Daniel Deronda (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Tom Hooper

Writers:

Andrew Davies (writer)
George Eliot (novel)

Release Date:

24 November 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | History | Romance

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Jew | Bookstore | Necklace | Sephardic | Cigar

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Hugh Dancy	...	Daniel Deronda
Romola Garai	...	Gwendolen Harleth
Hugh Bonneville	...	Henleigh Grandcourt
Jodhi May	...	Mirah Lapidoth
Edward Fox	...	Sir Hugo Mallinger
Amanda Root	...	Mrs. Davilow
David Bamber	...	Lush
Greta Scacchi	...	Lydia Glasher
Barbara Hershey	...	Contessa Maria Alcharisi
Celia Imrie	...	Mrs. Meyrick
Jamie Bamber	...	Hans Meyrick
Allan Corduner	...	Herr Klesmer
Michael Attwell	...	Rev. Gascoigne
Jordan Frieda	...	Rex Gascoigne
Anna Steel	...	Catherine Arrowpoint
Nicholas Day	...	Lord Brackenshaw
Marcus Baron	...	Pash
Josh Cole	...	Mr. Clintock
Daniel Arden	...	Gideon
Jacqueline Pearce	...	Baroness Langen
Lesley Stratton	...	Adelaide Cohen
Michael Elwyn	...	Mr. Arrowpoint
Daniel Marks	...	Jacob Cohen
Sarah Marks	...	Rebecca Cohen
Georgie Glen	...	Lady Mallinger
Delia Lindsay	...	Mrs. Arrowpoint
Nickolas Grace	...	Vandernoodt
Raymond Brody	...	Leubronn Jeweller
Joe Starrs	...	Young Henleigh
Kate Maberly	...	Kate Meyrick
Lisa Jackson	...	Mab Meyrick
Serena Martin	...	Phoebe Meyrick
Gillian Maguire	...	Bertha Davilow
Anna Popplewell	...	Fanny Davilow
Anna Maguire	...	Isobel Davilow
Steffan Boje	...	Lebronn Undermanager
Mia Soteriou	...	Casino visitor #1
Holly De Jong	...	Casino visitor #2
William Brand	...	Casino visitor #3
Clarista Hoult	...	Mallinger girl #1
Emma Deigman	...	Mallinger girl #2
Poppy Rogers	...	Mallinger girl #3
Stephanie Jacob	...	Gadmere servant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Diana Brooks	...	Mrs. Cohen
John Dallimore	...	Park Lane footman
Philip Dunbar	...	Grosvenor Square footman
Richard Durden	...	Gentleman
Daniel Evans	...	Mordecai
Keeley Gainey	...	Meyrick maid
Jane How	...	Lady Pentreath
Joseph Long	...	Italian doctor
Toby Salaman	...	Miller
Simon Schatzberger	...	Ezra Cohen
Sarah Twist	...	Lady
Sally Watts	...	Ryelands housekeeper

Directed by
Tom Hooper

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andrew Davies		writer
George Eliot		novel

Produced by
Rebecca Eaton	....	executive producer: WGBH Boston
Kate Harwood	....	executive producer: BBC
Laura Mackie	....	executive producer: BBC
Louis Marks	....	producer
Lee Morris	....	line producer

Original Music by
Robert Lane		(as Rob Lane)

Film Editing by
Philip Kloss

Casting by
Nina Gold

Production Design by
Don Taylor

Art Direction by
Grant Montgomery

Set Decoration by
Nicola Barnes

Costume Design by
Mike O'Neill

Makeup Department
Rebecca Cole	....	makeup artist
Ashley Johnson	....	makeup artist
Caroline Noble	....	hair designer
Caroline Noble	....	makeup designer
Tapio Salmi	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Crispin Hardy	....	unit manager
Caroline McCarthy	....	unit manager
Katryna Samut-Tagliaferro	....	production manager: Malta

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Phil Booth	....	second assistant director
Guy Heeley	....	first assistant director
Vicky Marks	....	third assistant director
Alex Oakley	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Nicola Barnes	....	production buyer
Frank Carr	....	stagehand
Craig Cheeseman	....	props storeman
Noel Cowell	....	chargehand
Chris Cull	....	prop master
Robert J. Dugdale	....	assistant scenic artist
Claire Grainger	....	set dresser
Douglas Ingram	....	storyboard artist
Oliver Kubicki	....	art department assistant
Charlie Macher	....	stand-by rigger
Rob MacPherson	....	stand-by props
Barry Moll	....	construction manager
Alan Payne	....	stand-by art director (as Alan S. Payne)
Tony Power	....	stand-by painter
Martin Richards	....	stagehand
Simon Riley	....	stand-by props
Nick Slater	....	stand-by carpenter
Sarah Stuart	....	assistant art director
Howard Weaver	....	scenic artist
Billy Wilson	....	dressing props

Sound Department
Robert Brazier	....	foley editor
Paul Cridlin	....	boom operator
Jamie Gambell	....	additional boom operator
Paul Hamblin	....	dubbing mixer
Graham Headicar	....	sound effects editor
Stefan Henrix	....	dialogue editor
Christian Joyce	....	sound recordist: second unit
Steve Little	....	assistant sound editor
Becki Ponting	....	sound effects editor
John Taylor	....	sound mixer
John Taylor	....	sound recordist
Rowena Wilkinson	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Colin Gorry	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Steve Murgatroyd	....	visual effects supervisor
Lorea Hoye	....	visual effects producer: Mill Film (uncredited)

