Shirley Valentine (1989)

Regisseur:

Lewis Gilbert

Drehbuchautoren:

Willy Russell (play)
Willy Russell (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

30. August 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

No one thought she had the courage. The nerve. Or the lingerie.

Plot:

Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg...

Plot Keywords:

Friendship Between Women | Female Nudity | Actress Talks To Audience | Adultery | Greek Island

Auszeichnungen:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Finding your own reality

Besetzung

Pauline Collins	...	Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
Tom Conti	...	Costas Caldes
Julia McKenzie	...	Gillian
Alison Steadman	...	Jane
Joanna Lumley	...	Marjorie Majors
Sylvia Syms	...	Headmistress
Bernard Hill	...	Joe Bradshaw
George Costigan	...	Dougie
Anna Keaveney	...	Jeanette
Tracie Bennett	...	Millandra Bradshaw
Ken Sharrock	...	Sydney
Karen Craig	...	Thelma
Gareth Jefferson	...	Brian Bradshaw
Gillian Kearney	...	Young Shirley
Catharine Duncan	...	Young Marjorie Majors
Cardew Robinson	...	Londoner
Honora Burke	...	Londoner's Wife
Marc Zuber	...	Renos
Deborah Yhip	...	Sharon-Louise (as Debra Yhip)
Ray Armstrong	...	Executive Type
John Hartley	...	German Tourist
Marlene Morley	...	German Tourist
Annee Blott	...	Chambermaid (as Anee Blott)
Matthew Long	...	Male Teacher
Ruth Russell	...	Veronica
Sarah Nolan	...	Maureen
Diane Whitley	...	Liz
Joanne Zorian	...	Carol
Geraldine Griffiths	...	Sally
Elaine Boisseau	...	Woman in Taverna
Giorgos Xidakis	...	Spiro (as George Xidakis)
Sheila Aza	...	Cooking Teacher
Alex Wright	...	Kid in Car
Ged McKenna	...	Van Driver

Regie
Lewis Gilbert

Buch (In alphabetischer Reihenfolge)
Willy Russell		play
Willy Russell		screenplay

Produktion
John Dark	....	executive producer
Lewis Gilbert	....	producer

Originalmusik
Willy Russell

Kamera
Alan Hume

Schnitt
Lesley Walker

Casting
Allan Foenander

Szenenbild
John Stoll

Kostüme
Candy Paterson

Maske/Frisuren
Lois Burwell	....	makeup artist
Basil Newall	....	makeup supervisor

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
Haris Kontorouhas	....	unit manager: Greece
Roy Stevens	....	production supervisor

Regieassistenten
Michel Cheyko	....	assistant director
Stephen Gilbert	....	second unit director
Kieron Phipps	....	second assistant director

Ausstattung (Stab)
Amanda Ackland-Snow	....	set dresser
John Allenby	....	property master
Vernon Harris	....	storyboard artist
Steven Sallybanks	....	scenic artist

Ton Stab
Jonathan Bates	....	sound editor
Roy Charman	....	sound editor
Gerry Humphreys	....	sound mixer
David Pearson	....	boom operator
Lionel Strutt	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Spezialeffekte
Garth Inns	....	special effects supervisor
Simon Cockren	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
Dennis Brock	....	gaffer
Sean Connor	....	clapper loader
Tommy Finch	....	best boy
John Fletcher	....	assistant camera: second unit
John Harris	....	camera operator: second unit
Martin Hume	....	camera operator
Simon Hume	....	camera focus
Bob Penn	....	still photographer
Stephen Williams	....	camera operator: rostrum camera (uncredited)

Kostüm und Garderobe (Stab)
Cynthea Dowling	....	wardrobe mistress

Schnitt (Stab)
Jeremy Hume	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Musik (Stab)
Brooks Arthur	....	music producer
Jeff Atmajian	....	music arranger: main theme
Keith Grant	....	music recordist
Giorgos Hatzinasios	....	composer: Greek music (as George Hatzinassios)
Christopher Palmer	....	music arranger
Christopher Palmer	....	orchestrator
Harry Rabinowitz	....	music supervisor
Chris Walker	....	additional orchestrator
Gerry O'Riordan	....	assistant music engineer (uncredited)

Restlicher Stab
Andy Albrecht	....	title coordinator
Peter Carter	....	location manager
Ann Edwards	....	script supervisor
Lorraine Fennell	....	production coordinator
Peter Lowry	....	title designer
Gary Nixon	....	assistant accountant
Eric Stemp	....	title sketches
Renny Tasker	....	location manager
Geoff Freeman	....	unit publicist (uncredited)
Danielle Kretzmer	....	assistant to producer (uncredited)
Sara-Jane Valentine	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Produktionsfirmen

• Paramount Pictures

Verleihfirmen

• Paramount British Pictures (1989) (UK) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (1989) (USA) (theatrical)
• CIC Video Ltd. (1990) (UK) (VHS)
• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Esselte Video (1990) (Finland) (video)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1996) (Finland) (TV)
• United Pictures Finland (1990) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2006) (Finland) (TV)

Weitere Firmen

• Michael Samuelson Lighting  lighting equipment
• Silva Screen Records  soundtrack

Alternativ:

Shirley Valentine - Auf Wiedersehen, mein lieber Mann (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

108 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Littlewoods department store, Oxford Circus, Oxford Street, London, England, UK

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

Pauline Collins originated the role of Shirley Valentine in the original London production of the play.

Pannen:

Filmfehler: When Shirley is with her son in the squat in Kirby he sees a couple of kids robbing a car. When the car drives away you can see that the kid driving is replaced by an adult stunt driver.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Shirley Valentine: Hiya Wall.
[to the camera]
Shirley Valentine: Well what's wrong with that? There's a woman three doors down talks to her microwave. Talking to a microwave! Wall, what's the world coming to ?

Querbezüge:

Bezug enthalten in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bloodlust! (#7.7)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

THE GIRL WHO USED TO BE ME

Finding your own reality

I just recommended this movie to a friend who's having her mid-life crisis. Just like Shirley, she can't stop taking care of other people at her own expense. Everyone who reviews this film focuses on its heart-warming qualities, making it sound like Pollyanna. The reality of Shirley Valentine is that it's very grounded in reality. Every moment of the film is fraught with ambiguity, moral and emotional. Shirley's trip to Greece and subsequent adventures are not Hallmark moments. She realizes quite clearly that her fantasies are superimposed on the necessities of reality. She doesn't marry a tycoon: she gets a waitress job. She realizes from the get-go that her relationship with Costas is a good-natured fraud. The ending of the movie doesn't answer any questions except "How does Shirley feel right at this moment in time?" This is not a film about escaping to a fantasy. It's about finding a reality that works for who you really are. Every human being on earth who's dissatisfied with their life should watch this film.