The War Bride (2001)

Director:

Lyndon Chubbuck

Writer:

Angela Workman (writer)

Release Date:

8 December 2001 (South Korea)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Leg Brace | Overalls | Polio | Beautiful Woman | Female Nudity

Awards:

4 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Anna Friel	...	Lily
Brenda Fricker	...	Betty
Aden Young	...	Charlie
Julie Cox	...	Sophie
Loren Dean	...	Joe
Molly Parker	...	Sylvia
Schyler McLaren	...	Lindy
Gabrielle McLaren	...	Lindy
Caroline Cave	...	Peggy
Keeley Gainey	...	Moira
Claudie Blakley	...	Rosie
Benjamin Boyd	...	Louie (as Ben Weinberger)
Dorothy A. Haug	...	Mrs. Clarke
Petina Hapgood	...	Sal
Lynda Boyd	...	Dee Dee
Shelly Minto	...	War Bride
Ken Christiansen	...	British soldier (as Ken Christianson)
Perry Blanks	...	British soldier
Davour Golub	...	Canadian soldier
Jane McGowan	...	War Bride
Alex Rice	...	Ginny Lee
Marilyn Mosicki	...	Red Cross worker
Judie Holm	...	Customer
Anne Mansfield	...	Midwife
Len Crowther	...	Man in the crowd
Tyler Steinbring	...	Little boy
Barbara Reese	...	Woman in the crowd
Mark Anderako	...	Mechanic
Jaime Kidd	...	Canadian baby
Jenai Kidd	...	Canadian baby
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Simon C. Gray	...	Canadian Soldier (uncredited)

Directed by
Lyndon Chubbuck

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Angela Workman		writer

Produced by
Douglas Berquist	....	producer
Christopher Courtney	....	line producer
Torsten Leschly	....	post-production producer
Alistair MacLean-Clark	....	executive producer
Alistair MacLean-Clark	....	producer
Jordan Randell	....	executive producer
Molly Orr Rosenberg	....	associate producer
Melvyn Singer	....	executive producer
William Talmadge	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Sereda

Cinematography by
Ron Orieux

Film Editing by
Alan Strachan

Casting by
Allan Foenander
Tom Hahn

Production Design by
Ken Rempel

Art Direction by
Myron Hyrak
Patrick Rolfe		(supervising art director)
Tim Youngman

Set Decoration by
Carol Lavallee
Brian Lofthouse

Costume Design by
Howard Burden

Makeup Department
Lloyd Bell	....	hair stylist
Rosemarie Diekmann	....	hair designer
Carole Dunne	....	hair designer
Alison Elliott	....	makeup artist (as Alison Davies)
Suzanne Jansen	....	makeup designer
Helen Johnson	....	makeup artist
Cathy Nicoll	....	makeup artist
Prudence Olenik	....	makeup artist
Rachel Pring	....	hair stylist
Dorey Sheppard	....	hair stylist
Dorey Sheppard	....	makeup artist
Barbara Taylor	....	hair stylist
Bill Terezakis	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Jo Bennett	....	production manager
Lars Lehmann	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Susan Bristow	....	third assistant director
Ehud Ellman	....	first assistant director
Sam Harris	....	first assistant director
Jackie Kelly	....	second assistant director
Matt Maloney	....	second assistant director
Eric Rebalkin	....	third assistant director
Edward Sharpe	....	assistant director (as Ed Sharpe)
Anthony Wilcox	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Leonard Ayotte	....	scenic carpenter
Stuart Becker	....	second assistant props
Tim C Campbell	....	paint coordinator
Barbara Chandler	....	scenic painter
Kevin Day	....	stand-by props: UK
Jason Eskeland	....	property master
Pat Goettler	....	prop graphics
David Gray	....	construction manager: UK
Mary Esther Griffiths	....	scenic painter
Claire Hein	....	carpenter
Jeff Howe	....	head carpenter
Charmaine Husum	....	scenic artist
Bill Ives	....	set designer
Alex Janes	....	carpenter
Wayne Jeannotte	....	carpenter
Jesse Johannesen	....	carpenter
Avery King	....	set dresser
Gary Laewete	....	carpenter
Kirby Liknes	....	scenic painter
Wilfred Long	....	carpenter
Darren Lucier	....	carpenter
Carrie Marklinger	....	set decoration buyer
Scott McCaw	....	carpenter
Lisa McDiarmid	....	stand-by art director
Andrew Moreau	....	graphic artist
Jim Murray	....	assistant set decorator
Justin Onofriechuk	....	on-set props
Dave Oudshoorn	....	carpenter
Jacqueline Poissant	....	art department coordinator
Gordy Potter	....	carpenter
Marty Shostak	....	construction coordinator
Richard 'Buck' Stevens	....	painter
Colin Trimble	....	carpenter
Andie Vining	....	property master: UK
Nicholas Williamson	....	stand-by props: UK

Sound Department
Per Asplund	....	sound mixer: second unit
Kasper Val Bjerregård Larsen	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Søren Bjerregaard-Ryan)
Garrell Clark	....	sound mixer
Mads Heldtberg	....	sound mix assistant
Svenn Jakobsen	....	foley mixer
Jamie Kidd	....	boom operator: second unit
Jan Lindvik	....	foley artist
Leif Motsch	....	foley editor
Alan Paley	....	supervising sound editor
John Pitt	....	sound maintenance: UK
Simon Price	....	dialogue editor
Brian Simmons	....	sound mixer: UK
Dan Tauber	....	boom operator
James Watt	....	sound trainee
Mark Kenna	....	consultant: Dolby film sound (uncredited)
Mark Kenna	....	consultant: dolby film sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Neal Champion	....	special effects
Bob David	....	special effects supervisor: Canada

