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La Promessa dell'Assassino

UK/Canada/USA, 2007

Regia: David Cronenberg
Sceneggiatura: Steve Knight
Fotografia: Peter Suschitzky
Montaggio: Ronald Sanders
Scenografia: Carol Spier
Musica: Howard Shore
Costumi: Denise Cronenberg

Cast
Naomi Watts ... Anna
Viggo Mortensen ... Nikolai
Vincent Cassel ... Kirill
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse...Tatiana
Tatiana Maslany ... Tatiana's voice
Josef Altin ... Ekrem
Mina E. Mina ... Azim
Aleksandar Mikic... Soyka
Lalita Ahmed ... Customer
Badi Uzzaman ... Chemist
Doña Croll ... Nurse
Raza Jaffrey ... Doctor Aziz
Sinéad Cusack ... Helen
Jerzy Skolimowski... Stepan
Armin Mueller-Stahl... Semyon
Shannon-Fleur Roux... Maria
Lillibet Langley... Violin Girl
Mia Soteriou ... Azim’s Wife
Radoslaw Kaim ... Head Waiter
Donald Sumpter ... Yuri
Rhodri Wyn Miles... Senior Officer
Tereza Srbova ... Kirilenko
Elisa Lasowski ... Prostitute
Cristina Catalina... Prostitute
Alice Henley ... Prostitute
Faton Gerbeshi ... Pimp
David Papava ... Chechen
Tamer Hassan ... Chechen
Gergo Danka ... Junior Waiter
Michael Sarne ... Valery
Boris Isarov ... Russian Boss
Yuri Klimov ... Russian Boss
Andrzej Borkowski... The Gypsy
Olegar Fedoro ... Tattooist

Produttori:
Stephen Garrett .... executive producer
Robert Lantos .... producer
Tracey Seaward .... co-producer
Kahli Small .... executive producer
Paul Webster .... producer

Produzione:
Serendipity Point Films
BBC Films
Focus Features
Kudos Film and Television
Scion Films Limited

Distribuzione (principali):
Pathé Distribution (2007) (UK) (all media)
Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
Focus Features (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
Roadshow Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)
Roadshow Films (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)
TOBIS Film (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)

Specifiche tecniche:
Camera: Arriflex Cameras and Lenses
Laboratory: DeLuxe
Film length (metres): 2745 m (Sweden)
Film negative format (mm/video inches): 35 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic process: Digital Intermediate (master format), Spherical (source format)
Printed film format: 35 mm
Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
Durata: 96 minuti

Budget: circa 25,000,000£
Incasso:
Totale globale: 56,106,607$ = USA 17,266,000$ + estero 38,840,407$
USA: weekend d'apertura 5,659,133$ (21 settembre 2007), posizione #5, schermi 1404; permanenza al box office 7 settimane
Top incassi esteri: Francia 6,811,877$ ; Spagna 4,821,946$ ; Italia 4,696,527$; Regno Unito 4,399,217$ ; Germania 3,385,681$ ; Danimarca 2,228,604$ ; Australia 1,081,509$
Italia: weekend d'apertura 606,074$ (14 dicembre 2007), posizione #5, schermi 146; permanenza al box office 11 settimane
Home-video globale: 28,870,000$

