SCHEDA

eXistenZ

Canada/UK, 1999

Regia: David Cronenberg
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: David Cronenberg
Fotografia: Peter Suschitzky
Montaggio: Ronald Sanders
Scenografia: Carol Spier
Musica: Howard Shore
Costumi: Denise Cronenberg

Cast
Jennifer Jason Leigh... Allegra Geller
Jude Law ... Ted Pikul
Ian Holm ... Kiri Vinokur
Willem Dafoe ... Gas
Don McKellar ... Yevgeny Nourish
Callum Keith Rennie... Hugo Carlaw
Christopher Eccleston... Seminar Leader
Sarah Polley ... Merle
Robert A. Silverman... D'Arcy Nader
Oscar Hsu ... Chinese Waiter
Kris Lemche ... Noel Dichter
Vik Sahay ... Male Assistant
Kirsten Johnson ... Female Assistant
James Kirchner ... Landry
Balázs Koós ... Male Volunteer
Stephanie Belding... Female Volunteer
Gerry Quigley ... Trout Farm Worker

Produttori:
Bradley Adams .... co-producer
Damon Bryant .... co-producer
David Cronenberg.... producer
Andras Hamori .... producer
Robert Lantos .... producer
Michael MacDonald.... co-producer
Sandra Tucker .... associate producer

Produzione:
Alliance Atlantis Communications
Canadian Television Fund
Harold Greenberg Fund, The
Movie Network, The (TMN)
Natural Nylon Entertainment
Serendipity Point Films
Téléfilm Canada
Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)

Distribuzione (principali):
Alliance Communications Corporation (Canada, UK)
Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors
Dimension Films
Momentum Pictures (1999) (UK) (all media)
Serendipity
UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (France)

Specifiche tecniche:
Camera: Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Film negative format (mm/video inches): 35 mm
Cinematographic process: Spherical
Printed film format: 35 mm
Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
Durata: 97 minuti

Budget: circa $15,000,000
Incasso: USA $2,856,712 - Weekend d'apertura USA $810,262 (25 aprile 1999), posizione #15, schermi 256 - permanenza al box office 8 settimane

Premi:
2000 Best Achievement in Editing (Ronald Sanders) - Genie - Genie Awards
1999 Silver Scream Award - Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
1999 Outstanding Artistic Achievement (David Cronenberg) - Silver Berlin Award - Berlin International Film Festival
Nominations:
2000 Best Motion Picture (D.Cronenberg, A.Hamori, R.Lantos) - Genie - Genie Awards
2000 Best Achievement in Art Direction (Carol Spier, E.R.Galbraith) - Genie - Genie Awards
2000 Best Sound Editing Foreign Feature (D.Evans, W.Griffin, M.Gingras, J.Laing, T.Bjelic, P.Shikata) - Golden Reel Award - Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
2000 Best Science-Ficion Film - Saturn Award - Academy of science fiction, fantasy & horror films, USA
1999 Best Film - Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival
1999 Golden Berlin Bear - Berlin International Film Festival

Date delle riprese: NP

Locations: Rockwood Conservation Area, Ontario, Canada - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date di uscita:
Germany - 16 February 1999 (Berlin International Film Festival)
France - 14 April 1999
USA - 19 April 1999 (premiere)
Canada - 23 April 1999
USA - 23 April 1999
UK - 30 April 1999
Iceland - 6 May 1999
Portugal - 7 May 1999
Belgium - 19 May 1999
Netherlands - 24 June 1999
Greece - 16 July 1999
New Zealand - 16 July 1999 (Auckland Film Festival)
Singapore - 29 July 1999
South Korea - 7 August 1999
Malta - 25 August 1999
Sweden - 27 August 1999
New Zealand - 23 September 1999
Switzerland - 23 September 1999 (German speaking region)
Spain - 6 October 1999 (Sitges Film Festival)
Spain - 8 October 1999
Hungary - 10 October 1999 (Titanic International Filmpresence Festival)
Israel - 14 October 1999
Kuwait - 27 October 1999
Australia - 11 November 1999
Germany - 18 November 1999
Norway - 26 November 1999
Italy - 5 January 2000
Russia - 12 February 2000
Hong Kong - 13 April 2000 (Hong Kong International Film Festival)
Poland - 14 April 2000
Japan - 29 April 2000
Hungary - 4 May 2000 (video premiere)
Czech Republic - 11 July 2000 (Karlovy Vary Film Festival)
Argentina - 18 July 2000 (video premiere)
Hong Kong - 2 November 2000

Altri titoli:
eXistenZ - France / Portugal / Spain
Crimes of the Future - Canada (working title) (English title)
eXistenZ: Mundo virtual - Argentina (video title)






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