Naked (1993)

Director:

Mike Leigh

Writer:

Mike Leigh (writer)

Release Date:

February 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Plot:

Johnny flees Manchester for London, to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend...

Plot Keywords:

Mental Breakdown | Insult | Night Watchman | Existentialist | Rough Sex

Awards:

8 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

David Thewlis	...	Johnny
Lesley Sharp	...	Louise Clancy
Katrin Cartlidge	...	Sophie
Greg Cruttwell	...	Jeremy G. Smart
Claire Skinner	...	Sandra
Peter Wight	...	Brian
Ewen Bremner	...	Archie
Susan Vidler	...	Maggie
Deborah MacLaren	...	Woman in Window
Gina McKee	...	Cafe Girl
Carolina Giammetta	...	Masseuse
Elizabeth Berrington	...	Giselle
Darren Tunstall	...	Poster Man
Robert Putt	...	Chauffeur
Lynda Rooke	...	Victim
Angela Curran	...	Car Owner
Peter Whitman	...	Mr. Halpern
Jo Abercrombie	...	Woman in Street
Elaine Britten	...	Girl in Porsche with Jeremy
David Foxxe	...	Tea Bar Owner
Mike Avenall	...	Man at Tea Bar
Toby Jones	...	Man at Tea Bar
Sandra Voe	...	Bag Lady

Directed by
Mike Leigh

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mike Leigh		writer

Produced by
Simon Channing Williams	....	producer

Original Music by
Andrew Dickson

Cinematography by
Dick Pope

Film Editing by
Jon Gregory

Casting by
Susie Parriss
Paddy Stern

Production Design by
Alison Chitty

Art Direction by
Eve Stewart

Costume Design by
Lindy Hemming

Makeup Department
Christine Blundell	....	makeup artist
Kirstin Chalmers	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Georgina Lowe	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Zerlina Hughes	....	fourth assistant director
Josh Robertson	....	third assistant director
Rupert Ryle-Hodges	....	first assistant director
Toby Sherborne	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Derek Creedon	....	stand-by props
John Davies	....	painter
Trisha Edwards	....	production buyer
Guy Hunt	....	stand-by carpenter
Piero Jamieson	....	lead man
Nic Orlande	....	carpenter (as Nick Orlande)
Tom Read	....	art department assistant
Guy Rutter	....	stand-by painter
Hank Schumacher	....	construction manager
Reg Wheeler	....	dressing props
Steve Wheeler	....	property master

Sound Department
Sue Baker	....	dubbing editor
Loveday Harding	....	boom operator
André Jacquemin	....	sound engineer
Peter Maxwell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Imogen Pollard	....	foley editor
Ken Weston	....	sound recordist
Steve Hancock	....	sound camera operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Martin Duncan	....	best boy
Tom Lowen	....	stand-by rigger (as Tommy Lowen)
Simon Mein	....	still photographer
Dave Owen	....	electrician
Chris Palmer	....	generator operator
John Parsons	....	gaffer
Dick Pope	....	camera operator
Steve Potts	....	generator operator
Andy Shuttleworth	....	Steadicam operator
Simon Starling	....	second assistant camera
Colin Strachan	....	camera grip
Gary Turnbull	....	focus puller

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sharon Long	....	costume supervisor
Debbie Scott	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Kate Mackenzie	....	first assistant editor
Ian Seymour	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Step Parikian	....	music coordinator

Other crew
Chris Allies	....	title designer
Mike Carter	....	location assistant
Stephanie Fauger	....	production coordinator (as Stephanie Faugier)
Neil Lee	....	location manager
Mark Mostyn	....	location manager
Peter Shuttleworth	....	production runner
Christopher Simon	....	assistant accountant
Christopher Simon	....	assistant accountant
Heather Storr	....	script supervisor
Claudine Sturdy	....	assistant to producer
Will Tyler	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• Thin Man Films
• British Screen Productions
• Channel Four Films

Distributors

• Alta Films (Spain)
• Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK) (Czech Republic)
• Criterion Collection, The (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (USA) (laserdisc)
• Fine Line Features
• Homescreen (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Rizzoli Corriere della Sera Home Video (RCS) (Italy) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Movietech  camera equipment provided by
• Tru-Cut  negative cutting

Also Known As:

Mike Leigh's Naked

Runtime:

131 min | South Korea:112 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 (cut) | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | Canada:R (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Thin Man Films

Trivia:

The script was largely created by improvisation during 11 weeks of rehearsal before shooting. The script was only 25 pages long.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Sandra: What is your problem?
Johnny: What's *your* problem?
Sandra: All these silly questions and...
Johnny: Well look - I've never met a nurse before and I'm just interested in, uh, well in life. I mean, do you think it's worth saving?
Sandra: Of course I do. But there is a time and a place and actually this isn't the time or...
Johnny: The place?
Sandra: No. And this is where I...
Johnny: Live?
Sandra: Yes, and I'm not feeling very...
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (1997) (TV)

Naked Owns Cinema.

My favourite film of all time and I don't even know why. It not only is repulsive but at the same time hysterically funny. It makes living in London a distorted pleasure as it is on my mind every day as I walk through the city that inspired such a piece. The theories that Johnny comes up with are not only salient but increasingly prophetic and it serves as a reminder to Mike Leighs brilliance that a film ORIGINALLY intended as a Post Thatcherite comment can now be seen as a highly accurate portrait of 21st century Britain. The dialogue is razor sharp and the thoughts and ideas explored may be too 'In Your Face' for some but it is a film that every adult should see. It makes you face what you are and that may make it an uncomfortable experience but the result is, for good or ill, life changing. For that, it is, to me the greatest film of all time.

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