The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Robert Allan Ackerman

Writers:

Martin Sherman (writer)
Tennessee Williams (novella)

Release Date:

4 May 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A failing star is faced with a life-style change when her rich husband suddenly dies while they are en route to Italy...

Plot Keywords:

Gigolo | Aging | May December Romance | Companion | Actress

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 10 nominations

Cast

Helen Mirren	...	Karen Stone
Olivier Martinez	...	Paolo di Lio
Anne Bancroft	...	Contessa
Rodrigo Santoro	...	Young Man
Brian Dennehy	...	Tom Stone
Roger Allam	...	Christopher
Victor Alfieri	...	Lorenzo
Suzanne Bertish	...	Julia
Jane Bertish	...	Karen's Secretary
Tara Lynne O'Neill	...	Angel Hunter
Salvatore Lazzaro	...	Barber
Sara James	...	Hairdresser
Riccardo Sardonè	...	Marco (as Riccardo Sadroné)
Dona Granata	...	Mama Pepisco
Aldo Signoretti	...	Papa Pepisco
Ángel Alonso	...	Guido (as Angel Alonso)
Frank Crudele	...	Peppo
Genevieve Mackenzie	...	Maid
Jack Lynch	...	Reporter
Morgan O'Sullivan	...	Reporter
Rebecca Smith	...	Stewardess

Directed by
Robert Allan Ackerman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Martin Sherman		writer
Tennessee Williams		novella

Produced by
James Flynn	....	producer
Howard Gibbins	....	line producer
Hilary Heath	....	executive producer
Morgan O'Sullivan	....	producer

Original Music by
John Altman

Cinematography by
Ashley Rowe

Film Editing by
Melissa Kent

Casting by
Maureen Hughes
Amy Rowan

Production Design by
Tom Conroy

Art Direction by
Susanna Codognato
Padraig O'Neill

Set Decoration by
Laura Bowe

Costume Design by
Dona Granata

Makeup Department
Orla Carrol	....	key hair stylist: Dublin (as Orla Carroll)
Giuseppe Desiato	....	makeup artist: Italy
Massimiliano Duranti	....	assistant hair stylist: Italy
Morna Ferguson	....	key makeup artist
Ferdinando Merolla	....	hair stylist
Niamh O'Loan	....	makeup assistant: Dublin
Aldo Signoretti	....	key hair stylist: Ms. Mirren

Production Management
Enrico Ballarin	....	production manager: Italy
Laura Cappato	....	unit manager: Italy
Jo Homewood	....	production manager: Dublin
Chad Tomasoski	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sandra Corbally	....	trainee assistant director: Dublin
Edoardo Ferretti	....	second assistant director: Italy
Mary Gough	....	second assistant director
Sean Griffin	....	third assistant director: Dublin
Barbara Mulcahy	....	first assistant director
Davide Sacchetti	....	second second assistant director
Francesco Scopelliti	....	assistant director
Luigi Spoletini	....	second assistant director: Italy

Art Department
Maximilian Aita	....	property dressing: Dublin (as Max Aita)
Roberta Amodio	....	property buyer: Italy
Anthony Arkins	....	stagehand: Dublin
Edward Arkins	....	stagehand: Dublin
George Arkins	....	stagehand: Dublin
Thomas John Atkins	....	stand-by stagehand: Dublin
Ignacio Barbe	....	set dresser
Ken Carlisle	....	carpenter: Dublin
David Chambers	....	stagehand: Dublin
Liz Colbert	....	art department trainee
Vincenzo De Stefano	....	drapes: Italy
Pascal Farrell	....	supervising carpenter: Dublin
Michael Flood	....	property supervisor: Dublin
Michael Freeney	....	rigger: Dublin
Ruggero Gamba	....	stand-by assistant property: Italy
Jimmy Gillen	....	stagehand: Dublin
John Greene	....	painter: Dublin
Martin Hayes	....	carpenter: Dublin
Bernard Hickie	....	property dressing: Dublin
Gisella Ingrassia	....	stand-by painter: Italy
James Kavanagh	....	drapes: Dublin
Darren Keenan	....	stand-by painter: Dublin
Martin Kenny	....	painter: Dublin
Matthew Kirwan	....	carpenter: Dublin
Gerard Lanigan	....	property stand-by
Eoin Lewis	....	property dressing: Dublin
Nicky Macmanus	....	carpenter: Dublin
Charles Maloney	....	painter: Dublin
James McGetrick	....	assistant property stand-by: Dublin
Robert Meldon	....	rigger: Dublin
Ed Norton	....	construction manager: Dublin
Lesley Oakley	....	draughtsperson
Irene O'Brien	....	first assistant art director
Liam O'Riain	....	carpenter: Dublin
Roberto Palombelli	....	property dressing: Italy
Sheelagh Power	....	art department property buyer: Dublin
Bob Pritchard	....	property store person: Dublin
Laurence Quinn	....	construction buyer: Dublin
Saverio Sammali	....	assistant art director
Ken Samson	....	rigger: Dublin
Giovanbattista Sbragi	....	property dressing: Italy
Alan Siggins	....	painter: Dublin

