Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises (2007)

Timing: 1:41 (101 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2007-09-14

Country

Canada, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Focus Features, Serendipity Point Films, BBC Film, Scion Films, Téléfilm Canada, The Movie Network, Astral Media, Corus Entertainment, Shine Pictures, Kudos, Eastern Promises Film Productions, Eastern Promises Films Limited, Movie Central, Super Écran

Genre

Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Budget

$51 500 000

Revenue

$56 106 607

Website

http://www.focusfeatures.com/easternpromises/

Director

David Cronenberg

Actors

Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinéad Cusack, Donald Sumpter, Jerzy Skolimowski, Josef Altin, Mina E. Mina, Aleksandar Mikic
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Scenario

Producer

Robert Lantos, Paul Webster, David M. Thompson, Stephen Garrett, Jeff Abberley, Julia Blackman

Operator

Peter Suschitzky

Composer

Howard Shore

Artist

Catherine Palmer

Audition

Deirdre Bowen, Nina Gold

Editing

Ronald Sanders
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• The film was shot in England. 'Eastern Promises' was the first film in David Cronenberg's career to be entirely filmed outside of Canada.
• Naomi Watts was pregnant during the filming of the movie.
• To better prepare for his role, Viggo Mortensen traveled alone through Russia: he visited Moscow, St. Petersburg, and also small towns in the Urals. He also read books about 'thieves in law' and prison tattoos. Additionally, Viggo watched the film '...Known as 'The Beast'' (1990) starring Dmitry Pevtsov.
• The fight scene in the bathhouse was filmed without stunt doubles.
• The full name of Viggo Mortensen's character is Nikolai Luzhin. This is an allusion to Vladimir Nabokov's novel 'The Defense of Luzhin'.
• Viggo Mortensen's character has exactly 50 tattoos, which were applied to the actor's body daily for over four hours.
• The film was shot in England. "Eastern Promises" was the first film in David Cronenberg’s career to be filmed entirely outside of Canada.
• To better prepare for his role, Viggo Mortensen traveled alone through Russia: he visited Moscow, St. Petersburg, and also small towns in the Urals. He also read books about "thieves in law" and prison tattoos. In addition, Viggo watched the film "...Known as the Beast" (1990) starring Dmitry Pevtsov.
• The hero Viggo Mortensen's full name is Nikolai Luzhin. This is an allusion to Vladimir Nabokov's novel 'The Defense of Luzhin'.