Possession (2002)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 43 mins | Drama, Romance, Period, Adaptation | Released: 8/16/2002 |Box Office Total: $10.1M

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Synopsis:

Roland Michell is an upstart American scholar in London on a fellowship to study the great Randolph Henry Ash. Ash is best known for the rapturous poems he dedicated to his wife, and is currently the subject of a major exhibition. Maud Bailey is a brilliant, by-the-book academic, researching the life and work of the lesser-known Victorian poet Christabel LaMotte. As the history books tell it, La Motte met Ash briefly at a dinner, and they never encountered each other again. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to link the two poets as secret lovers, they follow the trail of clues across England to the Continent. As the growing mystery leads them from dusty bookshelves to exotic hideaways and beyond, their adventure, in a very modern way, begins to mirror the romantic journey of Ash and LaMotte, over a century earlier.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
8/16/2002

Studio	Credit
Warner Bros. Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Neil LaBute	Director
Cast	Credit
Gwyneth Paltrow	Maud Bailey
Aaron Eckhart	Roland Michell
Jeremy Northam	Randolph Henry Ash
Jennifer Ehle	Christabel LaMotte
Lena Headey	Blanche Glover
Holly Aird	Ellen Ash
Toby Stephens	Fergus Wolfe
Trevor Eve	Professor Morton Cropper
Tom Hickey	Blackadder
Georgia Mackenzie	Paola
Tom Hollander	Euan
Graham Cowden	Sir George Bailey
Anna Massey	Lady Bailey
Craig Crosbie	Hildebrand
Christopher Good	Crabb-Robinson
Elodie Frenck	Sabine
Vicki Bensted	Woman in Hotel
Shelley Conn	Candi
Jonty Stephens	Shop Owner
Alexi K Campbell	Auction Director
Hugh Simon	Librarian
Richard Heffer	Lord Lytton
Felicity Brangan	Ash's Maid
Holly Earl	May Bailey
Kate O'Toole	Mrs. Jameson
Meg Wynn Owen	Mrs. Lees
Roger Hammond	Professor Spear
Jeanne Marine	University Secretary
Production Credits	Credit
Stephen Pevner	Co-Producer
Paula Weinstein	Producer
David Barron	Executive Producer
Len Amato	Executive Producer
Barry Levinson	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Weiland Film Company	Production Company
Baltimore/Spring Creek Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
WBI	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Good Machine	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
United Kingdom
Writer	Credit
David Henry Hwang	Screenplay
A.S. Byatt	Source Material (from novel)
Laura Jones	Screenplay
Neil LaBute	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Bob Blues	Production Accountant
Jacky Holding	Assistant Accountant
Gordon Davis	Assistant Accountant - Cashier
Art Department	Credit
Luciana Arrighi	Production Designer
Ian Whittaker	Set Decorator
Luke Furlonger	Sculptor
Ros Pritchard	Illustrator - Calligraphy Artist
James Gemmill	Scenic Artist
Annie Gilhooly	Art Department Coordinator
Andrew Sanders	Art Director - Supervising Art Director
Remo Tozzi	Art Department - Draughtsman
Tony Wright	Storyboard Artist
Trevor Eve	Painter - Supervising Painter
Joe Foley	Assistant Art Director
Christian Huband	Assistant Art Director
Matthew Robinson	Art Department - Draughtsman
Paul Ghirardani	Art Director
William Bernie	Painter
Anna-Maria Chetwynd	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
John Butler	Painter
Ian Williamson	Painter
Saskia Green	Art Department - Art Department Runner
Jason Reilly	Painter
Katja Lindner	Painter
Denis Culhane	Painter
Nick Bowen	Painter
Ian Richards	Painter - Standby Painter
Casting	Credit
Fiona Weir	Casting Assistant
Mary Selway	Casting
Brendan Donnison	Voice Casting - ADR Voice Casting
Vanessa Baker	Voice Casting - ADR Voice Casting
Film Camera	Credit
David Appleby	Photography - Stills Photographer
Jeff Smithwick	Color Timer
Gordon Hayman	Camera Operator
Michael Evans	Camera Assistant - Focus Puller
David Mackie	Camera Trainee
Chris Taylor	Videotape Operator - Video Operator
Frank Gell	Camera - Lighting Cameraman (2nd Unit)
Paul Swann	Film Lab - Laboratory Contact
Leo Holloway	Videotape Operator - Assistant Video Operator
Marc Atherfold	Camera Assistant - Clapper Loader
Bill Kaye	Photography - Stills Photographer
Nic Milner	Camera Operator
Howard J Smith	Camera Operator
Simon Mills	Camera Assistant - Focus Puller
Eamonn O'Keeffe	Camera Assistant - Focus Puller
Mike Frift	Camera Operator
Catherine Frift	Camera Assistant - Clapper Loader
