Birthday Girl (2002)

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R | 1 hr 33 mins | Drama, Romance, Crime, Black comedy | Released: 1/1/2002 |Box Office Total: $4.9M

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Synopsis:

John Buckingham was an ordinary bank employee with a small home and a life built on routine... until he took a bride through an on-line mail order service called "From Russia With Love." The morning she arrives is her birthday, but he's the one who's in for the surprise. When the new bride's two "cousins," Yuri and Alexei, arrive John's life is turned upside down as he learns the truth behind their relationship and is taken on the adventure of a lifetime-- when they take her hostage and force John to rob his own bank.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/2002

Studio	Credit
Miramax Records	Studio
Director	Credit
Jez Butterworth	Director
Cast	Credit
Nicole Kidman	Nadia
Nicole Kidman	Sophia
Ben Chaplin	John Buckingham
Vincent Cassel	Alexei
Mathieu Kassovitz	Yuri
Kate Lynn Evans	Clare
Stephen Mangan	Bank Manager
Xander Armstrong	Robert Moseley
Sally Phillips	Karen
Jo McInnes	Waitress
Ben Miller	Concierge
Jonathan Aris	D I O'Fetiger
Katya Barton-Chapple	Young Sophia
Rebecca Clarke	Bank Collegue
Mark Gatiss	Tim
Raj Ghatak	Bank Collegue
David Mark	Bank Collegue
Sue Maund	Woman with Lost Hat
Steve Pemberton	Duty Sergeant
Jack Pierce	Bank Colleague
Reece Shearsmith	Porter
Alan Stocks	Passport Official
J J Toba	Policeman No 2
Production Credits	Credit
Steve Butterworth	Producer
Paul Webster	Executive Producer
Diana Phillips	Producer
Julie Goldstein	Executive Producer
Colin Leventhal	Executive Producer
Sydney Pollack	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Portobello Pictures Ltd.	Production Company
Film Four	Production Company
HAL Films	Production Company
Mirage Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Miramax Records	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Film Four Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Jez Butterworth	Screenplay
Tom Butterworth	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Christine Moran	Accountant
Simon Hill	Assistant Production Accountant
Jim Hajicosta	Production Accountant
David Havard	Production Insurance - insurance provider
Nicola Ebner	Assistant Accountant - accounts assistant
Matt Dalton	Post-Production Accountant
Dean Hood	Assistant Accountant
Dan Palmer	Post-Production Accountant
H W Wood	Production Insurance - insurance provider
Tony Gibbs	Production Insurance - insurance provider
Julie Clement	Post-Production Accountant
Kathy England	Production Insurance - insurance provider
Art Department	Credit
Linda Wilson	Set Decorator
Anthia Hodge	Art Department Coordinator
Steven Sallybanks	Scenic Artist
Arabella Lockhart	Set Dresser - set dresser/buyer
Rosie Hardwick	Assistant Art Director
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski	Production Designer
Glyn Dillon	Storyboard Artist
Martin Foley	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Rebecca Holmes	Art Director
Adam Brockbank	Storyboard Artist
Julia Castle	Assistant Art Director
Verena Khan	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Verity Roberts	Set Decorator
Diaan Wajon	Art Director
Emmanuel Kostoglou	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Julian Calde	Storyboard Artist
Tony Chance	Storyboard Artist
Casting	Credit
Jina Jay	Casting
Louis Elman	Voice Casting
Kelly Marshall	Extras Casting
Shaheen Baig	Casting - casting assistant
Jina Jay Casting	Casting Agency casting
Craft Services	Credit
Paul Hughes	Catering - 2nd Chef
Reza Mokhtar	Catering - caterer
Film Camera	Credit
Neal Stevens	Video - video operator
Jules Wurm	Camera Assistant - "B" camera assistant
Peter Robertson	Steadicam Operator
Steve Hall	Camera - "B" camera focus
John Heath	Color Timer
Robert Agganis	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Oliver Stapleton	Director of Photography
Liam Daniel	Photography - stills photographer
Damien Church	Video - video split operator
David Bryant	Camera - "B" camera focus
