Casanova (2005)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Lasse Hallström

Writers (WGA):

Jeffrey Hatcher (screenplay) and
Kimberly Simi (screenplay) ...
(more)

Release Date:

25 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A partially true story about lies told, virtue lost and love found.

Plot:

Heath Ledger plays the fabled romantic as a man who, after failing to win the affection of a particular Venetian woman, strives to discover the real meaning of love.

Plot Keywords:

Catholic | Play | Heresy | Swashbuckler | Sidekick

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Heath Ledger	...	Casanova
Sienna Miller	...	Francesca Bruni
Jeremy Irons	...	Pucci
Oliver Platt	...	Paprizzio
Lena Olin	...	Andrea
Omid Djalili	...	Lupo
Stephen Greif	...	Donato
Ken Stott	...	Dalfonso
Helen McCrory	...	Casanova's Mother
Leigh Lawson	...	Mother's Lover / Tito
Tim McInnerny	...	The Doge
Charlie Cox	...	Giovanni Bruni
Natalie Dormer	...	Victoria
Philip Davis	...	Guardi (as Phil Davis)
Paddy Ward	...	Vittorio
Ben Moor	...	Andolini
Adelmo Togliani	...	Fulvio
Lidia Biondi	...	Casanova's Grandmother
Eugene Simon	...	Casanova at 11
Robert Levine	...	Cardinal Lopresta
Lauren Cohan	...	Sister Beatrice
Danielle Baker	...	Sister Magdalene
Clive Riche	...	Prof. Bennetto
Marta Bellocchio	...	Beautiful Masked Woman
Adriano Iurissevich	...	Masked Casanova Actor
Giorgio Bertan	...	Actor
Niall Buggy	...	Bookseller / Printer
Simonetta Bortolozzi	...	Beautiful Woman in Bookshop
Francis Pardeilhan	...	Customs Officer
Enzo Turrin	...	Maggiordomo
Carolina Levi	...	Bruni's Maid
Paola Pessot	...	Lolling Street Walker
Elisabeth Riva	...	Prostitute
Monica Vallerini	...	Whore #3
Nicholas Raymond Capriati	...	Boy
Naike Rivelli	...	Dark Haired Beauty
Sara Guerra	...	Fair Haired Woman
Marta Paola Richeldi	...	Another Woman
Giorgia Riccardi	...	Another Beauty
Kristy DiBiccari	...	Woman in Bookshop (as Kristy Dibiccari)
Jessica Seaton	...	Plain Woman in Bookshop
Anna Gaia Marchioro	...	Plain Looking Woman
Lorenzo Felisatti	...	Laughing Man
Roy Doliner	...	Dalfonso's Secretary
Silvia Nanni	...	Whispering Woman
Paolo De Giorgio	...	Young Man (as Paolo De Giorgiro)
Alessandro Bressanello	...	Flunkey Captain
Katarina Volgyiova	...	Society Woman
Davide Bozzato	...	Drunken Reveller
Catherine Gault	...	Reveller
Renzo Martini	...	Beadle
Laura Pigozzo	...	Woman
Federico Scridel	...	Casanova Actor
Manuella Massimi	...	Lady Actress
Tommy Körberg	...	Gondola Singer
Bryan Korenberg	...	Man in Brothel
Bimba	...	Pig
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrea Osvárt	...	Fair Haired Beauty (uncredited)

Directed by
Lasse Hallström

Writing credits (WGA)
Jeffrey Hatcher		(screenplay) and
Kimberly Simi		(screenplay)
Kimberly Simi		(story) and
Michael Cristofer		(story)

Produced by
Su Armstrong	....	executive producer
Betsy Beers	....	producer
Guido Cerasuolo	....	co-producer
Michel Cheyko	....	associate producer (as Mishka Cheyko)
Mark Gordon	....	producer
Leslie Holleran	....	producer
Gary Levinsohn	....	executive producer
Adam Merims	....	executive producer
Richard L. Fox	....	supervising producer: second unit (uncredited)

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Oliver Stapleton		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Andrew Mondshein

Casting by
Priscilla John
Ronna Kress

Production Design by
David Gropman

Art Direction by
Susanna Codognato
Robert Guerra		(supervising art director)
Luca Tranchino

