The Invisible Circus (2001)

Director:

Adam Brooks

Writers (WGA):

Jennifer Egan (novel)
Adam Brooks (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 February 2001 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A story of friendship, freedom and fate that could only happen in the Sixties

Plot:

A teenage girl travels to Paris in the 1970s trying to find out about her sister's suicide, and falls in love with her dead sister's boyfriend.

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Father | Europe | Loss Of Sister | Gun

Cast

Cameron Diaz	...	Faith
Jordana Brewster	...	Phoebe
Christopher Eccleston	...	Wolf
Blythe Danner	...	Gail
Camilla Belle	...	Phoebe, Age 10-12
Patrick Bergin	...	Gene
Isabelle Pasco	...	Claire
Moritz Bleibtreu	...	Eric
Philipp Weissert	...	Safehouse Leader
Nikola Obermann	...	Hannah
Robert Getter	...	American Statesman
Ricky Koole	...	Nikki
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stéphanie Lanier	...	(uncredited)
Edward Olive	...	Chef (uncredited)

Directed by
Adam Brooks

Writing credits (WGA)
Jennifer Egan		(novel)
Adam Brooks		(screenplay)

Produced by
Arianna C. Bocco	....	executive producer
Julia Chasman	....	producer
Tim Van Rellim	....	executive producer
Nick Wechsler	....	producer

Original Music by
Nick Laird-Clowes

Cinematography by
Henry Braham

Film Editing by
Elizabeth Kling

Casting by
Laura Rosenthal

Production Design by
Robin Standefer

Art Direction by
Stephen Alesch

Set Decoration by
Philippe Turlure

Costume Design by
Fabienne Katany
Donna Zakowska

Makeup Department
Jean-Pierre Eychenne	....	key makeup artist
Christian Gruau	....	key hair stylist
Olivia Lequimener	....	hair stylist
Marie-France Vassel	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Alain Agostini	....	unit manager
Hernani Borges	....	production manager
Joseph Boyle	....	production supervisor: San Francisco
Laurent Chiomento	....	assistant unit manager
Pierre-Olivier Daudens	....	assistant unit manager
Arnaud Gironcourt	....	unit manager
Ned Kopp	....	production manager: San Francisco
Ginette Mejinsky	....	production manager
Victoria Westhead	....	assistant production manager: San Francisco

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Francisco Antunes	....	third assistant director: Portugal
Jorge Ferreira da Costa	....	first assistant director: Portugal
Nuno Dray	....	second assistant director: Portugal
Coralie Fargeat	....	second assistant director
Sharon Gerhard	....	second second assistant director: San Francisco
Ned Kopp	....	first assistant director: San Francisco
Douglas Law	....	first assistant director
Alexia Lecerf	....	assistant director: second unit
Etienne Levallois	....	assistant director
Robert J. Mooney	....	second assistant director: San Francisco
Keith Roberts	....	second assistant director
Tim Van Rellim	....	second unit director: France/Portugal

Art Department
Fabienne Couvreur	....	painter
Jean-Michel Ducourty	....	first assistant art director
Eckart Friz	....	assistant prop buyer: Germany
Géraldine Hervé	....	assistant production designer
Tom Richardson	....	lead scenic artist: San Francisco
Mark Warren	....	property master
Joey Weber	....	prop buyer: Germany

Sound Department
Peter Bettendorff	....	sound recordist: San Francisco
David Boyll	....	boom operator: San Francisco
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Lewis Goldstein	....	sound effects editor
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Skip Lievsay	....	supervising sound editor
Debora Lilavois	....	assistant adr editor
Cate Montana	....	assistant sound editor
Jean-Paul Mugel	....	sound
Igor Nikolic	....	assistant sound editor
Yves-Marie Omnes	....	boom operator
Bill Orrico	....	apprentice sound editor
Glenfield Payne	....	sound effects editor
Jennifer Ralston	....	foley supervisor
Philip Stockton	....	sound editor
Pierre Tucat	....	boom operator
Jay Peck	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects coordinator
Alain Couty	....	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Vincent Blasco	....	key grip
Sergeï Lourié	....	grip
Mikael Monod	....	gaffer
Rita Palma	....	video assistant: Portugal
François Perrault-Alix	....	grip
Thierry Ramanana	....	grip
Etienne Saldés	....	rigging grip
Jani Vournas	....	key grip: San Francisco