Stunts
Rowley Irlam	....	stunt double
Gareth Milne	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Bird	....	best boy
Steve Casey	....	electrician
Adam Coles	....	focus puller
Martin Foley	....	camera operator
Gary Hayler	....	electrician
Ray Meere	....	assistant camera
Ronan Murphy	....	grip
Scott Napier	....	electrician
Paul Preca Trapani	....	video assist operator
Jamie Southcott	....	clapper loader
Laurie Sparham	....	still photographer
Simon Starling	....	camera operator
Simon Starling	....	director of photography: second unit
Fred Tammes	....	lighting director
Roger Tooley	....	Steadicam operator
Oliver Upton	....	still photographer
Tammo van Hoorn	....	focus puller: second unit
Jon White	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Rosalie Clayton	....	casting assistant
Mavis Formosa	....	casting coordinator: Malta
Tamara Gillon	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yvonne Zarb Cousin	....	set costumer
Denny Edwards	....	wardrobe assistant
Angela Egan	....	wardrobe assistant
Rebecca Gore	....	wardrobe assistant
Samantha Horn	....	assistant costume designer
Mark Lord	....	wardrobe assistant
Thomas Sjolander	....	embroidery
Faith Thomas	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Rupert Hall	....	assistant editor
Adam Scott	....	telecine operator

Music Department
Steve Parr	....	music mixer
Steve Parr	....	music recordist

Transportation Department
Martin Birmingham	....	transportation

Other crew
Maggie Anson	....	artist contracts
Adrian Borg Ghigo	....	production runner: Malta
Adam Browne	....	location manager
Emma Brown	....	production secretary
Christine Buttner	....	title designer
Christopher Coote	....	production runner
Tom Crooke	....	location manager
Steve Dent	....	horse master
Clifford De Spenser	....	dialect coach (as Clifford De Spencer)
Mavis Formosa	....	production secretary: Malta
Henry Forsyth	....	floor runner
Jane Gibson	....	choreographer
Christine Healy	....	production coordinator
Melanie Howard	....	production executive
Karen Jones	....	script supervisor
Neil Jones	....	production accountant
Kate Lewis	....	script editor
Daniel Liddiard	....	assistant accountant
Darren Mackie	....	floor runner
Carole Montague	....	production coordinator
Heather Noble	....	floor runner
Jane Perkins	....	unit nurse
Cindy Thomson	....	location manager: scotland
Jenny Uglow	....	historical advisor
Joan Washington	....	voice coach

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• WGBH

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2002) (UK) (TV) (original airing)
• BBC Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging (NCRV) (2008) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV) (TV1)

Special Effects

• Snow Business International

Other Companies

• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Boom  sound post-production
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• Sound Design Company, The  post-production sound services

Runtime:

210 min (3 parts) | Finland:210 min (4 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:AL

Filming Locations:

Avington Park, Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The novel is set at the same time as the U.S. Civil War, whereas the adaptation moves the action ahead ten years to 1874 - the year George Eliot actually began writing the novel.

Goofs:

Continuity: At Ezra Cohen's store, the baby's left shoe and sock disappear then reappear.

Movie Connections:

Version of Daniel Deronda (1921)

Soundtrack:

Ah! Perfido, Op.65

Period Romance with Substance

As a film of social and interpersonal dimension, Daniel Deronda is impressive. It is refreshingly easy to forgive that it is not an Ivory production complete with exquisite costumes, sets, and revelatory photography. There is an engaging account to make up for it.

The series encapsulates the respective stories of the heroic Daniel Deronda and the spoiled aristocrat, Gwendolyn Harleth whose lives first intertwine at a casino. The first images of the roulette and the covert glances Gwendolyn and Daniel share transport us immediately into the Victorian period with its secrets, niceties, and excesses. It is the only period that such a film could take place. Their encounter is a chance one. She is called away, once she receives the news, to attend to her impoverished family; he is not a gambler. Yet, his return of the jewels she sold to provide money for her family lays the foundation of their relationship that lasts until the end of the series. Gwendolyn, despite her self-centeredness and arrogance, sees value in him that transcends her attraction. His generosity is an impression which deepens each time she sees him, and, to a degree, transforms her.

Romola Garai masterfully registers the complexities of Gwendolyn Harleth, who is the more pivotal character. Her facial and vocal expressions continually convey the conflicts in her nature that on one hand consists of a superficial expectation of wealth, and on the other hand contains her desire to be a better person than she could possibly become. Gwendolyn's decisions, involving situations which are morally complex, result continuously in dichotomies that benefit some to the absolute detriment of others. She is haunted by these ambiguities, her uncomfortable reflections on her motivations, and her tragic belief in Daniel Deronda. That she often suffers as a result of circumstances and conscience, does not give her comfort. Yet the initial understanding of her lack of substance disappears. Her character is considered the most impressive ever written by Eliot, and Garai is award-worthy in capturing her.

Hugh Dancy has the requisite gallantry and innocence of Deronda, who finds a social purpose in aiding the Jewish people in their pursuit of their homeland. His romantic interest in Gwendolyn is a fascinating aspect that gives the series its thrilling effect. One is compelled to wonder and hope throughout if they will have a future together.