PAUL IS DEAD

‘An Autobiography Sorta’

Genre: Coming of Age, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Allison Anders
Screenplay: Allison Anders
Producer(s): Carl Colpaert, Andrew Mark Sewell
Executive Producer(s): Ted Hope, Vanessa Hope
Production Company: Cineville Productions in association with B7 Media
Category: Feature
Duration: 1hr 30mins
Year: 2005

From the pioneering indie director of ‘Gas Food Lodging’ and ‘Grace of My Heart’ and the Producers’ of ‘Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont’ – ‘Paul is Dead is the semi-autobiographical story of a 17-year old girl, Shea, who in 1970, transcends her unhappy life by magically embracing the rumour that Beatle Paul McCartney is dead; creating a fantasy world to comfort and empower herself to become the hero of her own story with the guidance of her Fab Four ghost….

Cast

Mrs Palfrey (Joan Plowright)

Ludovic Meyer (Rupert Friend)

Mrs Arbuthnot (Anna Massey)

Gwendolyn (Zoë Tapper)

Mr Osborne (Robert Lang)

Mrs Post (Marcia Warren)

Mrs Burton (Georgina Hale)

Mrs De Salis (Millicent Martin)

Mrs Meyer (Clare Higgins)

Violet (Emma Pike)

Summers (Timothy Bateson)

What the critics say

The NY Times

"'Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont' is a juicy morsel for the great British actress Dame Joan Plowright, who endows Mrs. Palfrey with stoic charm and decency."

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Variety

"'Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont' is an endearing, deceptively simple story (the film) excels at presenting a relationship unfurling with comedic undertones that will appeal to older audiences, art house patrons, and Joan Plowright fans."

The Hollywood Reporter

"As in a fine miniature painting, director Dan Ireland and screenwriter Ruth Sacks work in small brushstrokes in 'Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont.' The details are what matters, and thanks to a cast of all-star British elders and a mischievous sense of humor, the filmmakers bring those details to vivid life."an admirable rendition of a classic."

Production Credits

Director: Dan Ireland
Screenplay: Martin Donovan, Dan Ireland and Ruth Sacks based on the novel by Elizabeth Taylor
Producer(s): Lee Caplin, Carl Colpaert, Zachary Matz
UK Producer: Andrew Mark Sewell
Co-Producer: Matt Devlen
Co-Executive Producer(s): Martin Donovan, Harry Gregson-Williams, Maxine Nelson-Flitman
Associate Producer: Rod Smith
Composer: Stephen Barton
Cinematographer: Claudio Rocha
Editors: Nigel Galt, Virginia Katz
Casting Director: Carl Proctor
Production Designer: Julian Nagel
Art Director: Fabrice Spelta
Costume Designer: Maja Meschede

PAUL IS DEAD

‘An Autobiography Sorta’

Cast

What the critics say

Production Credits

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