Premi:
2008 – Best International Film - Saturn Award – Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2008 - Best Performance Actor (Viggo Mortensen) - TFCA Award - Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2008 - Best Foreign Actor (Viggo Mortensen) - Sant Jordi - Sant Jordi Awards
2008 - Best Foreign Film (David Cronenberg) - Sant Jordi - Sant Jordi Awards
2008 - Best Foreign Film (David Cronenberg) - Fotogramas de Plata - Fotogramas de Plata, Spain
2008 - Best Achievement in Cinematography (Peter Suschitzky) - Genie - Genie Awards
2008 - Best Achievement in Editing (Ronald Sanders) - Genie - Genie Awards
2008 - Best Achievement in Music/Original Score (Howard Shore) - Genie - Genie Awards
2008 - Best Achievement in Overall Sound (S. Wilson, C.T. Cooke, O. Sushko, M. Zsifkovits) - Genie - Genie Awards
2008 - Best Achievement in Sound Editing (W. Griffin, R. Bertola, T. Currie, A. Malcolm, M. O'Farrell) - Genie - Genie Awards
2008 - Best Performance Actor Supporting Role (A. Mueller-Stahl) - Genie - Genie Awards
2008 - Best Screenplay (Steven Knight) - Genie - Genie Awards
2008 – Best Actor Canadian Film (Viggo Mortensen) – VFCC Award – Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2008 – Best Director Canadian Film (David Cronenberg) – VFCC Award – Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2008 – Best Canadian Film – VFCC Award – Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2007 - Toronto Film Festival - People's Choice Award (David Cronenberg)
2007 - Best Actor Drama (Viggo Mortensen) - Satellite Award - Satellite Awards
2007 - Best Performance Actor (Viggo Mortensen) - British Indipendent Film Award - British Indipendent Film Awards
Nominations:
2008 – Best Drama Poster – Golden Trailer – Golden Trailer Awards
2008 – Best Thriller – Golden Trailer – Golden Trailer Awards
2008 – Outstanding Actor Performance Leading Role (Viggo Mortensen) – Actor – Screen Actors Guild Awards
2008 – Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen) – Saturn Award - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2008 – Best Actress (Naomi Watts) – Saturn Award - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2008 – Best Non-American Film – Bodil Award – Bodil Awards, Denmark
2008 - Best Motion Picture Drama - Golden Globe - Golden Globes, USA
2008 - Best Original Score (Howard Shore) - Golden Globe - Golden Globes, USA
2008 - Best Performance Actor (Viggo Mortensen) - Golden Globe - Golden Globes, USA
2008 - Best Foreign Film (David Cronenberg) - César - César Awards, France
2008 - British Film of the Year - ALFS Award - London Critics Circle Film Awards
2008 - Best Sound Editing Foreign Film - Golden Reel Award - Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
2008 - Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen) - OFCS Award - Online Film Critics Society Awards
2008 - Best Director (David Cronenberg) - OFCS Award - Online Film Critics Society Awards
2008 - Best Original Screenplay (Steven Knight) - OFCS Award - Online Film Critics Society Awards
2008 - Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen) - Critics Choice Award - Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2008 - Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen) - Oscar - Academy Awards, USA
2008 - Best British Film (D. Cronenberg, P. Webster, R. Lantos, S. Knight) - BAFTA Film Award - BAFTA Awards
2008 - Best Leading Actor (Viggo Mortensen) - BAFTA Film Award - BAFTA Awards
2008 - Best Thriller - Empire Award - Empire Awards, UK
2008 - Best Achievement in Art Direction (Carol Spier) - Genie - Genie Awards
2008 - Best Achievement in Costume Design (Denise Cronenberg) - Genie - Genie Awards
2008 - Best Achievement in Direction (David Cronenberg) - Genie - Genie Awards
2008 - Best Motion Picture (R. Lantos, P. Webster) - Genie - Genie Awards
2008 - Best Performance Actor Leading Role (Viggo Mortensen) - Genie - Genie Awards
2008 - Best Achievement Genie (S. Dupuis) - Genie - Genie Awards
2007 - Best Director (David Cronenberg) - Satellite Award - Satellite Awards
2007 - Best Film Editing (Ronald Sanders) - Satellite Award - Satellite Awards
2007 - Best Motion Picture Drama - Satellite Award - Satellite Awards
2007 - Best Original Score (Howard Shore) - Satellite Award - Satellite Awards
2007 - Best Original Screenplay (Steven Knight) - Satellite Award - Satellite Awards
2007 - Best British Indipendent Film - British Indipendent Film Award - British Indipendent Film Awards
2007 - Best Director (David Cronenberg) - British Indipendent Film Award - British Indipendent Film Awards
2007 - Best Performance Supporting Actor (A. Mueller-Stahl) - British Indipendent Film Award - British Indipendent Film Awards
2007 - Best Screenplay (Steven Knight) - British Indipendent Film Award - British Indipendent Film Awards
2007 - Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen) - CFCA Award - Chicago Film Critics Association Awards


Date delle riprese: 19 novembre 2006 - 16 febbraio 2007
Date della produzione: 15 settembre 2006 - 2 marzo 2007
Locations: Broadway Market, Hackney, London, England, UK - Great Portland Street Underground Station, Fitzrovia, London, England, UK - London, England, UK - Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia, London, England, UK - St John Street, Clerkenwell, London, England, UK - Three Mills Studios, Three Mill Lane, Bow, London, England, UK - University of Greenwich, Greenwich, London, England, UK

Date di uscita:
Canada - 8 September 2007 (Toronto Film Festival)
Canada - 14 September 2007
USA - 14 September 2007 (limited)
Spain - 20 September 2007 (San Sebastián Film Festival)
USA - 21 September 2007
Finland - 22 September 2007 (Helsinki International Film Festival)
Denmark - 28 September 2007
Germany - 28 September 2007 (Hamburg Film Festival)
Russia - 4 October 2007
Spain - 5 October 2007
UK - 17 October 2007 (London Film Festival)
Norway - 19 October 2007
Australia - 25 October 2007
Greece - 25 October 2007
Israel - 25 October 2007
Iceland - 26 October 2007
UK - 26 October 2007
Finland - 2 November 2007
France - 7 November 2007
Hong Kong - 15 November 2007
Lithuania - 16 November 2007
Argentina - 17 November 2007 (San Luis Cine International Festival)
Belgium - 28 November 2007
Netherlands - 29 November 2007
Portugal - 29 November 2007
Turkey - 30 November 2007
Philippines - 5 December 2007
Sweden - 7 December 2007
Italy - 14 December 2007
Germany - 27 December 2007
Singapore - 3 January 2008
Estonia - 4 January 2008
Argentina - 31 January 2008
Brazil - 8 February 2008

Altri titoli:
Promesas del este - Argentina (festival title) / Spain
Promesses de l'ombre, Les - Belgium (French title) / France
Epikindynes yposheseis - Greece
Keleti ígéretek - Hungary
Promessa dell'assassino, La - Italy
Promesses de l'ombre - Canada (French title)
Sark vaatleri - Turkey (Turkish title)
Tödliche Versprechen - Germany







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