Set Decoration by
Anna Pinnock

Costume Design by
Jenny Beavan

Makeup Department
Ambra Bellotto	....	makeup artist
Angela Bolli	....	hair stylist
Jana Carboni	....	makeup artist
Maria Vittoria Cascioli	....	hair stylist
Sabrina Catucci	....	makeup artist
Irene Cavalli	....	makeup artist
Rita Cecchini	....	hair stylist
Luigina Centi	....	wigs maker
Elena Cippolato	....	makeup artist (as Elena Cipolato)
Dalia Colli	....	makeup artist
Dalia Colli	....	makeup supervisor: second unit
Desideria Corridoni	....	hair stylist (as Desiree Corridoni)
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	hair designer
Antonella Cozza	....	makeup artist
Lamberto Deli	....	hair stylist
Teresa Di Serio	....	hair stylist
Massimiliano Duranti	....	hair stylist (as Massimiliano Durante)
Alessandro Filippi	....	makeup artist
Paolo Franceschi	....	hair stylist
Paola Genovese	....	hair stylist
Mirella Ginnoto	....	hair stylist
Rossella Gregorio	....	makeup artist (as Rosella Gregorio)
Aurelio Guzman	....	lab work
Carla Indoni	....	hair stylist
Frank Ippolito	....	lab work (as Frank Ippilio)
Federica Jacoponi	....	makeup artist (as Federica Iacoponi)
Jamie Kelman	....	prosthetics applier: Oliver Platt
Maurilio Lazzaro	....	hair stylist
Elda Magnanti	....	hair stylist
Michela Mainenti	....	makeup artist
Centanni Marisa	....	hair stylist
Piero Marsiglio	....	makeup artist
Alberto Moccia	....	hair stylist
Matthew W. Mungle	....	prosthetics designer: Oliver Platt
Samankta Mura	....	hair stylist
Corrado Pastore	....	hair stylist
Mario Pegoretti	....	hair stylist
Mario Pegoretti	....	hair supervisor: second unit
Stefania Petrini	....	hair stylist
Tiziana Rangeri	....	hair stylist
Mariangela Righetti	....	makeup artist
Roberto Rodriguez	....	sculptor
Sharin Sabatini	....	hair stylist (as Sharrim Sabatin)
Katia Sisto	....	makeup artist (as Caterina Sisto)
Vittorio Sodano	....	makeup artist
Vittorio Sodano	....	prosthetics applier: Charlie Cox
Gino Tamagnini	....	key makeup artist
Gino Tamagnini	....	prosthetics applier: Charlie Cox
Gino Tamagnini	....	prosthetics designer: Charlie Cox
Emanuele Tasca	....	makeup artist
Lisa Valota	....	hair stylist
Consuelo Vitturi	....	hair stylist
Alessandra Zampieri	....	makeup artist
Fulvio Zucconi	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Enrico Ballarin	....	unit production manager
Dominique De Langes	....	unit manager: second unit (as Dominique 'Didi' De Langes)
Davide Lamberti	....	assistant unit manager: Vicenza
Gianluca Leurini	....	production manager
Paul A. Levin	....	post-production supervisor
Claudio Lucchese	....	assistant unit manager
Nicola Rosada	....	unit manager
Guido Salsilli	....	production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matteo Bardelli	....	floor assistant director
Franco Basaglia	....	second second assistant director
Consuelo Bidorini	....	third assistant director
Michel Cheyko	....	first assistant director (as Mishka Cheyko)
Sergio Ercolessi	....	first assistant director: second unit
Edoardo Ferretti	....	second second assistant director
Richard Graysmark	....	second assistant director
Brittany Hymore	....	assistant director: base camp
Giorgia Marangoni	....	co-second assistant director
Barbara Pastrovich	....	second assistant director: second unit
Elena Piaggi	....	floor assistant director
Kimble Rendall	....	second unit director

