Drowning by Numbers (1988)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Peter Greenaway

Guionista:

Peter Greenaway (written by)

Release Date:

junio 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Frase comercial:

The great death game.

Plot:

Tired of her husband's philanderous ways, the mother of two daughters drowns her husband. With the reluctant help of the local coroner...

Plot Keywords:

Nude Man Murdered | Satire | Number In Character's Name | Circumcision | Mathematics

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Another Greenaway/Vierny/Nyland masterpiece

Cast

Joan Plowright	...	Cissie Colpitts 1
Juliet Stevenson	...	Cissie Colpitts 2
Joely Richardson	...	Cissie Colpitts 3
Bernard Hill	...	Madgett
Jason Edwards	...	Smut
Bryan Pringle	...	Jake
Trevor Cooper	...	Hardy
David Morrissey	...	Bellamy
John Rogan	...	Gregory
Paul Mooney	...	Teigan
Jane Gurnett	...	Nancy
Kenny Ireland	...	Jonah Bognor
Michael Percival	...	Moses Bognor
Joanna Dickens	...	Mrs. Hardy
Janine Duvitski	...	Marina Bellamy
Michael Fitzgerald	...	Mr. 70 Van Dyke
Edward Tudor-Pole	...	Mr. 71 Van Dyke
Natalie Morse	...	The Skipping Girl
Arthur Spreckley	...	Sid the Gravedigger
Ian Talbot	...	The Police Detective
Roderic Leigh	...	The Policeman
Vanni Corbellini	...	The Hare
Jose Berg	...	Skipping Girl's Mother
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Peter Jaques	...	Priest (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Peter Greenaway

Créditos del guión
Peter Greenaway		(written by)

Producida por
Peter Jaques	....	line producer
Kees Kasander	....	producer
Denis Wigman	....	producer

Música original por
Michael Nyman

Fotografía por
Sacha Vierny

Montaje por
John Wilson

Casting
Sharon Howard-Field

Diseño de producción por
Ben van Os
Jan Roelfs

Diseño de vestuario por
Dien van Straalen

Departamento de maquillaje
Sjoerd Didden	....	wig maker
Sara Meerman	....	chief makeup
Mary Sturgess	....	hair stylist

Dirección de producción
Evelien Jansen	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Gerrit Martijn	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Allard Bekker	....	set dresser: Holland (as Allard Becker)
Nancy D'Ancona	....	constructor
Peter Davies	....	assistant construction
Michel De Graaf	....	constructor: Holland
Constance De Vos	....	set dresser
Lidewij Kapteijn	....	constructor (as Liedewij Kapteyn)
Maarten Piersma	....	constructor (as Marten Piersma)
Wilbert Van Dorp	....	construction manager

Departamento de sonido
Lucas Boeke	....	additional sound: Holland (as Lucas Boske)
Mick Boggis	....	assistant dubbing mixer
Felicity Cottrell	....	foley artist
Bill Garlic	....	foley artist (as Bill Garlick)
Arno Hagers	....	boom operator
Nigel Heath	....	sound effects treatment
Garth Marshall	....	sound recordist
Peter Maxwell	....	dubbing mixer
Beryl Mortimer	....	foley artist
Bridget Reiss	....	dialogue editor
Shirley Shaw	....	dialogue editor
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Ted Swanscott	....	foley mixer
Sarah Vickers	....	dialogue editor
Chris Wyatt	....	sound editor
Steve Hancock	....	sound camera operator (uncredited)

Especialistas
Andy Bradford	....	stunts
Peter Brayham	....	stunt coordinator
Frank Kenton	....	stunts
Les Maryon	....	stunts (as Les Marion)

Camera and Electrical Department
Max Hoven	....	electrician
Nico Komen	....	electrician
Martin McCullough	....	chief grip
Stephen Morley	....	still photographer
Jeroen Planting	....	electrician: Holland
Chris Renson	....	focus puller
Adam Rodgers	....	camera operator
Don Springall	....	generator operator
Reinier van Brummelen	....	chief electrician
Tinus Holthuis	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Karen Lindsay-Stewart	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Heather Williams	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Milfid Ellis	....	first assistant editor
James Marshall	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Alexander Balanescu	....	musician: solo violin, "2nd Movement of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante"
Jonathan Carney	....	musician: solo viola, "2nd Movement of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante"
David Cunningham	....	music producer
David Fuest	....	musician: clarinet and bass clarinet
Miranda Fulleylove	....	musician: violin
Rosemary Furniss	....	musician: violin
John Harle	....	musician: soprano and alto sax
Tony Hinnigan	....	musician: cello
Robin McGee	....	musician: double bass
Michael Nyman	....	musical director
Michael Nyman	....	musician: piano
Jackie Shave	....	musician: violin
Briony Shaw	....	musician: violin
Andrew Shulman	....	musician: cello
Michael Thompson	....	musician: French horn
John Wilbraham	....	musician: trumpet and fluegelhorn
Oliver Ledbury	....	music preparation (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Jill Bennett	....	production accountant
Crispin Buxton	....	floor runner (as Crispin Buckstone)
Marietta De Vries	....	continuity clerk
Walter Donohue	....	creative advisor
Richard Edwards	....	chaperon
Eljo Embregts	....	production coordinator: Netherlands
Peter Eusebe	....	job fit trainee
Chester Eyre	....	laboratory contact
Carolyn Jardine	....	publicist (as Caroline Jardine)
Charles Mcdonald	....	publicist: UK
Alison Owen	....	production coordinator
Steve Saunders	....	bass trombone
Ann Tasker	....	publicist
Sophie Fiennes	....	location manager (uncredited)
Roger Phillips	....	title designer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Film Four International
• Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer (as Elsevier Vendex Film)
• Allarts Production
• VPRO Television (in association with)
• Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties (co-production) (as Fund for the Dutch Brodcasting Corporation)

Distributors

• Ekaterinburg Art Home Video (EAHV) (Russia) (VHS)
• Prestige (1991) (USA)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (Argentina) (video)

Other Companies

• Michael Nyman Orchestra  orchestra

También conocida como:

Conspiración de mujeres (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

118 min

País:

UK | Netherlands

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Suffolk, England, UK

Company:

Film Four International

Trivialidades:

All the numbers between 1-100 appear during the course of the film (not in sequence though).

Quotes:

Smut: The object of this game is to dare to fall with a noose around your neck from a place sufficiently high enough off the ground, such that the fall will hang you. The object of the game is to punish those who have caused great unhappiness by their selfish actions. This is the best game of all, because the winner is also the loser, and the judge's decision is always final.

Movie Connections:

References Vertical Features Remake (1978)

Another Greenaway/Vierny/Nyland masterpiece

I first saw this film many years ago when it was first released, after having seen all greenaway's BFI funded experimental films and the Draughtman's Contract et al. Some of the reviews here seem to compare this film with greenaway's later films, right up to the Pillow Book. I don't see this as relevant, a film maker will obviously evolve over a period of 20 years. This film was at the time, and still is, a thoughtful, beautifully photographed masterpiece. The cast are superb, the script is crisp, and although it generally is regarded as greenaway's most "user friendly" film, this is no bad thing. In short, a film to be enjoyed time after time. PLEASE WILL SOMEONE ARRANGE A DVD RELEASE SOON !!!!!!!!!!