Sound Department
Francesco Azzini	....	sound assistant: Italy
Dicken Berglund	....	adr mixer
Daniel Birch	....	sound mixer
Tom Bognar	....	assistant sound editor
Mark Cookson	....	sound effects editor
Ryan Darden	....	assistant sound editor
Russell DeWolf	....	dialogue editor
John Edwards-Younger	....	sound effects editor (as John S. Edwards-Younger)
Thom 'Coach' Ehle	....	sound consultant: Dolby (as Thom Ehle)
Andrew Felton	....	sound trainee: Dublin
William Freesh	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Green	....	dialogue editor (as John F. Green)
Stephen Grubbs	....	supervising sound editor
Nathan Hankins	....	assistant sound editor
Richard Hetherington	....	boom operator
Anthony Mazzei	....	supervising sound editor
Sean McCormack	....	sound recordist
Gus Medina	....	foley mixer
Tim O'Donovan	....	sound trainee: Dublin
Dale W. Perry	....	foley artist (as Dale Perry)
Kevin Roache	....	adr recordist
R. Russell Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Tiberio Angeloni	....	special effects: Italy
Franco Galiano	....	special effects coordinator: Italy

Visual Effects by
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM
Adam Hawkey	....	digital film opticals: iOFilm

Stunts
Philippe Zone	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Bazille	....	still photographer
Paolo Bovi	....	grip: Italy
Ian Clark	....	first assistant camera
Francesco Colangeli	....	electrician: Italy
Andrew Cole	....	electrician: Dublin
Andy Cole	....	electrician
Roberto De Angelis	....	Steadicam operator
Roberto De Angelis	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Giordano De Blasis	....	electrician
Bonnie Dempsey	....	camera trainee: Dublin
Tony Devlin	....	chief lighting technician
Fabio Di Michele	....	generator operator: Italy
Gerard Donnelly	....	assistant chief lighting technician: Dublin
John Evans	....	second assistant camera
David Giorgio	....	video assist operator
Martin Holland	....	generator operator: Dublin
Noel Holland	....	electrician: Dublin
Duccio Maccari	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, Italy
Ian Madden	....	chief rigging technician: Dublin
Stefano Marino	....	gaffer: Italy
James McGuire	....	electrician: Dublin
Anthony Meade	....	second assistant camera: Dublin
Giuseppe Meloni	....	electrician: Italy
Eoin O'Hagan	....	electrician: Dublin
Roberto Pecci	....	grip: Italy
Sam Phillips	....	key grip
Marco Sticchi	....	electrician: Italy
Alberto Torrecilla	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, Italy
Doriano Torriero	....	grip: Italy
Bernard Walsh	....	still photographer: Dublin

Casting Department
Francesco Vedovati	....	casting: Italy

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Giuseppe Avallone	....	costume assistant: Italy
Hermano Boccanera	....	costume trainee: Italy
Catherine Buyse Dian	....	costume assistant: Italy
Stefano Giovani	....	costume assistant: Italy
Gill Howard	....	assistant costume designer
Olga Michalowska	....	costume assistant: Italy
Jessica O'Leary	....	wardrobe supervisor
Laura Sciotti	....	seamstress: Italy
Cassandra Steyn-Taylor	....	wardrobe assistant
Cesare Tanoni	....	costume assistant: Italy