Jonathan Fisher	Camera Assistant - Stills Assistant
Film Sales Financing	Credit
WBI	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Liz Schrek	Music Coordinator
Harry Rabinowitz	Music Conductor - Orchestra Conductor
Gabriel Yared	Orchestrations
Graham Walker	Music Supervisor - Music Production Supervisor
Gerard McCann	Music Editor
Gabriel Yared	Music
Ramon Vargas	Music Performer
Gabriel Yared	Music Producer
Jonathan Allen	Music Engineer - Music Recording and Mixing Engineer
Gabriel Yared	Composer
Peter Gosling	Lyrics
Isobel Griffiths	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Andrew Dudman	Music Engineer - Assistant Recoding Engineer
Michela Antonello	Music - Italian Translation
Graham Walker	Music Producer
Rolf Wilson	Music Conductor - Orchestra Leader
John Bell	Orchestrations
Jean-Pierre Arquie	Music Coordinator - Mr. Yared's Music Coordinator
Gabriel Yared	Music Conductor
Stefan Moucha	Orchestrations - Additional Orchestrations
Kirsty Whalley	Music - Music Design
Chris Bolster	Music Engineer - Assistant Recoding Engineer
Allan Jenkins	Music - Music Design
Kathy Thompson	Music Conductor - Orchestra Leader
Physical Effects	Credit
Tom Lucy	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Stephen Barker	Post-Production Supervisor
Libbie Barr	Script Supervisor
Imogen Stringer	Assistant Production Coordinator - Assistant Coordinator
Sue Quinn	Location Manager
Ashton Radcliffe	Assistant Location Manager
Iona Price	Production Manager (2nd Unit)
Louise Seymour	Post-Production Coordinator
Joseph Jayawardena	Unit Manager
Richard Styles	Assistant Director - First Assistant Director
Guy Tannahill	Line Producer
Kelly Howard-Garde	Production Coordinator
Aurelia Thomas	Location Assistant
Stephan Guillemet	Location Assistant - Location Finder
Mike Elliott	Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director
Andy Clayton	Unit Manager - Additional Unit Manager
Ralph Cameron	Assistant Location Manager
Caroline McCarthy	Assistant Location Manager
Nic Shearer	Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director
Duncan Muggoch	Location Assistant - Location Finder
Richard Hill	Location Assistant - Location Runner
Carlos Fidel	Assistant Director - Third Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Claudia Kalindjian	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Nigel Mills	Sound Supervisor - Additional Sound Supervisor
Robin O'Donoghue	Rerecording Mixer
Daniel Laurie	ADR Editor
Derek Trigg	Foley Editor
Sam Auguste	Assistant Sound Editor
Peter Burgess	Foley Artist
Ed Colyer	Foley Recordist
Peter Gleaves	ADR Mixer
Mark August	Supervising Sound Editor
David Crozier	Sound Mixer - Production Sound Mixer
Nigel Bennett	Rerecording - Rerecording Assistant
John Casali	Sound - Sound Maintenance
David Tyler	Foley - Assistant Foley
Steven Wyles	Sound - Sound Assistant
Kevin O'Leary	ADR Mixer
Andie Derrick	Foley Artist
Hugo Adams	Assistant Sound Editor
Richard Street	Rerecording Mixer
Mike Dowson	Rerecording Mixer - Additional Rerecording Mixer
Bill Higley	ADR Mixer
Leslie Mona-Mathis	ADR Mixer
Mark Taylor	Rerecording Mixer - Additional Rerecording Mixer
David Boulton	ADR Mixer
Alex Raspa	ADR Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Wilma Dunn	Special Effects - Special Effects Buyer/Coordinator
Paul Dunn	Special Effects Supervisor
Antony Hunt	Visual Effects Producer - Visual Effects Executive Producer
Mark Phillips	Special Effects Technician
Daniel Letch	Special Effects Technician
Andrew Jeffrey	Visual Effects Producer
Scott McIntyre	Special Effects Technician
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Anna Kot	Assistant Costume Designer
Jan Archibald	Hairdresser - Chief Hairdresser
Kenny Crouch	Wardrobe Supervisor
Jane Law	Costumes - Additional Costumes
Heather Leat	Wardrobe Assistant
Jenny Beavan	Costume Designer
Barbara Ohren	Seamstress Supervisor - Seamstress
Mark Holmes	Wardrobe - Wardrobe Master
Kate J. Thompson	Makeup - Makeup Trainee
Sallie Jaye	Makeup Artist - Chief Makeup Artist
Rebecca Lafford	Makeup Artist
Kay Georgiou	Hairdresser
Ron Mawbey	Wardrobe Assistant
Stephen Miles	Costumes - Additional Costumes
Annie Crawford	Wardrobe - Wardrobe Mistress
Stephen Miles	Assistant Costume Designer
Astrid Schikorra	Hairdresser
Kirsten Hecktermann	Wardrobe Assistant
Belinda Parrish	Makeup Artist
Sophie Norinder	Wardrobe - Dresser
Chrissie Whitney	Makeup Artist
Loulia Sheppard	Hairdresser
Sylvie Muinos	Hairdresser

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