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, in association with Universal Pictures, financed
Academy Award nominee Paul Greengrass’ critically acclaimed United 93, as well as executive
producing Billy Ray’s Breach, starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe and Laura Linney.
Universal also released Nick Cassavetes’ Alpha Dog, the controversial film starring Emile Hirsch,
Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone and Justin Timberlake, which Kimmel produced and financed.
Kimmel is producing a diverse slate of films including Frank Oz’ Death at a Funeral, starring
Matthew Macfadyen and Peter Dinklage released by MGM, Kasi Lemmons’ Talk to Me, starring
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Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor, released by Focus Features, Jon Poll’s Charlie Bartlett,
starring Anton Yelcin, Robert Downey Jr. and Hope Davis to be released by MGM in 2008, Ira
Sachs’ Married Life, starring Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson and Rachel
McAdams; The Kite Runner directed by Marc Forster which is being produced with DreamWorks
Pictures, Participant Productions and Parkes/MacDonald Productions to be released by
Paramount Vantage and Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York starring
Academy-Award winning actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
In addition to his success in filmed entertainment, Kimmel founded Jones Apparel Group in 1975,
which has since grown into a $4.5 billion diversified fashion industry empire. Still active as the
chairman of Jones’ board of directors, he has also established the Sidney Kimmel Foundation and
its subsidiary, the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research, which is one of the nation's
largest individual donors to cancer research. Kimmel is extremely involved in philanthropic
endeavors benefiting his hometown of Philadelphia as well as Jewish education and continuity.
He recently oversaw the opening of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia,
home of the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra. He is also a partner in Cipriani
International, the acclaimed international restaurant and catering establishment, and is a part
owner of The Miami Heat.
STEVE GOLIN (Producer)
Founder and CEO of Anonymous Content, a multimedia development, production and talent
management company in Culver City, California, Steve Golin is an award-winning producer of
over 40 films and TV projects distinguished by an original and often quirky sensibility. A driving
creative force who takes a strong collaborative approach to projects, his latest is Babel, a
suspense-filled contemporary drama starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal,
which was released by Paramount Pictures and Paramount Vantage in 2006.
Golin also produced the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Jon Kasden, In the Land of
Women, a co-production with Castle Rock and Warner Independent starring Meg Ryan and Adam
Brody. Golin is currently sheperding two films through post-production: Smiley Face directed by
Gregg Araki, which stars Anna Farris, John Krasinski and Adam Brody, and All God’s Children
Can Dance, based on the short story by Haruki Murakami, screenplay by client Scott Coffey,
helmed by Anonymous commercial director Robert Logevall, and starring Sonja Kinski and
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Jason Lew. In addition to Married Life, currently in production is Case 39 starring Renee
Zellweger under director Christain Alvart.
Golin has garnered critical acclaim from such films as Being John Malkovich starring John
Malkovich, John Cusack and Cameron Diaz and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, starring
Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet under director Michel Gondry.
Prior to Anonymous, Golin co-founded Propaganda Films in 1986 and served as co-chairman
until leaving the company in 1999. During his tenure he produced such films as David Lynch’s
Wild at Heart, a Cannes Palme D’Or winner starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern; Madonna’s
provocative rockumentary Truth or Dare and David Fincher’s The Game starring Michael
Douglas and Sean Penn.
Steve Golin attended New York University, graduated from the American Film Institute with an
MFA in producing, and is currently a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences and the Producers Guild of America.
JAWAL NGA (Producer)
Jawal Nga founded Tiny Dancer Films, a New York-based production company dedicated to
independent film and designed to reflect Nga’s desire to follow in the tradition of directors Robert
Altman, Terence Malick and Peter Bogdanvich, with carefully-structured, character-driven
stories.
Nga served as Associate Producer on The Clearing starring Robert Redford and Helen Mirren and
then later went on to producer Ira Sachs’ previous film, Forty Shades of Blue. In 2005, Forty
Shades of Blue won Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Tiny Dancer is currently developing the script adaptations of Kevin Canty’s novel Into the Great
Wide Open with writer Coleman Hough, and Michael Ignatieff’s Charlie Johnson in the Flames
with writer Justin Haythe, screenwriter for The Clearing.
Nga grew up in Tripoli, Libya and London. He graduated New York University in 1996. Nga
currently resides in New York City.