Art Department
Emiliano Achilli	....	gondola carpenter
Alessandro Alberti	....	art director: second unit
Alessandro Alberti	....	assistant art director
Marco Angelucci	....	gondola carpenter
Nicola Aramu	....	assistant painter
Claudio Arrabito	....	assistant carpenter
Daniel Bacciu	....	props master assistant
Daniel Bacciu	....	stand-by props master
Daniel Bacciu	....	stand-by props: second unit
Andrea Bari	....	stand-by props assistant
Stefano Bernabei	....	painter
Massimo Bertazzoni	....	gondola carpenter
Matteo Bertelli	....	set designer
Flavio Bertini	....	on-set dresser
Fabio Bianco	....	assistant carpenter
Alvise Bittente	....	assistant carpenter
Fabio Bozzetti	....	art department coordinator
Barnaba Brombin	....	gondola carpenter
Georgia Bubini	....	art department production assistant
Nicoletta Buggio	....	draper assistant
Giuseppe Cagnoni	....	dressing assistant
Aurelio Calzuola	....	greensman
Giuseppe Cancellara	....	head blacksmith
Matteo Caocci	....	assistant carpenter
Antonio Capoccia	....	gondola carpenter
Dimitri Capuani	....	assistant art director
Stefano Carbonaro	....	dressing assistant
Cristina Cecili	....	painter
Alessandro Cedoloni	....	head plasterer
Mauro Cedoloni	....	plasterer
Marcello Cerasuolo	....	dressing assistant
Marco Cerizza	....	assistant carpenter
Adriano Cingolani	....	draper assistant
Roberto Cingolani	....	head draper
Mattia Clanetti	....	assistant carpenter
Fergus Clegg	....	set dressing buyer
Giovanni Coletti	....	assistant carpenter
Franco Contini	....	gondola carpenter
Michel Courtemanche	....	blacksmith
Luca Cristofoli	....	assistant carpenter
Jean Paul Decavel	....	painter
Lorenzo Dominici	....	gondola carpenter
Tommaso Dubla	....	head painter
Sandro Erdolini	....	painter (as Sandro Ercolini)
Aldo Femiani	....	plasterer
Alfonso Fortunati	....	painter
Massimiliano Foytik	....	assistant painter
Antonella Franceschini	....	sculptor
Giuseppe Gafagna	....	head painter: boats (as Giuseppe Cafagna)
Andrea Gallenda	....	assistant painter
Egidio Gallo	....	gondola carpenter
Ruggero Gamba	....	props buyer
Cora Gianolla	....	dressing assistant
Alfio Giardina	....	blacksmith
Gioacchino Paolo Giardina	....	gondola carpenter (as Gioacchino Giardina)
Alessandro Greselin	....	assistant carpenter
Gisella Ingrassia	....	stand-by painter
Bryan Korenberg	....	property master
Sabina Lepri	....	construction coordinator
Roberto Magagnini	....	dressing foreman
Domenico Mancino	....	blacksmith
Mauro Martinuzzi	....	assistant painter
Giulio Masieri	....	painter
Brick Mason	....	storyboard artist
Mauro Masotti	....	draper assistant
Luca Massarotto	....	dressing assistant
Ventura Massimiliano	....	dressing assistant (as Massimiliano Ventura)
Luca Migliaresi	....	sculptor
Chiara Molon	....	art department production assistant
Antonio Motolese	....	sculptor
Francesco Motolese	....	head sculptor
Fabrizio Mucci	....	assistant carpenter
Matteo Nazzari	....	assistant painter
David Orlandelli	....	storyboard artist
Giovanni Pajalich	....	assistant carpenter
Arianna Pascazi	....	painter (as Arianna Pascazzi)
Massimo Pauletto	....	assistant art director
Pietro Petri	....	gondola carpenter
Ivan Pirolli	....	painter (as Ivano Piroli)
Paolo Pugiotto	....	gondola carpenter
Alessandra Querzola	....	leadman
Alessandra Querzola	....	set dresser
Nicolaj Raichevich	....	gondola carpenter
Paolo Ricci	....	gondola carpenter
Luigi Riitano	....	construction estimator
Veronica Rosafio	....	dressing assistant
Marco Rossiello	....	greensman
Attilio Rufini	....	blacksmith
Giovanni Battista Russo	....	head carpenter (as Giovan Battista Russo)
Angelo Sabbadini	....	assistant carpenter
Lauretta Salvagnin	....	draper assistant
Linda Segala	....	sculptor
Fulvio Sergianni	....	gondola carpenter
Fulvio Sergianni	....	stand-by carpenter
Luigi Sergianni	....	construction coordinator supervisor
Massimo Sergianni	....	construction manager
Alessandro Tassi	....	gondola carpenter
Anita Tomaselli	....	art department coordinator assistant
Alberto Tommasini	....	gondola carpenter
Zamarchi Tommaso	....	dressing assistant
Matteo Torcinovich	....	assistant painter
Lorenzo Vitturi	....	painter

