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Adaptation of Poor Things Alasdair Gray , 1992 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Poor Things
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Film Details - Element Pictures ; Film4 ; Fox Searchlight Pictures , 2023

Producers:

Daniel Battsek and Ollie Madden (executive producers).
Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrew Lowe, and Emma Stone (producers).

Production Companies:

Element Pictures.
Film4.
Searchlight Pictures.

Director of Photography:

Robbie Ryan.

Editors:

Yorgos Mavropsaridis.

Production Designers:

Shona Heath and James Price.

Composer:

Jerskin Fendrix.

Cast:

Including Emma Stone (Bella Baxter), Willem Dafoe (Dr Godwin Baxter), Ramy Youssef (Max McCandles), Vicki Pepperdine (Mrs Prim), Christopher Abbott (Alfie Blessington), Jerrod Carmichael (Harry Astley), Suzy Bemba (Toinette), Hanna Schygulla (Martha Von Kurtzroc), Keeley Forsyth (Allison, Alfie's Maid), Mark Ruffalo (Duncan Wedderburn), and John Locke (David, Alfie's Butler).

Release Dates:

Premiere: 1 September 2023 (Venice Film Festival).

Awards:

  • Academy Awards, Best Actress (winner), 2024.
  • Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actor (nominated), 2024.
  • Academy Awards, Best Make Up and Hairstyling (winner), 2024.
  • Academy Awards, Best Original Score (nominated), 2024.
  • Academy Awards, Best Cinematography (nominated), 2024.
  • Academy Awards, Best Editing (nominated), 2024.
  • Academy Awards, Best Costume Design (winner), 2024.
  • Academy Awards, Best Production Design (winner), 2024.
  • BAFTA, Best Actress (winner), 2024.
  • BAFTA, Hair and Makeup (winner), 2024.
  • BAFTA, Costume Design (winner), 2024.
  • BAFTA, Production Design (winner), 2024.
  • BAFTA, Original Score (nominated), 2024.
  • BAFTA, Cinematography (nominated), 2024.
  • BAFTA, Editing (nominated), 2024.
  • BAFTA, Special Visual Effects (winner), 2024.
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