The Awakening

The Awakening (2011)

Timing: 1:47 (107 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2011-08-17

Country

United Kingdom

Production

StudioCanal, Lipsync Productions, BBC Film, Creative Scotland, Origin Pictures

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Budget

$4 798 235

Revenue

$6 879 667

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Director

Nick Murphy

Actors

Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Lucy Cohu, Cal MacAninch, John Shrapnel, Diana Kent, Richard Durden, Alfie Field
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Scenario

Producer

David M. Thompson, Sarah Curtis, Julia Stannard

Operator

Eduard Grau

Composer

Daniel Pemberton

Artist

Audition

Shaheen Baig

Editing

Victoria Boydell
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• The painting, which is said to be very popular with boys, is called «Judith Slaying Holofernes» (1612-1613) by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c.1653).
• The building used as the boarding school in the film also depicted Mr. Darcy's estate in the 1995 dramatic miniseries "Pride and Prejudice" starring Colin Firth.
• Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who played Tom Hill, and Joseph Mawle, who played the gardener, both appeared in the series "Game of Thrones" (2011). Mawle played Benjen Stark, Ned Stark’s brother, while Hempstead-Wright played Bran Stark, Ned’s son and Benjen’s nephew.
• The film is set in 1921.
• The interior shots of the boarding school were filmed at Marchmont House (a historic building, a residential home), while the exterior of the school was depicted by Manderston House. Both buildings are located in Scotland.
• Florence is called "Mausi", which translates from German as "mouse". This is a term of endearment, similar to the English word "honey" (literally – honey, figuratively – darling, dear, beloved).
• When Florence Catcart inspects the classroom where ghosts have been repeatedly seen, a quote from the poem "To the Fallen" (1914) from the "Ode of Remembrance" by English poet and playwright Laurence Binyon (1869-1943) momentarily appears on the blackboard – "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old." The poem has become a poetic symbol of mourning for the British who died in World War I. This is a tribute to the boys shown in old photographs earlier in the film, who are presumed to have died in the war.
• The painting, said to be very popular with boys, is "Judith Slaying Holofernes" (1612-1613) by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c.1653).
• The building used as the boarding school in the film also depicted Mr. Darcy's estate in the dramatic miniseries "Pride and Prejudice" (1995) starring Colin Firth.
• Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who played Tom Hill, and Joseph Mawle, who played the gardener, both appeared in the series "Game of Thrones" (2011). Mawle played Benjen Stark, Ned Stark's brother, while Hempstead-Wright played Bran Stark, Ned's son and Benjen's nephew.
• When Florence Catcart examines the classroom where ghosts have been repeatedly seen, a quote from the poem "To the Fallen" (1914) from the "Ode of Remembrance" by English poet and playwright Laurence Binyon (1869-1943) briefly appears on the blackboard behind her – "They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old." The poem became a poetic symbol of mourning for the British who died in World War I. This is a tribute to the boys shown in old photographs earlier in the film, who are presumably killed in the war.