The Beguiled

The Beguiled (2017)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2017-06-23

Country

United States

Production

American Zoetrope, FR Productions

Genre

Drama

Budget

$10 500 000

Revenue

$27 869 129

Website

http://www.focusfeatures.com/thebeguiled/

Director

Sofia Coppola

Actors

Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Oona Laurence, Angourie Rice, Addison Riecke, Emma Howard, Wayne Pére, Matt Story
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Scenario

Producer

Sofia Coppola, Youree Henley, Fred Roos, Anne Ross, Roman Coppola, Robert Ortiz, Francis Ford Coppola

Operator

Philippe Le Sourd

Composer

Thomas Mars

Artist

Alice Alward

Audition

Nicole Daniels, Courtney Bright

Editing

Sarah Flack
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• Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell began work on the film just weeks after finishing filming Yorgos Lanthimos's drama "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" (2017).
• Producers dreamed of casting an actor "similar to Chris Pratt." Colin Farrell was eventually approved for the role.
• The film was shot on 35mm film.
• Some scenes of the film were shot in the vicinity of Napoleonville, Louisiana.
• The mansion shown in the film was also used in the visual album of Beyoncé Knowles' Lemonade, released on April 23, 2016.
• At the lighting director's request, the scene in which Nicole Kidman washes Colin Farrell with a sponge had to be reshot several times. The filming of the scene took approximately two hours in total.
• Nicole Kidman was trained in medical procedures from the American Civil War era by a participant in historical reenactments of that period.
• Sofia Coppola asked Kirsten Dunst to lose weight for the role of Edwina. The actress refused, stating that she hates exercising and had recently been on a diet for another film.
• The screenplay was written with Nicole Kidman in mind.
• During filming, the cast had a sewing teacher, a dance teacher, they took etiquette lessons and had to cook and eat meals together. A priest explained a prayer from the Gospel of Matthew, and Sofia Coppola gave everyone a book on etiquette from the pre-war period titled "How to Be a Good Southern Lady".
• During filming, the cast had a sewing teacher, a dance teacher, they took etiquette lessons and were required to cook and eat meals together. A priest explained the prayers from the Gospel of Matthew, and Sofia Coppola distributed a book on etiquette from the pre-war era titled 'How to Be a Good Southern Lady' to everyone.
• Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell began working on the film just weeks after finishing filming Yorgos Lanthimos’s drama "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" (2017).
• Producers dreamed of casting an actor “who looked like Chris Pratt.” Ultimately, Colin Farrell was chosen for the role.
• During filming, the cast had a sewing teacher, a dance instructor, etiquette lessons, and were required to cook and eat meals together. A priest explained prayers from the Book of Matthew, and Sofia Coppola gave everyone a book on etiquette from the pre-war era titled "How to Be a Good Southern Lady."