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Credits
SIDNEY KIMMEL ENTERTAINMENT Present
An
ANONYMOUS CONTENT / FIRM FILMS Production
An IRA SACHS
Film
PIERCE BROSNAN
CHRIS COOPER
PATRICIA CLARKSON
RACHEL MCADAMS
DAVID WENHAM
CASTING BY
AVY KAUFMAN
Music Supervisor SUSAN JACOBS
Music by DICKON HINCHLIFFE
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Costume Designer
MICHAEL DENNISON
Editor AFFONSO GONçALVES
Production Designer HUGO LUCZYC-WYHOWSKI
Director of Photography PETER DEMING, ASC
Executive Producers WILLIAM HORBERG
DAVID NICKSAY
Executive Producers GEOFF STIER
ADAM SHULMAN MATT LITTIN
Executive Producers ALIX MADIGAN-YORKIN
BRUCE TOLL
Produced by
SIDNEY KIMMEL JAWAL NGA
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Produced by
STEVE GOLIN IRA SACHS
Based on the book Five Roundabouts to Heaven
by JOHN BINGHAM
Screenplay by IRA SACHS & OREN MOVERMAN
Directed by IRA SACHS
Unit Production Managers David Nicksay Simon Abbott
First Assistant Director Carl Mason Second Assistant Director Josy Capkun
Harry Allen Chris Cooper Miss Jones Annabel Kershaw
Richard Langley Pierce Brosnan Pat Allen Patricia Clarkson
Kay Nesbitt Rachel McAdams Mrs. Walsh Sheila Paterson
Tom David Richmond-Peck Becky Erin Boyes
Little Charlie Elijah St. Germain Dr. Anderson Terence Kelly Alvin Walters Timothy Webber
Photo Store Clerk Rebecca Codling John O'Brien David Wenham
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Ticket Taker Dolores Drake Well-tailored Man Malcolm Boddington
Operator Carrie Anne Fleming Policemen Sean Tyson
Ty Olsson Charades Players Mike Cook
Kathleen Duborg Dale Floyd Fred Keating Suzanne Ristic Alex Stevens
O'Brien's Girlfriend Anna Williams
Stunt Coordinator Melissa R. Stubbs Stunts David Jacox
Scott Ateah Carolyn Field Ken Kirzinger Gerald Paetz Paul Rutledge Brent Woolsey
Canadian Casting Coreen Mayrs, CSA Heike Brandstatter, CSA Crew
Art Director Gwendolyn Margetson Set Decorator Carol Lavallee
First Assistant "A" Camera Cam North
Second Assistant "A" Camera Laird Pierce "B" Camera Operators Glen Dickson
Andy Wilson First Assistants "B" Camera Reg Gole
Cary Lalonde Second Assistant "B" Camera Leigh Jenkins
Camera Trainees Andre Gheorghiu Nazim Edeer
Video Assist Andrew Pedley
Script Supervisor Christine Wilson
Re-Recording Mixer Roberto Fernandez
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Assistant Art Director Brian Cunningham
Graphic Artist Stanislava Shmakin Art Department Assistant Carmen Lee
Storyboard Artist Rob Pratt Storyboard Artist - New York Hoge Day
Assistant Set Decorator Lee Campbell Set Decoration Buyer Michelle Pitney
Lead Set Dresser John T. Boe Set Dressers Sharon Falck
Denise Hignell David Parke Jan Thorp
On Set Dresser Kevin Griffin-Park
Property Master Bryan Korenberg Assistant Property Master Haida Harper
Property Buyer Alexandra Cram
Assistant Costume Designers Jonny Pray Michelle Hunter
Set Supervisors Gillian Kieft Luisa Dalmagro
Costumers Patti Bishop Kevin Harrison Diane Nosella
Sound Design by Damian Volpe
Sound Mixer Lindsay Bucknell Boom Operator Jason Lecky Sound Assistant Pat Lauwers
Gaffer Andrew Davidson Best Boy Electric Shane Dobie Rigging Gaffer Keith S. Woods
Best Boy Rigging Electric Mark Aviss Generator Operators Roger Bailey
Brian Lymer Lamp Operators Rob Brady
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Owen Williams Trevor Carabin
Board Operator Todd Martin Set Wireman Jonathan Turton
Key Grip Steve Smith
Best Boy Grips Gary J. Williams James Williams
Dolly Grip Brian Bouma Key Rigging Grip Robin Jobin
Rigging Grips Scott Bonner Doug Parton
Grips Pat Waller Robin Say
Key Make Up Artist "Harry" & "Pat" Monica Huppert
Key Make Up Artist "Richard" Jayne Dancose Make Up Artist "Kay" Linda A. Grimes
Assistant Make Up Megan Davies Second Assistant Make Up Kayleen McAdams
Key Hair Stylist Robert Pandini Hair Stylist "Kay" Francesca Paris
Assistant Hair Stylist Dean Scheck Wig Makers Victoria Wood
Martial Corneville Stacey Butterworth
Production Coordinator Linda Sheehy-Brownstein First Assistant Coordinators Carl Gruell
Catherine Howard Second Assistant Coordinator Petina Louise Bradley Office Production Assistant Hanelize de Beer
Assistant to Mr. Sachs Lucas Joaquin
Assistant to Mr. Brosnan Nicola Conlon Cast/Producers' Assistant Kim Sutton
Third Assistant Directors Tanya Tagmann
Sara Irvine Trainee Assistant Director Alleris Gillham
Production Accountant Mandy Butler Assistant Accountant Suzie Bruce
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Payroll Accountant Katie Forss Accounting Clerk Alex Skrepnik
Post Production Accountant Post Accountants, Inc.