Casting Department
Nina Henninger	....	location casting
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting
Tina Spangler	....	casting assistant (as Tina M. Spangler)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sandrine Douat	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Julie Carr	....	first assistant editor
Ricardo Olivero	....	color timer
Chris Patterson	....	assistant editor
Barry Malawski	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Andy Brown	....	music contractor
Ben Coleman	....	musician: electric violin
Matt Dunkley	....	conductor
Matt Dunkley	....	music arranger
Matt Dunkley	....	orchestrator
Karen Elliott	....	music coordinator
Dan Evans Farkas	....	music editor
Sean Garnhart	....	music re-recording mixer
The London Metropolitan Orchestra	....	music performed by
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music producer: Gohl/McLaughlin Productions
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music score producer: Gohl/McLaughlin Productions
Anne Pope	....	assistant music editor
Jonathan Rees	....	orchestra leader
Maggie Rodford	....	music coordinator

Transportation Department
Doug Dovichi	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Elissa Buchanan	....	office production assistant: San Francisco
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Albert Coumans	....	caterer
Brad Davis	....	production accountant: San Francisco unit
Laetitia Dom	....	production assistant
Ava Fang	....	production assistant: San Francisco
Arnaud Gironcourt	....	assistant location manager
Nuno Godinho	....	production assistant
Frédéric Greene	....	production accountant: France
Thomas M. Harrigan	....	location scout: San Francisco
Naomi Harris	....	assistant: Adam Brooks
Marc Jacobs	....	production resources
Alex Matcham	....	financial controller
Marie McFerran	....	production coordinator
Tyler McGrath	....	production assistant: San Francisco
Laurie Noll	....	location manager: San Francisco
Claudia Schon Maier	....	assistant: Julia Chasman and Nick Weschler (as Claudia Schön-Maier)
Jeff Sommerville	....	production associate
Yesica Soto Pérez	....	assistant: Tim Van Rellim (as Yesica Soto)
Claudine Strasser	....	script supervisor
Scott Trimble	....	office production assistant: San Francisco

Production Companies

• Fine Line Features
• Industry Entertainment
• Nicolas Entertainment

Distributors

• Aurum Producciones (Spain)
• Fine Line Features (USA)
• GAGA (2001) (Japan) (all media)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (France) (video)
• Nexo
• Pioneer LDC (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
• Pioneer LDC (2001) (Japan) (VHS)
• Primer Plano Film Group (Argentina)

Other Companies

• Chapter III Records  soundtrack
• Culture Publishers (CP)  soundtrack: Japan
• London Metropolitan Orchestra, The  orchestra

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, language and drug content.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:7 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Fine Line Features

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the beginning of the movie, Phoebe and her mother, Gail, are watching TV which is showing the opening credits to the show "The Rockford Files." The sound coming out of the TV is not the opening theme for "The Rockford Files."

Movie Connections:

Featured in Return to Edge City (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Weather Shy

Journey to the end of the road

So it isn't an epic, but for people experiencing anything similar

(sibling suicide) it might be an interesting way of therapy. An

imaginative narrative and some fine acting makes it time well

spent. For some reason, it hasn't really caught on in the audience,

something I do believe is a result of the main theme. Why did she

commit suicide? Clearly, this is hardly something that US

moviegoers will flock to, had it been an European production it

probably would have reached its audience in a much greater

extent. It is however, a movie that although the realism tainted by a

shimmering romanticized glow, gives the viewer a whole hearted

impression.