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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
Élodie 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
David Barron	Executive Producer
Paula Weinstein	Producer
Barry Levinson	Producer
Len Amato	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Weiland Film Company	Production Company
Baltimore/Spring Creek Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
WBI	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Focus Features	Domestic Theatrical 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
Jacky Holding	Assistant Accountant
Bob Blues	Production Accountant
Gordon Davis	Assistant Accountant - Cashier
Art Department	Credit
Joe Foley	Assistant Art Director
Ros Pritchard	Illustrator - Calligraphy Artist
Luciana Arrighi	Production Designer
Andrew Sanders	Art Director - Supervising Art Director
Trevor Eve	Painter - Supervising Painter
Luke Furlonger	Sculptor
James Gemmill	Scenic Artist
Annie Gilhooly	Art Department Coordinator
Remo Tozzi	Art Department - Draughtsman
Ian Whittaker	Set Decorator
Tony Wright	Storyboard Artist
Paul Ghirardani	Art Director
Christian Huband	Assistant Art Director
Matthew Robinson	Art Department - Draughtsman
William Bernie	Painter
John Butler	Painter
Anna-Maria Chetwynd	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Saskia Green	Art Department - Art Department Runner
Ian Williamson	Painter
Jason Reilly	Painter
Katja Lindner	Painter
Denis Culhane	Painter
Nick Bowen	Painter
Ian Richards	Painter - Standby Painter
Casting	Credit
Mary Selway	Casting
Fiona Weir	Casting Assistant
Brendan Donnison	Voice Casting - ADR Voice Casting
Vanessa Baker	Voice Casting - ADR Voice Casting
Film Camera	Credit
David Appleby	Photography - Stills Photographer
Michael Evans	Camera Assistant - Focus Puller
Jeff Smithwick	Color Timer
Paul Swann	Film Lab - Laboratory Contact
David Mackie	Camera Trainee
Frank Gell	Camera - Lighting Cameraman (2nd Unit)
Gordon Hayman	Camera Operator
Chris Taylor	Videotape Operator - Video Operator
Leo Holloway	Videotape Operator - Assistant Video Operator
Marc Atherfold	Camera Assistant - Clapper Loader
Bill Kaye	Photography - Stills Photographer
Nic Milner	Camera Operator
Simon Mills	Camera Assistant - Focus Puller
Howard J Smith	Camera Operator
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
Gerard McCann	Music Editor
Isobel Griffiths	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Peter Gosling	Lyrics
Harry Rabinowitz	Music Conductor - Orchestra Conductor
Liz Schrek	Music Coordinator
Ramon Vargas	Music Performer
Jonathan Allen	Music Engineer - Music Recording and Mixing Engineer
Graham Walker	Music Supervisor - Music Production Supervisor
Gabriel Yared	Orchestrations
Gabriel Yared	Music
Gabriel Yared	Music Producer
Gabriel Yared	Composer
Graham Walker	Music Producer
John Bell	Orchestrations
Jean-Pierre Arquie	Music Coordinator - Mr. Yared's Music Coordinator
Michela Antonello	Music - Italian Translation
Rolf Wilson	Music Conductor - Orchestra Leader
Andrew Dudman	Music Engineer - Assistant Recoding Engineer
Kirsty Whalley	Music - Music Design
Stefan Moucha	Orchestrations - Additional Orchestrations
Chris Bolster	Music Engineer - Assistant Recoding Engineer
Gabriel Yared	Music Conductor
Kathy Thompson	Music Conductor - Orchestra Leader
Allan Jenkins	Music - Music Design
Physical Effects	Credit
Tom Lucy	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Stephen Barker	Post-Production Supervisor
Libbie Barr	Script Supervisor
Guy Tannahill	Line Producer
Aurelia Thomas	Location Assistant
Richard Styles	Assistant Director - First Assistant Director
Imogen Stringer	Assistant Production Coordinator - Assistant Coordinator
Iona Price	Production Manager (2nd Unit)
Sue Quinn	Location Manager
Ashton Radcliffe	Assistant Location Manager
Louise Seymour	Post-Production Coordinator
Kelly Howard-Garde	Production Coordinator
Joseph Jayawardena	Unit Manager
Mike Elliott	Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director
Stephan Guillemet	Location Assistant - Location Finder
Ralph Cameron	Assistant Location Manager
Andy Clayton	Unit Manager - Additional Unit Manager
Caroline McCarthy	Assistant Location Manager
Nic Shearer	Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director
Duncan Muggoch	Location Assistant - Location Finder
Carlos Fidel	Assistant Director - Third Assistant Director
Richard Hill	Location Assistant - Location Runner
Publicity	Credit
Claudia Kalindjian	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Nigel Bennett	Rerecording - Rerecording Assistant
Derek Trigg	Foley Editor
Mark August	Supervising Sound Editor
Sam Auguste	Assistant Sound Editor
Nigel Mills	Sound Supervisor - Additional Sound Supervisor
Robin O'Donoghue	Rerecording Mixer
David Tyler	Foley - Assistant Foley
Daniel Laurie	ADR Editor
Peter Gleaves	ADR Mixer
Ed Colyer	Foley Recordist
John Casali	Sound - Sound Maintenance
Peter Burgess	Foley Artist
David Crozier	Sound Mixer - Production Sound Mixer
Andie Derrick	Foley Artist
Richard Street	Rerecording Mixer
Steven Wyles	Sound - Sound Assistant
Hugo Adams	Assistant Sound Editor
Kevin O'Leary	ADR 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
Mark Phillips	Special Effects Technician
Paul Dunn	Special Effects Supervisor
Wilma Dunn	Special Effects - Special Effects Buyer/Coordinator
Antony Hunt	Visual Effects Producer - Visual Effects Executive Producer
Andrew Jeffrey	Visual Effects Producer
Daniel Letch	Special Effects Technician
Scott McIntyre	Special Effects Technician
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Mark Holmes	Wardrobe - Wardrobe Master
Jenny Beavan	Costume Designer
Sallie Jaye	Makeup Artist - Chief Makeup Artist
Anna Kot	Assistant Costume Designer
Heather Leat	Wardrobe Assistant
Jane Law	Costumes - Additional Costumes
Barbara Ohren	Seamstress Supervisor - Seamstress
Kate J. Thompson	Makeup - Makeup Trainee
Jan Archibald	Hairdresser - Chief Hairdresser
Kenny Crouch	Wardrobe Supervisor
Annie Crawford	Wardrobe - Wardrobe Mistress
Rebecca Lafford	Makeup Artist
Stephen Miles	Assistant Costume Designer
Stephen Miles	Costumes - Additional Costumes
Ron Mawbey	Wardrobe Assistant
Kay Georgiou	Hairdresser
Kirsten Hecktermann	Wardrobe Assistant
Sophie Norinder	Wardrobe - Dresser
Belinda Parrish	Makeup Artist
Astrid Schikorra	Hairdresser
Loulia Sheppard	Hairdresser
Chrissie Whitney	Makeup Artist
Sylvie Muinos	Hairdresser

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