Death at a Funeral (2007)

Regisseur:

Frank Oz

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Dean Craig (written by)

Premierendatum:

11. Juli 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

From director Frank Oz comes the story of a family that puts the F U in funeral.

Plot:

Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.

Plot Keywords:

Parking Space | Unwanted Kiss | Gay Themed | Vicar | Illegal Drugs

Filmpreise:

2 wins

Nutzerkommentare:

Death at a Funeral: humor before the grave.

Besetzung

Matthew Macfadyen	...	Daniel (as Matthew MacFadyen)
Keeley Hawes	...	Jane
Andy Nyman	...	Howard
Ewen Bremner	...	Justin
Daisy Donovan	...	Martha
Alan Tudyk	...	Simon Smith
Jane Asher	...	Sandra
Kris Marshall	...	Troy
Rupert Graves	...	Robert
Peter Vaughan	...	Uncle Alfie
Thomas Wheatley	...	Reverend Davis
Peter Egan	...	Victor
Peter Dinklage	...	Peter
Brendan O'Hea	...	Undertaker
Jeremy Booth	...	Mourner
Angela Curran	...	Sandra's Friend
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Kelly Eastwood	...	Katie
Gareth Milne	...	Edward

Regie
Frank Oz

Buch (WGA)
Dean Craig		(written by)

Produktion
Philip Elway	....	executive producer
Andreas Grosch	....	executive producer
William Horberg	....	executive producer
Josh Kesselman	....	co-producer
Sidney Kimmel	....	producer
Alex Lewis	....	co-producer
Laurence Malkin	....	producer
Diana Phillips	....	producer
Share Stallings	....	producer
Bruce Toll	....	executive producer
Bruce Webb	....	co-producer

Originalmusik
Murray Gold

Kamera
Oliver Curtis

Schnitt
Beverley Mills

Casting
Gail Stevens

Szenenbild
Michael Howells

Bauten/Dekorationsbau (art directors)
Lynne Huitson		(supervising art director)
Matthew Robinson
Andy Tomlinson

Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter (set decorators)
Judy Farr

Kostüme
Natalie Ward

Maske/Frisuren
Julie Dartnell	....	hair stylist
Julie Dartnell	....	makeup artist
Frances Hannon	....	chief hair stylist
Frances Hannon	....	chief makeup artist
Marilyn MacDonald	....	hair stylist
Marilyn MacDonald	....	makeup artist
Gemma Richards	....	hair stylist
Gemma Richards	....	makeup artist

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
Stephen Barker	....	post-production supervisor
Kerstin Dyroff	....	production manager: VIP Medienfons
Richard Hewitt	....	unit production manager
Mike Morrison	....	production manager
Hugo Smith-Bingham	....	unit manager
Aaron Merrell	....	director of production: SKE (uncredited)

Regieassistenten
Joey Coughlin	....	third assistant director
Sean Guest	....	first assistant director
James Haven	....	second assistant director
Sarah MacFarlane	....	second second assistant director

Ausstattung (Stab)
Bruce Bigg	....	property master
Matthew Broderick	....	props
Graham Caulfield	....	drapes master
Graham Caulfield	....	upholstery
Ged Dale	....	prop storeman
Robert J. Dugdale	....	scenic artist
James Fennessy	....	stand-by painter (as Jim Fennessy)
Hal Forbes-Adam	....	art department work experience
John Greaves	....	storyboard artist
Peter Hasler	....	dressing propman
Robert Irvine	....	stand-by painter
Paul Lynford	....	stand-by carpenter
Katie MacGregor	....	art department assistant
Lisa Meller	....	art department work experience
Mitch Niclas	....	stand-by propman
Warren Stickley	....	dressing propman
Lee Thurbun	....	construction chargehand
Stuart Watson	....	construction manager
Max Woodhead	....	art department work experience

Ton Stab
Lucy Barnes	....	foley artist
Phillip Mark Freudenfeld	....	foley recordist
Rachel H. Gibson	....	foley editor
Steve Gilman	....	assistant sound
Stephen Gilmour	....	cableperson
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Tim Hands	....	supervising sound editor
Mary Whitby James	....	foley artist
Philip Jenkins	....	assistant re-recording mixer
John Midgley	....	sound mixer
Clive Osborne	....	sound maintenance
Adrian Rhodes	....	sound effects editor
Adrian Rhodes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gavin Rose	....	assistant sound editor
Ruth Sullivan	....	foley artist