Sound Department
Andy Aaron	....	sound effects recordist
David Boulton	....	adr mixer: New York
David A. Cohen	....	dialogue editor (as David Cohen)
Ben Conrad	....	foley mixer
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott Dikkers	....	sound effects recordist
Adriano Di Lorenzo	....	cable man
Robert Fernandez	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Hartman	....	assistant sound editor
Harry Higgins	....	re-recording engineer
Michael Kirchberger	....	sound designer
Michael Kirchberger	....	supervising sound editor
Mathew Knights	....	adr mixer: London
Bruce Lacey	....	foley editor
Jane McCulley	....	supervising adr editor (as Jane Mcculley)
Everett Moore	....	sound effects editor
Marnie Moore	....	foley artist
Jesse Nichols	....	foley recordist
Margie O'Malley	....	foley artist
Barry O'Sullivan	....	boom operator
Dino Raini	....	sound mixer: second unit
Fabio Santesarti	....	boom operator: second unit
Ivan Sharrock	....	sound mixer
Louise Sinclair	....	adr mixer: London
Allie Sultan	....	apprentice sound editor
Marco Tidu	....	sound effects recordist
Roland Vajs	....	assistant adr editor
Roy Waldspurger	....	sound effects editor
Deborah Wallach	....	adr editor
Kay Denmark	....	adr boom (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Danilo Bollettini	....	special effects technician
Giovanni Corridori	....	special effects supervisor
Duilio Olmi	....	special effects rigger
Franco Ragusa	....	special effects technician
Silvano Scasseddu	....	special effects: second unit
Valek Sykes	....	puppet designer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Ryan Beadle	....	I/O: Custom Film Effects
Justin Brandstater	....	matte artist: Illusion Arts
Steve Caldwell	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
Dennis Dorney	....	digital editorial: Custom Film Effects
Mark Dornfeld	....	visual effects supervisor: Custom Film Effects
Syd Dutton	....	visual effects supervisor: Illusion Arts
Michele Ferrone	....	visual effects producer: Custom Film Effects
Collin Fowler	....	coordinator: Illusion Arts
Adam Gass	....	digital editorial: Custom Film Effects
Joseph Grossberg	....	compositor: Illusion Arts
R.J. Harbour	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects (as RJ Harbour)
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
Shaina Holmes	....	digital coordinator: Custom Film Effects
Mark Kenaston	....	roto: Illusion Arts
Michael Kory	....	3D artist: Illusion Arts
Adam Kowalski	....	compositor: Illusion Arts
Lynn Ledgerwood	....	special rigging: Illusion Arts
Mary E. Manning	....	3D artist: Illusion Arts (as Mary Manning)
Fumi Mashimo	....	animation supervisor: Illusion Arts
Kelvin McIlwain	....	matte artist: Illusion Arts
Michael Meyers	....	3D artist: Illusion Arts
Lori C. Miller	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects (as Lori Miller)
Robert Nall	....	roto: Illusion Arts
Roger Nall	....	roto: Illusion Arts
Chris Patterson	....	visual effects editor
Richard Patterson	....	digital supervisor: Illusion Arts
Laurie Powers	....	digital art director: Custom Film Effects
Michelle Rothburgh	....	film librarian: Illusion Arts
Mark Sawicki	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
Robert Scifo	....	matte artist: Illusion Arts (as Bob Scifo)
Jeff M. Sharar	....	roto: Illusion Arts (as Jeff Sharar)
Aaron Snow	....	system administrator: Illusion Arts
Mary C. Snyder	....	digital art director: Custom Film Effects
Catherine Sudolcan	....	visual effects producer: Illusion Arts
Bill Taylor	....	visual effects supervisor: Illusion Arts
Andrew Tucker	....	3D artist: Illusion Arts
Amani Williams	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
David S. Williams Jr.	....	compositing supervisor: Illusion Arts
Mike Chambers	....	visual effects consultant (uncredited)
Carl Frytz	....	roto artist (uncredited)
Nicholas Kim	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Nicholas Kim	....	title design (uncredited)
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
Steven J. Scott	....	digital intermediate colorist: EFilm (uncredited)

Stunts
Alessandro Borgese	....	stunt guard
Mauro Caterini	....	stunt guard
Walter Colombaioni	....	stunt double: Lupo
Umberto De Luca	....	stunt guard
Bruno Di Luia	....	stunt guard
Diego Guerra	....	stunt fencing double: Vittorio
Roberto Libertini	....	stunt rigger
Emiliano Novelli	....	stunt double: Giovanni (as Emilio Novelli)
Claudio Pacifico	....	stunt double: Casanova
Gianluca Petrazzi	....	stunt supervisor
Tatiana Romanova	....	stunt fencing double: Francesca
Tito Tomassini	....	stunt double: Donato
Pietro Torrisi	....	stunt guard
Massimiliano Ubaldi	....	stunt guard
Anna Maria Zamperla	....	stunt double: Casanova's Mother (as Annamaria Zamperla)
Rinaldo Zamperla	....	stunt guard (as Ronaldo Zamperla)
Massimiliano Bianchi	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
William Hobbs	....	fight choreographer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Marco Alzetta	....	best boy grip
Giovanni Andreotta	....	clapper loader: second unit
Massimiliano Anzellotti	....	grip: second unit
Werner Bacciu	....	key grip
Riccardo Baratto	....	rigging grip
Tommaso Baratto	....	dolly grip
Andrea Bassani	....	video: second unit
Leonardo Beltrame	....	best boy
Regis Benedettelli	....	rigging grip
Stefano Biscaro	....	key grip: second unit
Stefano 'Steve' Buosi	....	generator operator
Stefano Calcaterra	....	grip: second unit
Matteo Carlesimo	....	camera assistant: "b" camera, second unit
Tiziano Casanova	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Davide Ceccato	....	video assist assistant
Paolo Centoni	....	electrician
Andrea Chiozzotto	....	additional camera operator
John Clothier	....	camera operator: second unit
John Clothier	....	director of photography: second unit
Andrea Conchetto	....	electrician: second unit
Andrea Conchetto	....	rigging electrician
Antonio D'Arienzo	....	electrician
Giovanni De Gaetano	....	rigging electrician
Hanoi De La Paz	....	rigging gaffer
Emilio Della Chiesa	....	additional camera operator (as Emilio Dalla Chiesa)
Emilio Della Chiesa	....	camera operator: "c" camera, second unit (as Emilio Dalla Chiesa)
Alberto Deppieri	....	grip
Roberto Di Pietro	....	grip: second unit
Carlo Di Stassi	....	rigging grip
Enrico Fabris	....	grip
Stefano Falivene	....	camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Paolo Forti	....	rigging grip
Fabio Francini	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Cristiano Giavedoni	....	co-chief lighting technician
Doane Gregory	....	still photographer
Paul Guenette	....	focus puller: second unit
Bruce Hamme	....	dolly grip
Emiliano Leurini	....	camera assistant: "c" camera, second unit
Ian R.C. Levine	....	second camera assistant: second unit (as Ian Levine)
David Lourie	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Stefano Marino	....	gaffer: second unit
Daniele Massaccesi	....	Steadicam operator: "a" camera
Daniele Massaccesi	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Marco Nuvolara	....	electrical assistant
Jean Marc Pain	....	rigging grip
Lorenzo Paladini	....	rigging electrician
Elvis Pasqual	....	best boy
Michelle Pizanis	....	clapper loader
Cristiano Rossi	....	second camera assistant: "b" camera, second unit
Salvatore Ruberto	....	rigging electrician (as Ruperto Salvatore)
Angelo Russo	....	best boy electric: second unit
Angelo Russo	....	electrician
Marco Sacerdoti	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Paolo Sartori	....	rigging key grip
Valerio Silvestri	....	electrician: second unit
Andriano Trinca	....	rigging electrician
Michele Turchetto	....	electrician
James R. Tynes	....	chief lighting technician
Tiziano Vecchiato	....	electrician
Vincenzo Vedovato	....	video assist
Vincenzo Vedovato	....	video controller
Antonio Viola	....	grip
Stewart Whelan	....	first assistant focus puller: "a" camera
Nicola Zangrando	....	crane operator
Giorgio Zennaro	....	video assist assistant
Mauro Ziroldi	....	electrician: second unit