Special Effects Coordinator Rob Paller Assistant Special Effects Kurt Jackson
Don Resse
Location Manager Geoff Teoli
Assistant Location Managers Vincent Michael de la
Luna Renee Bella
Key Location Production Assistants Sean Meade
Kohl Jones Location Production Assistant Fareed Abdelhak
Choreographer Viktoria Langton
Construction Coordinator Alan D. Burdett
Construction Foreman Shane O'Reilly Construction Buyer John Sinclair Tool Maintenance Robert Swan Lead Carpenters Rob Allen
W.G. Burdett On Set Carpenter Rowland Dyton
Carpenter/First Aid Richard Elder Lead Laborer/First Aid Jaron Boon
Paint Coordinator Marko T. Lytviak Lead Painters Louis Holz
Natasha Muir Laborer Shelley Collins
Standby Painter Rena Van Steele Head Greens David Emmonds
Greens John Chaschowy On Set Greensman Rohan Lyal
Transportation Coordinator Bob Dennett
Transportation Captain Dave Kennedy Transportation Co-Captain Don Chase Picture Car Coordinators Richard W. McKay
Geoff Williams
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Drivers
Bill Fox Jared Boileau Jason Lapp Don Larone
Dan Ross Haveruk Doug March Mark Johnston Ed Chenier David Byerley Richard Atchison Mike Murphy Tom Groulx Colin Banner Charles Pinkus
Lori Merchant-O'Dwyer Rick McLennan Ken Sissons Harry Hachey
Shawn O'Hearn Don Bell John Hardjono Trent Thomas Preston Davis Bob Thorner Ron Fessler Chris Baldwinson
Wayne Cartwright Ed Scott Allan Voth
Security Coordinator Kim Howes
Stand Ins Jeffrey Kurtis
Ian Neeson Robin Ross Nina van den Boogaard
Post Production Supervisor Sarah Connors
Music Editor Suzana Peric
Assistant Editors Ron Dulin Cheryl Buckman
Sound Effects Editor Glenfield Payne Dialogue Editor Dave Ellinwood
ADR Editor Cate Montana Foley Supervisor Rachel Chancey
Foley Walker Jay Peck Foley Mixer Ryan Collison
Assistant Sound Editor Katherine Miller
Re-Recordist Keith Culbertson
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ADR Mixer David Boulton ADR Recordist Brian Gallagher
Mix Stage Sound One Corp Jim Gardner
Post Production Facility Post Factory NY Jim O'Hagan
Post Production Assistants Jessica Green Alex Gabucci
Assistant Music Editor John Carbonara Recording and Mixdown
Engineer Gary Chester Copyist Evan Barker
ADR Voice Casting Sondra James
Score Mixed at Avatar Studios, New York City
Main Titles Designed and Produced by Prologue
Lead Designer Ilya Abulhanov Senior Producer Unjoo Byars
Creative Supervisor Danny Yount Animator Alex Hanson Illustrators Chris Sanchez
Tony Weinstock Executive Producer Kyle Cooper
Visual Effects Supervisor Gray Marshall
Supervising VFX Producer Margaux Mackay
Gray Matter Visual
Effects
Lead Compositors Colin Liggett Trent Shumway
Matte Painter Robert Scifo Compositor John Cairns
Compositor/Rotoscope Artist Myung Kim VFX Producer Ashley Clark
VFX Coordinator Monika Chvatikova Systems Administrator Eric Jordan
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Casting Associates - U.S.A. Elizabeth Greenberg
Cody Beke Casting Associates - Canada Trica Thompson
Leah Nelson Extras Casting Andrea Brown
Background Wrangler Peter Mulholland
Animal Trainers Ian Doig Grace Macleod
First Aid/Craft Service Ari Ron Catering Geoff the Chef Ltd.