Visual Effects
Louie Alexander	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Ben Baker	....	head of digital lab: Framestore CFC
Helen Bunker	....	digital compositor
Jason Burnett	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Andy Burrow	....	scanning and recording manager: Framestore CFC
Erik Dehkhoda	....	digital retouching
Jerome Dewhurst	....	digital lab engineer: Framestore CFC
Paul Doogan	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Eric D'Souza	....	digital lab engineer: Framestore CFC
James D. Fleming	....	digital artist: Framestore CFC
Joe Godfrey	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Adam Hawkes	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Jan Hogevold	....	executive producer: Framestore CFC
Yan Jennings	....	film mastering engineer: Framestore CFC
David Johnston	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Brian Krijgsman	....	colourist: Framestore CFC
Aaron Lear	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Adrian Lee	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Ben Lock	....	visual effects producer
Kevin Lowery	....	film mastering engineer: Framestore CFC
Sarah Micallef	....	digital intermediate producer: Framestore CFC
Mike Morrison	....	production manager: Framestore CFC
Savneet Nagi	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Guy Nesfield	....	data operator
Stuart Nippard	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Dan Perry	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Ian Redmond	....	digital lab engineer: Framestore CFC
Sue Rowe	....	visual effects supervisor
Aatesh Shah	....	systems engineer: Framestore CFC
Donna Smith	....	editorial: Framestore CFC
Vishal Songara	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Nick Stanley	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Odean Thompson	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Shahin Toosi	....	digital paint & roto artist: Framestore CFC
Dan Victoire	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Simon Wessely	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Annabel Wright	....	conform editor: Framestore CFC

Stunts
Nick Hobbs	....	stunt driver
Gareth Milne	....	stunt coordinator
Peter Pedrero	....	stunt rigger

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
Camilla Drennan	....	clapper loader
Camilla Drennan	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
John Fenelly	....	stand-by rigger
Dan Garlick	....	second grip
Jo Gibbs	....	additional camera loader (as Joanna Gibbs)
Lee Godfrey	....	camera trainee
Stuart Godfrey	....	grip
Keith Hamshere	....	still photographer
Dylan Jones	....	video playback operator
Kenny Monger	....	best boy
James Perry	....	camera trainee
Tom Scott	....	rigger
Hilda Sealy	....	focus puller
Paul Toomey	....	gaffer

Casting (Stab)
William Davies	....	casting associate
Will Davis	....	casting assistant
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting

Kostüm und Garderobe (Stab)
Mark Ferguson	....	assistant costume designer
David Otzen	....	costume assistant
Tamsin Wright	....	costume assistant

Schnitt (Stab)
Gavin Buckley	....	assistant editor
Marc Eskenazi	....	on-line editor
Natasha Marsh	....	post-production coordinator
Edward Randolph	....	apprentice editor
Matthew Streatfield	....	assistant editor: Technicolor

Musik (Stab)
Becky Bentham	....	music supervisor
Paul Clarvis	....	musician: drums
Mitchell Dalton	....	musician: guitar (as Mitch Dalton)
Philippa Davies	....	musician: alto flute and flute
Olga FitzRoy	....	assistant music engineer
Ben Foskett	....	additional orchestrator
Ben Foskett	....	music preparation
Ben Foster	....	conductor
Ben Foster	....	orchestrator
Tracey Goldsmith	....	musician: accordion
Dave Hartley	....	musician: piano
Jake Jackson	....	music recording mixer
Allan Jenkins	....	music editor
Gary Kettel	....	musician: percussion
Steve McManus	....	musician: double bass
John Parricelli	....	musician: guitar
Nyree Pinder	....	music supervisor
Owen Slade	....	musician: tuba
Mark Tucker	....	music mixer
Mark Tucker	....	music score recording engineer

Transporte
Phil Allchin	....	transportation captain
Gary Barnes	....	daily unit driver
Guy Bostock	....	vehicle coordinator
Peter Collins	....	daily unit driver
Mike Elliott	....	driver: director
Tony Jayes	....	daily unit driver
Roy Kirkman	....	daily unit driver
Vic Minay	....	unit driver
Abbi Ozturk	....	unit driver
Terry Rhys	....	unit driver

