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Venus Details

Release Date: Dec 20, 2006
Rated: language, some sexual content and brief nudity
Runtime: 1 hr. 35 min.
Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama
Director:Roger Michell
Cast:Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Richard Griffiths, Vanessa Redgrave.

FULL SYNOPSIS

An aging pair of veteran English actors whose success never quite took hold finds their quiet existence suddenly interrupted by the arrival of one of the men's precocious grandnieces in director Roger Michell's affectionate comedy drama. Maurice (Peter O'Toole) and Ian (Leslie Phillips) may still land the occasional paying gig -- Maurice has recently been cast as a corpse in a popular television drama -- but for the most part, their days are spent cataloging their ailments over meals at their favorite café. Though the arrival of Ian's grandniece Jessie doesn't immediately set so well with her curmudgeonly great uncle, Maurice takes an immediate liking to the girl, and makes it a mission to expose the youngster to some of the bustling capitol's best-known sights. As the newly invigorated septuagenarian does his best to teach the wide-eyed youngster a thing or two about life, he soon comes to realize just how little he truly knows about the subject at such a late point in life. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Release date:December 20, 2006

Awards

Awarded by	Nominee	Category	Year	Status
London Film Critics Association	Jodie Whittaker	British Newcomer of the Year	2006	Nominee
Satellite Awards	Jodie Whittaker	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy	2006	Nominee
British Independent Film Awards	Jodie Whittaker	Most Promising Newcomer (Onscreen)	2006	Nominee
London Film Critics Association	Leslie Phillips	Best Supporting British Actor	2006	Nominee
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Leslie Phillips	Best Supporting Actor	2006	Nominee
British Independent Film Awards	Leslie Phillips	Best Supporting Actor/Actress	2006	Nominee
Screen Actors Guild	Peter O'Toole	Best Actor	2006	Nominee
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Peter O'Toole	Best Actor	2006	Nominee
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Peter O'Toole	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	2006	Nominee
Online Film Critics Association	Peter O'Toole	Best Actor	2006	Nominee
Satellite Awards	Peter O'Toole	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	2006	Nominee
Broadcast Film Critics Association	Peter O'Toole	Best Actor	2006	Nominee
British Independent Film Awards	Peter O'Toole	Best Actor	2006	Nominee
National Society of Film Critics	Peter O'Toole	Best Actor	2006	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Peter O'Toole	Best Actor	2006	Nominee
Chicago Film Critics Association	Peter O'Toole	Best Actor	2006	Nominee
British Independent Film Awards	Vanessa Redgrave	Best Supporting Actor/Actress	2006	Nominee
British Independent Film Awards	Hanif Kureishi	Best Screenplay	2006	Nominee

Cast

Peter O'Toole: as Maurice
Leslie Phillips: as Ian
Jodie Whittaker: as Jessie
Richard Griffiths: as Donald
Vanessa Redgrave: as Valerie

Crew

Roger Michell: Director
Kevin Loader: Producer
Hanif Kureishi: Screenwriter
Haris Zambarloukos: Cinematographer
David Arnold: Composer (Music Score)
John Paul Kelly: Production Designer
Emma Macdevitt: Art Director
Scott Rudin: Executive Producer
Daniel Battsek: Executive Producer
Charles Moore: Executive Producer
Miles Ketley: Executive Producer
Sally Caplan: Executive Producer
Tessa Ross: Executive Producer
Natalie Ward: Costume Designer
Danny Hambrook: Sound/Sound Designer
Barrie McCulloch: First Assistant Director
Fiona Weir: Casting
Tim Alban: Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Baldock: Supervising Sound Editor
Rosa Romero: Line Producer