Head Chef Geoff Titcomb Assistant Chefs Michael Riley
Dal Watson
Stills Photographer Joseph Lederer Assistant to Steve Golin Jennifer Malloy
Assistant to Alix Madigan-Yorkin Blake DeRoss
Assistant to Adam Shulman Dan Cohen Executive in Charge of Music for
SKE Bonnie Greenberg SKE Music Executive Christy Gerhart Music Clearances by SuperVision
Production Legal Michael J. Linowes, Esq.
Insurance provided by AON/Ruben-Winkler Publicist Kathryn Perkins
Completion Guaranty provided by
International Film Guarantors
Payroll Service Entertainment Partners
Production Services provided by Marriage Productions Inc., a Canada Film Capitol company
Product Placement/Clearance Peter Cummings
Rights & Clearances by Entertainment Clearances,
Inc. Cassandra Barbour Laura Sevier
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"PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN" footage courtesy THE DOURIS CORPORATION
"MARTIN KANE PRIVATE EYE” footage courtesy of ALPHA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
"STREETS OF LAREDO" poster courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLLP
"MY FAVORITE HUSBAND" audio courtesy of CLASSIC IMAGES Additional footage provided by AMERICAN PLAYBACK IMAGES
Color Timer Chris Regan Negative Cutting Kona Cutting
Gary Burritt Dolby Sound Consultant Ken Hunold
Opticals by EFILM Dailies Telecine Rainmaker
Prints by Deluxe Hollywood
I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE Performed by DORIS DAY
Written by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh Courtesy of Soundies, Inc. by arrangement with DePugh Music
TRULY YOURS Performed by PAUL CANTELON
Written by Paul Cantelon Courtesy of Paul Cantelon
DUET, ACT 2, BARCAROLLE (VOCAL) Performed by OGM CLASSICAL STRINGS
Written by Jacques Offenbach Courtesy of OGM Production Music / Ole Georg Music
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BLACK TRAIN BLUES
Performed by JAY MCSHANN Written by Jay McShann and E.C. Robinson
Courtesy of Tuff City Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group
GOT A RIGHT TO CRY
Performed by JOE LIGGINS AND HIS HONEYDRIPPERS Written by Joe Liggins
Courtesy of Tuff City Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group
TANYA
Performed by JOE LIGGINS AND HIS HONEYDRIPPERS Written by Joe Liggins
Courtesy of Tuff City Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group
GERONIMO
Performed by JAY MCSHANN Written by Jay McShann
Courtesy of Tuff City Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group
THINKING ABOUT MY BABY Performed by JAY MCSHANN
Written by Jay McShann Courtesy of Tuff City Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group
ALL NITE LONG
Performed by JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA Written by Johnny Otis Courtesy of Savoy Jazz
NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I’VE SEEN
Performed by KAY STARR Courtesy of Soundies, Inc. by arrangement with DePugh Music
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SAY YOU’RE MINE Performed by PAUL CANTELON
Written by Paul Cantelon Courtesy of Paul Cantelon
ANY TIME AT ALL Performed by AL LERNER with DICK HAYMES
Written by Al Lerner Courtesy of pigFactory
YOU TURNED YOUR BACK ON ME Performed by JAY MCSHANN
Written by Jay McShann Courtesy of Tuff City Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group
DUBIOUS CHARACTER Performed by JIM BLAKE
Written by Jim Blake Courtesy of Extreme Music
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Dependent Cinema
Miguel Arteta Paul Brennan
Bill Clegg Mariela & Roberto Fernandez
Bobye List Yael Hirsch Moverman
Mohamed Nga Jehad Nga
Jonathan Nossiter Lana Perić
Rosângela B. Piñero Greta Seacat
The Sachs Family
The events and characters depicted in this motion picture are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and
criminal prosecution.
© 2007 Kimmel Distribution, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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