Restlicher Stab
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Finn Brandt	....	title designer
Kate Brontë-Stewart	....	floor runner
Julie Burnham	....	unit nurse
Donna Casey	....	second assistant accountant
Hannah Collett	....	assistant coordinator
Paul Davies	....	stand-in
Rod Haak	....	location manager
Florian Harms	....	legal counsel: VIP
Steve Hart	....	key location scout
Julia Hilliard	....	assistant: Share Stallings and Larry Malkin
Simon Hill	....	first assistant accountant
Mick Hurrell	....	health and safety officer
Julia Jones	....	unit publicist
Sandrine Loisy	....	set production assistant
Natasha Marsh	....	assistant: Frank Oz
Eva Neufahrt	....	production controller: VIP Medienfonds
Nick Pearson	....	construction nurse
Gemma Louise Read	....	floor runner
Sue Roberts	....	travel services: UK Travels
Julie Roze	....	production runner
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Tom Fenwick Smith	....	production runner
Maxine Stanley	....	post-production accountant
Trevor Stanley	....	production accountant
Isobel Thomas	....	production coordinator
Elizabeth West	....	script supervisor
Berit Wetzel	....	legal counsel: VIP
Sylvi Woitusch	....	production assistant: VIP Medienfonds
San San F. Young	....	assistant: Diana Phillips
Chris Wilson	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Widmungen und Dankeschöns
Joel Mendoza	....	special thanks

Produktionsfirmen

• Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
• Parabolic Pictures Inc.
• Stable Way Entertainment
• VIP 1 Medienfonds
• VIP 2 Medienfonds
• Target Media Entertainment (co-production)
• Film Sales Financing

Verleihfirmen

• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Compañía General de la Imagen (CGI) (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Film Messenger (2008) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Impacto Cine (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Kimmel International (2006) (non-USA) (all media) (international sales)
• Lighthouse Pictures (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Lizard Cinema Trade (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Pinema (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• RCV Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• SND (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Sweden (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Telexcel/ImpactoCine (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Verve Pictures (2007) (UK) (theatrical)

Spezialeffekte

• Cinesite

Weitere Firmen

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• All England Caterers  catering
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Framestore CFC  digital intermediate
• International Film Guarantors  completion bond
• UK Travels  travel agency

Alternativ:

Sterben für Anfänger (Deutschland)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and drug content.

Länge:

90 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | Deutschland | UK | Netherlands

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | Sweden:Btl | Australia:M | USA:R (certificate # 43149) | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:13 | France:U | Netherlands:6 | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-7 | Taiwan:R-12 | Germany:6 | UK:15

Drehorte:

Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Firma:

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment

Dies und das:

Filmed in seven weeks.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Simon gets out of the bathroom window he is completely naked, but moments later he appears in the same position leaning over to spit and you can see the edge of his underwear at the bottom right of the screen.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Daniel: [giving instructions to the pallbearers] Just, uh, straight through there and to the left, please.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt Plane Crazy (1928)

Soundtrack:

Love our Time Today

Death at a Funeral: humor before the grave.

The laughs begin during the animated credits which prepares the film going public for the buffoonery to follow. Death at a Funeral (DaaF) is directed by Frank Oz. Because of the nature of this film I believe Mr. Oz is paying homage to the late, great, director, Robert Altman, particularly his film A Wedding. Both A Wedding and DaaF are both off beat, extremely, funny, and very non-typical of weddings and funerals, in which they both portray. In tribute to Mr. Altman, Mr. Oz also uses an ensemble cast of well known actors by face but not by name. The audience has seen their work and in this film they most definitely make you laugh. This is an adult comedy with an R rating for adult themes, nudity, recreational drug use, religious issues, postmortem issues, and the absurdity about death. Remember this is an adult comic opera taken to the extreme. At this funeral the mourners may come with their inhabitation's in check but due to the outlandish antics of many of the other grievous members assembled, all of the gathered, loose all claim to sanity. The audience becomes one with the collected zany members of this grieving group. Since the players on film have lost their inhabitation's so to does the audience. Remember this is an adult, knee slapping, laugh out loud farce. This film is outrageously funny, in an adult vein, not intended for children. If you go to a sporting event, after you have paid for your ticket and bought your seat, people around you cheer, yell, scream and sometimes even in funny costumes as well. A film house is the same communally shared type of experience and environment for entertainment but patrons of the silver screen tend to hold their laughter within, as of being afraid of upsetting the patron in the next seat. Is it not time to unshackle this age old concept and enjoy yourself along with others? I am certain that is the reason why Frank Oz made this film, so the audience could laugh and laugh at themselves. I personally want to thank you Mr. Oz for the laughter and the comedy of Death at a Funeral.