This is the fifth venture for directing partners Scott McGehee and David Siegel (contrary to imdb he is not the David Siegel in Queen of Versailles) and I've seen two: The Deep End (2001) which starred Tilda Swinton as a mother who stops at nothing to protect her teenage son and Bee Season (2005) which featured another terrific child performance.
Special note must be made of Maisie's spectacular and colorful wardrobe, designed by Stacey Battat (Broken English (2007), Somewhere, Country Strong, Another Happy Day). Here's one picture. Further eye candy is to be found in the production design by Kelly McGehee (Bee Season, Lymelife, The Art of Getting By, more) (probably related but I don't know for sure) and cinematography by Gilles Nuttgens (won at Sundance for The Deep End and also shot Water (2005), a miraculous tale of a child widow in India).
Nice music is by Nick Urata (last blogged in Ruby Sparks) and clips can be heard on the amazon page and a whole track on this page. Here's a list of seven songs on the soundtrack.
The current winner of the Producers Plethora Prize is a 14 minute short we saw in April with 39 producers of various rankings, but this deserves a mention with 28.
The DVD is scheduled for release August 13. We recommend it highly. So do rottentomatoes participants (critics 88%/audiences 83).
The current winner of the Producers Plethora Prize is a 14 minute short we saw in April with 39 producers of various rankings, but this deserves a mention with 28.
The DVD is scheduled for release August 13. We recommend it highly. So do rottentomatoes participants (critics 88%/audiences 83).
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