Miranda (2002)

Director:

Marc Munden

Writer:

Rob Young (writer)

Release Date:

10 October 2002 (Russia)

Genre:

Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

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Plot:

A librarian begins a passionate affair with a mysterious woman who walks into his library. When she...

Plot Keywords:

Dominatrix | Librarian | Foot Fetish | One Word Title | Having Sex With Skirt Hiked Up

Cast

Christina Ricci	...	Miranda
John Simm	...	Frank
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Nailor
John Hurt	...	Christian
Julian Rhind-Tutt	...	Rod
Cavan Clerkin	...	Gerry
Matthew Marsh	...	Charles
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tamsin Greig	...	Receptionist
Pik Sen Lim	...	Mrs. Wang
Dennis Matsuki	...	Interpreter

Directed by
Marc Munden

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rob Young		writer

Produced by
Laurence Bowen	....	producer
Philip Clarke	....	executive producer
Elinor Day	....	co-producer
Mark Hubbard	....	line producer
Hanno Huth	....	executive producer
Robert Jones	....	executive producer
Paul Webster	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Murray Gold

Cinematography by
Ben Davis

Film Editing by
William Diver		(as Bill Diver)

Casting by
Kate Rhodes James

Production Design by
Alice Normington

Art Direction by
Tim Ellis

Set Decoration by
Barbara Herman-Skelding

Costume Design by
Michele Clapton

Makeup Department
Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore	....	contact lens technician
Liz Tagg	....	hair designer
Liz Tagg	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Lee Alliston	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ed Raymond	....	third assistant director (as Eddie Raymond)
Beni Turkson	....	second assistant director
Stephen Woolfenden	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jacqueline Abrahams	....	stand-by art director
Thomas Brown	....	assistant art director
Martin Kelly	....	art department assistant
Charles Leatherland	....	draughtsman
Rebecca Neville	....	stand-by props
Claire Nia Richards	....	production buyer

Sound Department
Tim Alban	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Andrews	....	adr recordist
Simon Gershon	....	supervising sound editor
Bruce Wills	....	sound mixer
Hilary Wyatt	....	supervising dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
Mark Bakowski	....	visual effects supervisor
Yasmine El-Ghamrawy	....	digital operator
Sarah Lockwood	....	digital compositor
Tom Rolfe	....	digital compositor
Alan Smith	....	titles director
Jim Steel	....	digital compositor: MillFilm

Stunts
Lee Sheward	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Bain	....	focus puller
Philippe Cointepas	....	clapper loader
Kevin Fraser	....	grip
Daniel Holland	....	clapper loader
Ian Mussell	....	grip: dailies
Steve Parker	....	director of photography: second unit
Nick Wall	....	still photographer
Colin Watkinson	....	focus puller

Music Department
Liz Gallacher	....	music supervisor
Steve Parr	....	music mixer
Steve Parr	....	music recordist

Transportation Department
Paul Mason	....	driver

Other crew
Tim Baish	....	assistant location manager
Dan Connolly	....	location manager
Liane Gillett	....	assistant to producer
Natasha Gormley	....	assistant production coordinator
Polly Jefferies	....	production coordinator
Kate Jones	....	assistant: Christina Ricci
Paul Mason	....	runner
Lee Robertson	....	assistant location manager
Maxine Stanley	....	post-production accountant
Phil Symes	....	unit publicist
Freya Archard	....	body double (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Feelgood Films
• Film Council
• FilmFour
• Senator Film Produktion

Distributors

• Alta Films (Spain)
• Channel Four Films
• FilmFour
• First Look International
• Karmen (Russia)
• Minerva Pictures
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• AFM Lighting  lighting
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  editing equipment
• Nexus Productions  title sequence animation
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong sexuality and language.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

UK | Germany

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:18A | Hong Kong:III | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Feelgood Films

Goofs:

Continuity: Two silver hair clips abruptly disappear from Miranda's hair during her "Thelma and Louise" conversation with Christian.

Quotes:

Frank: Love is a powerful force. Romeo topped himself... so that Cleopatra... Samson pulled down an entire city to win Delilah. Love conquers everything. And yet, there are times when even love itself is powerless. At those times, I prefer to use a breadboard.

Meet you at Trafalgar Square at 4pm

Marc Munden's "Miranda" is a film that shows great visual style. As written for the screen by Rob Young, this movie's fate seems to have been a limited release and then directly to video. Not having seen it before, we watched it on cable recently. While this film offers a lot, most viewers seem to react against it, judging by the comments sent to this forum.

Christina Ricci, as the mysterious Miranda is perfectly intense. Ms. Ricci deserves much better. Her character is not clear enough for most people to care for her. The excellent John Simm, is Frank, the young librarian in love with this flighty woman who decides to stick to her and ultimately make her love him. Kyle MacLachlan, makes an appearance as Nailor, the man behind all the plot, and John Hurt, makes a perfect Christian.