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The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
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Mr. Neville, a cocksure young artist is contracted by Mrs. Herbert, the wife of a wealthy landowner... See full summary » Director:Peter GreenawayWriter:Peter Greenaway |
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Mr. Neville
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Janet Suzman | ... |
Mrs. Herbert
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Anne-Louise Lambert | ... |
Mrs. Talmann
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Hugh Fraser | ... |
Mr. Talmann
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Neil Cunningham | ... |
Mr. Noyes
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Dave Hill | ... |
Mr. Herbert
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David Gant | ... |
Mr. Seymour
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David Meyer | ... |
The Poulencs
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Tony Meyer | ... |
The Poulencs
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Nicolas Amer | ... |
Mr. Parkes
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| Suzan Crowley | ... |
Mrs. Pierpont
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Lynda La Plante | ... |
Mrs. Clement
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Michael Feast | ... |
The Statue
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| Alastair Cumming | ... |
Philip
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Steve Ubels | ... |
Mr. Van Hoyten
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Storyline
Mr. Neville, a cocksure young artist is contracted by Mrs. Herbert, the wife of a wealthy landowner, to produce a set of twelve drawings of her husband's estate, a contract which extends much further than either the purse or the sketchpad. The sketches themselves prove of an even greater significance than supposed upon the discovery of the body of Mr. Herbert. Written by Paul Kevin Harm <pkharm@papyrus-inc.com>
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(Netherlands) See more »Also Known As:
A rajzoló szerződése See more »Box Office
Budget:
£300,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mr. Noyes: Mr. Chandos was a man who spent more time with his gardener than his wife. They discussed plum trees - ad nauseam. He gave his family and his tennants cause to dread September, for they were regaled with plums till their guts rumbled like thunder and their backsides ached from overuse. He built the chapel at Fouvant, where the pews are made of plumwood, so the tennants still have cause to remember Chandos through their backsides - on account of the splinters.
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The movie was originally inspired by Peter Greenaway's attempts to draw a house he'd rented for a vacation and finding that the sun rising/falling changed the shadows and appearance too rapidly for a drawing to be completed in one sitting. He thus spent a specific period each day drawing the house from a specific angle (like the draughtsman in the movie). See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: The cooing of a collared dove is not a sound that would have fallen on Jacobean ears, as the species was unknown in Britain until 1955. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Mr. Noyes: Mr. Chandos was a man who spent more time with his gardener than his wife. They discussed plum trees - ad nauseam. He gave his family and his tennants cause to dread September, for they were regaled with plums till their guts rumbled like thunder and their backsides ached from overuse. He built the chapel at Fouvant, where the pews are made of plumwood, so the tennants still have cause to remember Chandos through their backsides - on account of the splinters.
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