Editorial Department
Kenny Becker	....	color timer
Tim King	....	executive in charge of post-production
Roger La Prairie	....	telecine colorist
Jarrod Miller	....	post-production assistant
Alexis Seymour	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
James Bellamy	....	music editor: UK
Patrick S. Clark	....	music editor (as Patrick Clark)
James Collins	....	music scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Tony De Simone	....	driver: Italy
Fabio Mancini	....	transportation captain: Italy
Fiona Mulvey	....	transportation captain: Dublin
Roberto Volpi	....	driver: Italy

Other crew
Stefania Antonini	....	production coordinator
Barbara Bialkowska	....	assistant production coordinator: Italy
Gianni Carpentieri	....	production accountant: Italy
John Charles	....	software engineer: TriCoast Studios
Rita Della Rocca	....	production accountant: Italy
Noel Donnellon	....	projectionist: playback
Fionnuala Dorney	....	assistant production accountant
Sile Dorney	....	production accountant
Donna Eperon	....	production coordinator
Suzanne Fitzgerald	....	assistant: Ms. Bancroft
Bernardo Galli	....	production assistant: Italy
Carla Garagnani	....	payroll accountant: Italy
Eileen Bernadette Gorman	....	assistant: Ms. Bancroft
Mary Higgins	....	stand-in
Ken Kelly	....	stand-in
Gerry Lundberg	....	unit publicist: Dublin
Genevieve Mackenzie	....	production assistant: Dublin
Paolo Merosi	....	set production assistant
Amanda Moor	....	assistant production accountant: Dublin
Pat Nangle	....	assistant location manager: Dublin
Giuseppe Nardi	....	location manager: Italy
Elaine Nicell	....	assistant production coordinator
Kerrie O'Connor	....	production trainee: Dublin
Clare O'Keefe	....	stand-in
Miriam O'Kelly	....	assistant production accountant
Evelyn O'Neill	....	location trainee: Dublin
Cassandra Seidl	....	post accounting supervisor
Laerke Sigfred Pedersen	....	script supervisor
Francis Taaffe	....	projectionist: playback
Gianluca Tittonel	....	assistant location manager: Italy
Anita Tomaselli	....	production coordinator: Italy
Federica Vendrame	....	location assistant: Italy
Gordon Wycherley	....	location manager: Dublin

Production Companies

• Showtime Networks

Distributors

• Showtime Networks (2003) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• DEJ Productions
• Showtime Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Annamode 68  costume construction
• Brioni  men's tailoring
• Encore Video  optical effects
• Encore Video  titles
• F-Stop Film & Video  optical effects
• F-Stop Film & Video  titles
• Negative People  negative cutting
• Sony Pictures Studios  re-recording services
• Sounds Great!  walla group
• Technicolor Sound Services  sound editorial services
• iO Films  optical effects
• iO Films  titles

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

Israel:108 min | USA:114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

Showtime Networks

Trivia:

'Ann Bancroft (I)''s last live action film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Paolo takes off his shirt in the car, the blue tattoo on his chest shows through the makeup intended to conceal it.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004) (TV)

Rodrigos character misunderstood by some.

I don't know of what social class Rodrigo Santoros character had been before the war but I do know Mussolini did favor the aristocratic crowd prior to the war, causing the middle class Italian to increasingly fear and hate him. I do remember my grandmother talking about his breaking up the unions and doing everything to help the wealthy. Santoro did not need to speak, his expressions and his eyes spoke for him. I don't believe he was anyone to be feared. He was homeless and hungry and probably ill. This wealthy lady represented life and survival to him, but how was he to catch her eye when he had nothing at all to offer but himself? The night that she was standing outside the restaurant and jumped at him demanding to know what he wanted from her showed us she had nothing to fear from him. He backed away and appeared as if he was about to cry. When she finally threw him the keys his eyes filled with hope as if the gates of heaven had been open to him. I believe he went to her, not to harm her but with the hope of becoming a very devoted companion to her. That in their union he would survive and she would not be lonely anymore.