Peter Robertson	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Adrien Seffrin	Camera Assistant - "B" camera assistant
Martin Lee	Steadicam Operator
Keri Lee-Hammelswang	Camera Assistant - "B" camera assistant
Robert Agganis	Steadicam Operator
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Miramax International	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
andy glen	Music Editor
Anthony Pleeth	Music Performer - cello
Nick Ingman	Music Conductor - orchestra conductor
Paul Englishby	Song - song arranger
Isobel Griffiths	Music Contractor - musicians contractor
Sick Rhyme Sayazz	Song Performer
Stephen Warbeck	Music
Bob Last	Music Supervisor
Koolade	Song Performer
Paul Clarvis	Music Performer - percussion
Chris Dibble	Music - music mixing & recording facilities
Patty Hill	Song
Gerard McCann	Music Editor
John Parricelli	Music - guitar
Mildred Hill	Song
DA Il Deuce	Song Performer
Dash	Song
Steve Donnelly	Music - guitar
Martin France	Music - drums
Dash	Song - song producer & performer
Khukri	Song
Paul Clarvis	Music - drums
Physical Effects	Credit
Sy Hollands	Stunt Man
Nick Powell	Stunt Coordinator
Guy Norris	Stunt Coordinator
Analie Whitfield	Stunt Man
Andy Bennett	Stunt Man
Ray De-Haan	Stunt Man
Peter Miles	Stunt Man
Jamie Millington	Stunt Man
Levan Doran	Stunt Man
Dominic Freece	Stunt Man
Production Management	Credit
Bernard Bellew	Production Manager
Donna Grey	Line Producer
Jo Beckett	Unit Manager
Stephen Barker	Post-Production Supervisor
Maude Heath	Location Assistant
Simon Hinkly	Assistant Director
Jeremy Johns	Location Manager
Fran Triefus	Production Coordinator
Lisa Vick	Script Supervisor
Carl Wood	Location Manager
Vicki Popplewell	Line Producer
Brad Roberts	Unit Manager
Serena Gattuso	Production Coordinator
Belinda Dean	Location Assistant
Caroline Bonham	Production Manager
Chris Newman	Assistant Director
Adrian Toynton	Assistant Director
Janet Nielsen	Assistant Director
Johnny Pacialeo	Assistant Director
Tanya Jackson Vaughn	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Claudia Kalindjian	Unit Publicist
Charles McDonald	Publicity - publicist
Claudia Farmer	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Arnaud Clerici	ADR Mixer
Garth Marshall	Sound Mixer - production sound mixer
Ian Fuller	Sound Editor
Pauline Griffiths	Foley Artist
Ian MacBeth	Assistant Sound Editor
Malcolm Rose	Boom Operator
Robin O'Donoghue	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
John Bateman	Foley Recordist
James Harris	Sound - sound trainee
Richard Street	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Lucy Fawcett	Foley Artist
David Lucarelli	ADR Mixer
Eddy Joseph	Sound Editor
Richard Fordham	Assistant Sound Editor
Steve Mayer	Assistant Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Michael Turoff	CGI Artist - CGI visual effects
Graham Longhurst	Special Effects Supervisor
Beth Pickworth	Graphic Designer
Val Wardlow	CGI Artist - CGI visual effects
Nick Drew	CGI Artist - CGI visual effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Phoebe De Gaye	Costume Designer
Robyn Elliott	Costume Supervisor
Noriko Watanabe	Makeup - Nicole Kidman's makeup & hair
Erica Wells	Hairdresser
Allison Wyldeck	Wardrobe Supervisor
Jan Simpson	Wardrobe Assistant
Peter Owen	Wig Supplier - wigmaker
Helen Mattocks	Wardrobe - Nicole Kidman's dresser
Viv Mepham	Makeup Artist
Keith Park	Wardrobe Assistant
Fiona Hollie	Wardrobe - wardrobe stand-by
Robbie Austin	Makeup - makeup & hair stand-by
Adel Dunno	Makeup - makeup & hair stand-by
Elie Kamal	Wardrobe - wardrobe stand-by
Ashley Johnson	Makeup - makeup & hair stand-by
Sunita Mudalier	Wardrobe - wardrobe stand-by
Carro Knott	Makeup - makeup & hair stand-by
Fiona Nicols	Wardrobe - wardrobe stand-by
Paula Ryan	Wardrobe - wardrobe stand-by
Deborah Lanser	Makeup - makeup & hair stand-by
Trish Newton	Makeup - makeup & hair stand-by
Kate Green	Wardrobe - stand-by costume
Simone Wajon	Makeup - makeup & hair stand-by
Paul Williams	Makeup - makeup & hair stand-by

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•	Nicole Kidman has had "surreal" year

•	By the Numbers: Feb. 8

•	By the Numbers: Feb. 1

•	Box office report Feb. 3