Visual Effects by
Craig Chandler	....	digital effects
Richard Orpin	....	digital effects compositor

Stunts
Isabelle Miller	....	stunt double: Betty
Erin Moore	....	stunt double: Sylvia
Jerri Phillips	....	stunt double: Sylvia
John Scott	....	stunts
Joyce Vold	....	stunt double: Lily

Camera and Electrical Department
John Adshead	....	key grip
John Bailie	....	first assistant camera: UK
Malcolm Beale	....	grip: UK
James Beckett	....	sparks: UK
Peter Bloor	....	gaffer: UK
Kirk Chiswell	....	first assistant camera
Jeff Connors	....	dolly grip
Bob Coole	....	clapper loader: UK
Tony Cridlin	....	grip: UK
Matt Crowther	....	sparks: UK
Kathy Deugau	....	second assistant camera: second camera
Chris Frost	....	grip: UK
Perry Harris	....	lamp operator
Daryl Hartwell	....	grip
Kenny Ingram	....	sparks rigger: UK
Jim Jeffrey	....	camera operator
Chris Large	....	still photographer
Corey Lee	....	best boy grip
Ian Livesey	....	clapper loader: UK
Dave Luxton	....	camera trainee
Gerald Mackie	....	grip
Peter Markowski	....	best boy electric
Ray Meehan	....	best boy: UK
Bill Montgomery	....	lamp operator
Sam Osborne	....	focus puller: UK
Robert Riddell	....	director of photography: second unit
Terry Roberts	....	sparks: UK
Grizz Salzl	....	assistant camera
Brian Shier	....	second assistant camera
Randy Swanson	....	rigging grip
Carey Toner	....	Steadicam operator
Carey Toner	....	camera operator: second camera
Ostap Toroshenko	....	grip: second unit
Mike Vaughan	....	still photographer: UK
Al Wightmore	....	generator operator
Martin Wilde	....	gaffer
Nigel Willoughby	....	camera operator: UK

Casting Department
Geraldine Carr	....	casting: Edmonton
Louis Elman	....	crowd casting (as Louis Ellman)
Danis Goulet	....	background casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Russell Barnett	....	dresser: UK
Jill Concannon	....	assistant costume designer
Jennifer Haffenden	....	wardrobe set supervisor
Vivian Jones	....	dresser: UK
Heather Leverington	....	wardrobe truck
Richard Sale	....	assistant costume designer: UK

Editorial Department
Trudy Jansen	....	cutter
Julie Strachan	....	first assistant editor: UK

Music Department
Aaron L. Gilbert	....	music supervisor
Tony Orchudesch	....	music supervisor
Steve Parr	....	score recordist
John Sereda	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Tim Blair	....	transportation captain
Dennis Fitzgerald	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Mike Amos	....	production accountant: UK
Larissa Banting	....	unit publicist
Tara Beagan	....	stand-in
Karen Bédard	....	script supervisor
Elizabeth Bolstler	....	assistant accountant (as Libby Bolstier)
Laurette Bourassa	....	production coordinator
Sarah Carter	....	production runner: UK
Jake Chapman	....	production assistant: locations
Cory Faulkner	....	production assistant: locations
Katrina Fletcher	....	assistant location manager: UK
Diana Frechette	....	stand-in
Laurie Gibson	....	accounting clerk
Kim Goddard-Rains	....	assistant: Brenda Fricker
Michelle Gougeon	....	assistant production coordinator
Carrie Gour	....	script supervisor: second unit
Dana Guenette	....	stand-in
Ed Heury	....	production assistant: locations
Ava Karvonen	....	unit publicist
Wendy Kidd	....	unit publicist
Daren Lucas	....	stand-in
Kyla Maki	....	office production assistant
Janice Mordue	....	titles
Curtis Otte	....	operator: HotHead
Ben Owens	....	assistant location manager
Andy Pavord	....	location manager: UK (as Andrew Pavord)
Sue Smitten	....	script typist
Rachel Stewart	....	production coordinator: UK
Sarah Stuart	....	post-production accountant
Emma Thomas	....	script supervisor: UK
Rose-Anne Tisserand	....	assistant: Geraldine Carr
Patti Tucker	....	location manager
Rebecca White	....	assistant: Anna Friel
Catherine Charlton	....	dialect coach (uncredited)

Production Companies

• DB Entertainment
• Random Harvest Pictures
• Vanguard Entertainment

Distributors

• Be Best in DVD (BBI-DVD) (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• CDA Entertainment (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Miracle Communications Ltd.
• PorchLight Entertainment
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• General Screen Enterprises  titles and opticals
• Hear No Evil Studios  score recorded at
• Mad Dog Casting  extras casting
• Mike Fraser  negative cutting
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Wave Pictures  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

Love and War (USA) (MIFED title)
War Bride (USA)

Runtime:

Canada:103 min | UK:107 min

Country:

UK | Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

South Korea:15 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Alberta, Canada

Company:

DB Entertainment

A beautiful film.

The War Bride is a beautiful and inspiring drama, beautifully photographed, with superb acting and full of personal growth. Lily, an English girl, marries Charlie, a Canadian WWII soldier from northern Alberta, who lives on a "big ranch on the prairies". That sounds good to Lily but when she is sent to Canada for the duration of the war, the reality is very different. She is stuck with a grieving mother-in-law and a crippled sister-in-law, who feed off each others' bitterness and depression. The ranch is an unproductive farm with run-down buildings. Lily is horrified but decides to make the best of it and does very well indeed. If you like this film, then see Cold Comfort Farm (1995), a similar story and an intelligent comedy.