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Adaptation of Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson , 1994 single work novel
Note: Co-written with American script-writer Ronald Bass.
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Snow Falling on Cedars
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Film Details - Universal Pictures ; The Artist's Colony , 1999

Producers:

Carol Baum and Lloyd A. Silverman (executive producers).
Ronald Bass, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Harry J. Ufland (producers).

Production Companies:

The Artist's Colony.
Universal Pictures (presents).

Director of Photography:

Robert Richardson.

Editors:

Hank Corwin.

Production Designers:

Jeannine Oppewall.

Music:

James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Including Ethan Hawke (Ishmael Chambers), Yûki Kudô (Hatsue Miyamoto), Reeve Carney (Young Ishmael Chambers), Anne Suzuki (Young Hatsue Imada), Rick Yune (Kazuo Miyamoto), Max von Sydow (Nels Gudmundsson), James Rebhorn (Alvin Hooks), James Cromwell (Judge Fielding), Richard Jenkins (Sheriff Art Moran), Arija Bareikis (Susan Marie Heine), Eric Thal (Carl Heine Jr.), Celia Weston (Etta Heine), and Daniel von Bargen (Carl Heine Sr.).

Release Dates:

Premiered on 12 September 1999 (Toronto International Film Festival).

Theatrical release in the US (limited) from 22 December 1999.

Theatrical release in Australia from 26 December 1999.


Location:

  • Filmed in Washington state and in British Columbia, Canada.
  • Set on (fictional) San Piedro Island, Puget Sound region, Washington state.

Post Production:

Soundfirm Australia (sound post-production).
Kojo Productions.
Oasis Post Australia.
Skywalker Sound (post production sound services).

Awards:

  • DFWFCA Award (Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards), Best Cinematography (won), 2000.
  • Academy Award, Best Cinematography (nominated), 2000.
  • ASC Award (American Society of Cinematographers), Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases (nominated), 2000.
  • CFCA Award (Chicago Film Critics Association Awards), Best Cinematography (won), 2000.
  • Young Artist Award, Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor (won), 2000.
  • YoungStar Award, Best Young Actress/Performance in a Motion Picture Drama (nominated), 2000.
  • Golden Satellite Award (Satellite Awards), Best Original Score (nominated), 2000.
  • Golden Satellite Award (Satellite Awards), Best Cinematography (nominated), 2000.
  • Golden Satellite Award (Satellite Awards), Best Motion Picture, Drama (nominated), 2000.
  • Golden Satellite Award (Satellite Awards), Best Director (nominated), 2000.
  • Sierra Award (Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards), Best Cinematography (won), 2000.
  • Golden Satellite Award (Satellite Awards), Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama (nominated), 2000.
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Puget Sound, Washington (State),
    c
    United States of America (USA),
    c
    Americas,
  • 1950
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