Casting Department
Faith Allbeson	....	casting associate: UK
David Kramer	....	adr voice casting
Courtney Sheinin	....	casting assistant
Lilia Trapani	....	casting: Italy
Abigail Barbier	....	adr voice casting (uncredited)
Alessandro Bressanello	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting (uncredited)
Tiziana Kinkela	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frieda Basso	....	wardrobe trainee
Cristiana Bertini	....	wardrobe tailor
Catherine Buyse Dian	....	wardrobe mistress
Osvaldo Cheperez	....	wardrobe tailor
Claudia Colussi	....	extras dresser
Vanessa Crane	....	costume coordinator: extras, second unit
Vanessa Crane	....	wardrobe assistant
Bruno de Santa	....	principal dresser (as Bruno De Santa)
Beatrice Giannini	....	principal dresser
Jenny Hawkins	....	extras dresser
Anna Kot	....	assistant costume designer
Joe Kowalewski	....	assistant costume supervisor (as Joseph Kowalewski)
Stephen Miles	....	assistant costume designer (as Thomas 'Stephen' Miles)
Sophie Norinder	....	costume coordinator: second unit
Shizuko Omachi	....	wardrobe assistant: extras
David Otzen	....	principal dresser
Katia Scarpa	....	extras dresser
Sunita Singh	....	wardrobe assistant
Benito Sposato	....	wardrobe tailor
Clare Spragge	....	costume supervisor
Ilaria Tenti	....	wardrobe assistant: extras
Maurizio Torti	....	wardrobe assistant
Caterina Volpato	....	wardrobe tailor
Akiko Kusayanagi	....	daily wardrobe (uncredited)
Jane Law	....	costumes: Lena Olin and Oliver Platt (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Terra Bliss-Alvarez	....	digital intermediate producer: Efilm (as Terra Bliss)
Ian Blume	....	assistant editor
Thomas Digirolomo	....	editorial production assistant
Ann Gray	....	post-production coordinator
Natasha Leonnet	....	supervising digital colorist: Efilm
Devon Miller	....	digital intermediate editor: Efilm
Anne O'Brien	....	first assistant editor
Chris Patterson	....	associate editor
Claus Wehlisch	....	associate editor: Venice
Lee Wimer	....	color timer
Perry M. Kimura	....	digital scanning and recording (uncredited)
Jack Lewars	....	assistant color timer: Efilm (uncredited)

Music Department
Marshall Bowen	....	music researcher
Irwin Costner	....	music researcher
Greg Dennen	....	score assistant engineer
Tony Finno	....	music preparation
Jennifer Hammond	....	music researcher
Sonny Kompanek	....	composer: additional music (as Sonny Kompaneck)
Sonny Kompanek	....	conductor: orchestra (as Sonny Kompaneck)
Sonny Kompanek	....	orchestrator (as Sonny Kompaneck)
Jamie Lowry	....	music editor
Michael Nowak	....	conductor: orchestra (as Michael Novak)
Sandra Park	....	music contractor (as Sandy Park)
Sandra Park	....	music researcher (as Sandy Park)
Roy Prendergast	....	music arranger: Baroque music
Roy Prendergast	....	music editor
Roy Prendergast	....	music producer: Baroque music
John Richards	....	score recordist
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Alan Silverman	....	score recordist
Tim Starnes	....	additional orchestrator
Tim Starnes	....	music preparation: Baroque music
Jason Stasium	....	score assistant engineer
Pietro Verardo	....	consultant: music production
Booker White	....	music preparation: Walt Disney Music Library
Jean-Pascal Beintus	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Eric V. Hachikian	....	assistant orchestrator (uncredited)
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist (uncredited)
G. Marq Roswell	....	music consultant (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Alessandro Beranzoli	....	driver
Gianfranco Bernardini	....	driver
Walter Bianchin	....	driver
Maurizio Blasi	....	driver
Cesare Cantiano	....	driver
Carlo Di Bernardino	....	driver
Maurizio Faloci	....	driver
Matteo Fava	....	airport transport
Mauro Fornea	....	driver
Nicola Gomiero	....	driver
Matteo Gottardis	....	transportation captain
Paolo Lazzoni	....	driver
Roberto Leone	....	transport captain: Vicenza
Massimo Pavan	....	transportation coordinator: second unit
Dino Picucci	....	driver
Dante Precetti	....	driver
Emiliano Ratini	....	driver
Mara Sartore	....	transportation dispatcher
Angelo Scalia	....	driver
Giovanni Tomassi	....	driver
Marco Zanon	....	transport coordinator
Riccardo Zara	....	driver

Other crew
Maria Vittoria Abbrugiati	....	script supervisor: second unit (as Mariavittoria Abbrugiati)
Luisa Amendola	....	location manager
Francesci Anfodillo	....	marine coordinator (as Francesco Anfodillo)
Franco Ariano	....	coachman
Eleonora Baldwin	....	script supervisor: second unit
Matteo Bartoli	....	set production assistant
Kate Barton	....	production office assistant
Simona Batistelli	....	production coordinator
Alison Beckett	....	assistant: Mr. Hallström
Sergio Benvegnù	....	catering assistant (as Sergio Benvegnu')
Flavio Bettin	....	facility coordinator
Bruno Bittner	....	set security coordinator
Veronica Bon	....	accounting runner
Diego Boscarato	....	caterer: Venice, second unit
Marco Boscarato	....	caterer
Kate Bowe	....	unit publicist
Italo Brenna	....	facility technician
Alessandro Bressanello	....	crowd marshall (as Allesandro Bressanello)
Andrea Brignone	....	payroll accountant
Fabio Bua	....	horse groom
Serena Camozzo	....	production office assistant
Jim Campolongo	....	assistant: Ms. Beers
Sabrina Canale	....	assistant: Ms. Armstrong
Laura Cappato	....	location manager supervisor
Francesco Carone	....	horse groom
Gianni Carpentieri	....	location accountant
Lino Carraro	....	production office assistant: second unit
Debora Casarotto	....	facility technician
Fausto Castelli	....	facility coordinator
Nicola Catullo	....	location manager: second unit
Fabrizio Cerato	....	location manager
Deborah Cesana	....	location office coordinator
Giuseppe Cestaro	....	facility technician
Franco Cester	....	paramedic
Claudia Cimmino	....	assistant production coordinator: travel
Roberto Clanetti	....	assistant marine coordinator
Jessica Clothier	....	script supervisor (as Jessica Ann Clothier)
Roberto Danesi	....	horse groom
Emilio De Filippo	....	facility technician
Michele De Leo	....	cashier
Oriano De Palma	....	set production assistant
Ivano Diotallevi	....	horse groom
Franco Di Silvestro	....	facility technician
Crescens Dupuis	....	set production assistant: second unit
Federica D'Urso	....	assistant production coordinator: housing
Sergio Falasca	....	horse groom
Bruna Ferranti	....	assistant animal trainer: pig
Bennett Florence	....	production office runner
Daniela Foà	....	crowd marshall (as Daniela Foa')
Bernardo Galli	....	assistant production coordinator
Beniamino Gigli	....	coachman
Massimiliano Goattin	....	assistant crowd marshall
Karen Gordon	....	financial controller (as Karen Gordon Dryhurst)
Nini Grandesso	....	boat captain
Andrea Greco	....	assistant marine coordinator
Giovanni Gregoletto	....	paramedic
Gerry Grennell	....	dialect coach
Laura Hahn	....	assistant: Ms. Holleran
Charles Harrington	....	location manager: US
William Hobbs	....	fencing arranger (as Bill Hobbs)
Nathan Holmes	....	assistant: Mr. Ledger
Tiziana Kinkela	....	assistant crowd marshall
Adam Lagerbladh	....	production office runner
Carlo La Melia	....	accounting clerk
Jurek Lamirowsky	....	animal trainer: pig (as Jurek 'Giorgio' Lamirowsky)
Sergio Dalla Lana	....	facility technician
Stefano Dalla Lana	....	location assistant
Sue Lefton	....	choreographer
Francesca Leita	....	production office assistant: second unit
Massimo Levis	....	set production assistant
Lindsey Liberatore	....	assistant: Mr. Gordon
Antonella Longato	....	assistant production coordinator: housing
Jennifer Mancino	....	assistant: Mr. Gordon
Federico Mantello	....	catering assistant
Pasquale Martino	....	animal wrangler (as Pasqualre Martino)
Chiara Mazzavillani	....	payroll accountant
Nicola Minghetti	....	assistant crowd marshall
Lila Mirochin	....	assistant: Mr. Hallström
Spencer Mondshein	....	production office runner
Isabella Moro	....	production office assistant
Giulio Nason	....	production office assistant
Brody Neuenschwander	....	calligrapher
Andrew Nicoll	....	production office runner
Anna Offelli	....	production assistant
Daniela Ovi	....	production office coordinator: second unit
Evan Parter	....	production office runner
Alvaro Pitocco	....	horse groom
Angelo Ragusa	....	horse master
Gabriele Ragusa	....	assistant horse master
F. Auguste Rahmberg	....	production office runner (as Auguste Rahmberg)
Nadia Randazzo Bombino	....	assistant accountant (as Nadia Randazzo)
Danilo Reato	....	production historical consultant
Sergio Rezza	....	horse groom
Francesca Rinaldi	....	assistant accountant
Anna Maria Rocca	....	location assistant (as Anna-Maria Rocca)
Ivo Ruffo	....	horse groom
Ashley Salisbury	....	assistant: Ms. Beers
Andrea Salvagno	....	location assistant: second unit
Lorenzo Salvan	....	set security coordinator
Michelle Sarama	....	post-production accountant: Trevanna Post
Gabriele Scalvini	....	set production assistant: second unit
Diana Scrivener	....	assistant choreographer
Simona Serafini	....	location manager
Agostino Taboga	....	assistant crowd marshall
Roberto Terzi	....	assistant marine coordinator
Alexandre Vernerey	....	assistant: Mr. Irons
Michele Wright	....	assistant accountant
Sandra L. Yeary	....	first assistant accountant (as Sandra Yeary)
Dorino Zampese	....	catering assistant
Giuseppe Zanon	....	set production assistant
Silvano Zuddas	....	horse groom
Victoria Arbiter	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Andy Brunskill	....	body double (uncredited)
Jacqueline Freda	....	animal trainer: horses (uncredited)
Jennifer Zolten Freed	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)
Lorenzo Marangoni	....	crowd marshall (uncredited)
Lori C. Miller	....	title designer (uncredited)
Howard Samuelsohn	....	dialect coach: adr (uncredited)
Mary C. Snyder	....	title designer (uncredited)
Connie Wang	....	script clearance administrator (uncredited)
Alexandra Williamson	....	adr voice (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Touchstone Pictures
• Mark Gordon Company, The
• Gondola Pictures
• Power (uncredited)

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (Sweden) (2006) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Illusion Arts (special visual effects)
• Custom Film Effects (additional visual effects and opticals)

Other Companies

• Action Support Systems di Bianchi Massimiliano  safety equipment (uncredited)
• Action Support Systems di Bianchi Massimiliano  stunt rigging (uncredited)
• Agenzia del Demanio Venezia  the producers wish to thank
• Alf Service  lighting balloon
• Amministrazione Comunale Vicenza  the producers wish to thank
• Angels  costumes provided by (as Angels the Costumiers)
• Annamode 68  costumes provided by (as Annamode 68 - Costumes - Roma)
• Antica Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua Venezia  the producers wish to thank
• Buena Vista Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• Comando Regionale Veneto di Venezia  the producers wish to thank
• Comando Vigili del Fuoco - Venezia  the producers wish to thank
• Comune di Venezia  shot with the special collaboration of
• Comune di Vicenza  the producers wish to thank
• Cornejo  costumes provided by (as Sastreria Cornejo S.A.)
• Corpo della Guardia di Finanza  the producers wish to thank
• Cosprop  the producers wish to thank (as Cosprops)
• Costumi d'Arte  costumes provided by (as Costumi d'Arte - Roma)
• David Kramer's Looping Group  adr voice casting: New York (as David Kramer)
• Dioesi patriarcato di Venezia  the producers wish to thank
• EFilm  digital intermediate (as Efilm)
• Eastwood Scoring Stage  score recorded and mixed at (as Eastwood Scoring Stage. L.A.)
• Farani  costumes provided by (as Farani - Roma)
• G.P. 11 Safas Cantini  costumes provided by (as G.P. 11 - Roma)
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack available on
• Istituto provinciale per l'Infanzia Santa Maria della Pietà  the producers wish to thank
• Kodak  motion picture film
• L.C.P. di Pompei  shoes provided by (as Pompei - Roma)
• Lambert Hoffer  costumes provided by (as Lambert Hofer)
• Louis Elman Associates  adr voice casting: UK
• Luigi Bevilacqua Antique Weaving Mill Venice  the producers wish to thank
• Mestiere Cinema  fiscal representative service
• Musei civici Veneziani  the producers wish to thank
• Nicolao Atelier  costumes provided by (as Nicolao Atelier - Venezia)
• Orbit Digital  Avids / HD services (uncredited)
• Panalight  camera: grip and electric equipment
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Pastaro di Bruno Secco, Il  catering: Vicenza
• Post Logic Studios  digital film mastering (uncredited)
• Procuratoria di San Marco Venezia  the producers wish to thank (as Procuratoria di San Marco)
• Right Lobe Design Group  titles by
• Right Track Recording  score recorded and mixed at
• Rochetti & Rochetti  wigs provided by (as Rochetti & Rochetti - Roma)
• Seminario patriarcale e Basilica della salute  the producers wish to thank
• Sindaco di Vicenza  the producers wish to thank
• Sound One  post-production facilities: New York
• Sound  post-production facilities: San Francisco
• Teatro Olimpico  the producers wish to thank (as Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza)
• Technicolor  prints
• Tirelli Costumi  costumes provided by (as Tirelli Costumi - Roma)
• Trevanna Post  post-production accounting
• Venice Film Commission  shot with the special collaboration of
• Vesta  the producers wish to thank
• Walt Disney Music Library, The  music preparation (as Walt Disney Music Library)

Also Known As:

Femur (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexual content.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Norway:7 | Finland:K-11 | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:MG6 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG (edited version) | Sweden:Btl | Singapore:PG (re-rating) | USA:R (certificate #41930) | Malaysia:U | Germany:6 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Hungary:14 | Philippines:R-13 | Spain:13 | Iceland:L | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Venice, Veneto, Italy

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

When Casanova is running away from the Inquisition in the opening scene he jumps through a window and into the University of Venice. The University of Venice never existed and the building he jumps into is in fact the "Theatro Olympico", one of the first Renaissance theatres- and 140 kilometers away from Venice.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Francesca Bruni fires Bernardo Guardi through a note which Guardi then reads, "Your services are no longer needed". However, later in the film the inquisitor is informed that Bernardo Guardi cannot read or write.

Quotes:

Pucci: Let's just say... they have a hunger for religion.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2005-12-24)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Concerto à 5, Op. 9 No. 6 in G for 2 Oboes, Strings & Continuo (3. Allegro)

Funny! Funny! Funny!

I haven't had this good a time at the movies since…since--oh, heck, I can't remember when I've had this good of a time at the movies! This film opens with a touching surprise, ends with a glorious twist and is filled in between with intrigue, passion and some of the most beautiful scenery ever put to screen. Oh, and did I mention humor -- ranging from witty inside jokes to bawdy physical comedy.

The screenplay walks a thin line between complexity and confusion, but director Lasse Hallstrom never loses sight of the difference and is able to wring subtleties out of what could have been an overly broad farce.

The story focuses on one aspect of Lord Jacomo Casanova's lavish life, his reputation as a great seducer of women. Lots of women. Caught one too many times in the act with the wrong woman, Casanova is told he must either leave Venice, which he is loathe to do, or marry a woman of good character. He is soon betrothed to one of the few remaining virgins in Venice, but just as quickly falls for Francesca Bruni, an auburn-haired feminist who wouldn't give Casanova the time of day. So, to win her affections, he proceeds to become several other people, using false names to reveal his true feelings.

Heath Ledger has no trouble living in Casanova's skin, although for the first 20 minutes it was hard to see Casanova and not Heath Ledger in a rather large wig. However, I blame that on my having seen too many "behind-the-scenes" specials, and not on Ledger's performance. By the time he meets Francesca, played by Sienna Miller, I had settled into the story and never gave the wig another thought. Although there was not as obvious a chemistry between Ledger and Miller as he has had with other female co-stars, most notably Julia Stiles (10 Things I Hate About You) and Kate Hudson (The Four Feathers), I was quite convinced of their undying love for one another by film's end.

The supporting cast is marvelous, especially Omid Djalili who plays Lupo, Casanova's manservant, and Oliver Platt, who plays Genoan lard merchant, Lord Papprizzio, Francesca's fiancé. Lena Olin, as Francesca's mother, and Jeremy Irons, as Bishop Pucci, the Inquisitor, give fine performances as well, rising above their less-than-three-dimensional characters. Irons and Platt have an especially hilarious scene in, of all places, an Inquisition torture chamber, which is only outdone by Platt's bravery in revealing his true size while lying half-naked covered in lard, mint jelly and coffee grounds.

I had a blast at this movie and I can't wait to see it again.