Death at a Funeral (2007)

Director:

Frank Oz

Writer (WGA):

Dean Craig (written by)

Release Date:

11 July 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

From director Frank Oz comes the story of a family that puts the F U in funeral.

Plot:

Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.

Plot Keywords:

Eulogy | Rear Nudity | Midget | Roof | Funeral

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Matthew Macfadyen	...	Daniel (as Matthew MacFadyen)
Keeley Hawes	...	Jane
Andy Nyman	...	Howard
Ewen Bremner	...	Justin
Daisy Donovan	...	Martha
Alan Tudyk	...	Simon Smith
Jane Asher	...	Sandra
Kris Marshall	...	Troy
Rupert Graves	...	Robert
Peter Vaughan	...	Uncle Alfie
Thomas Wheatley	...	Reverend Davis
Peter Egan	...	Victor
Peter Dinklage	...	Peter
Brendan O'Hea	...	Undertaker
Jeremy Booth	...	Mourner
Angela Curran	...	Sandra's Friend
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kelly Eastwood	...	Katie
Gareth Milne	...	Edward

Directed by
Frank Oz

Writing credits (WGA)
Dean Craig		(written by)

Produced by
Philip Elway	....	executive producer
Andreas Grosch	....	executive producer
William Horberg	....	executive producer
Josh Kesselman	....	co-producer
Sidney Kimmel	....	producer
Alex Lewis	....	co-producer
Laurence Malkin	....	producer
Diana Phillips	....	producer
Share Stallings	....	producer
Bruce Toll	....	executive producer
Bruce Webb	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Murray Gold

Cinematography by
Oliver Curtis

Film Editing by
Beverley Mills

Casting by
Gail Stevens

Production Design by
Michael Howells

Art Direction by
Lynne Huitson		(supervising art director)
Matthew Robinson
Andy Tomlinson

Set Decoration by
Judy Farr

Costume Design by
Natalie Ward

Makeup Department
Julie Dartnell	....	hair stylist
Julie Dartnell	....	makeup artist
Frances Hannon	....	chief hair stylist
Frances Hannon	....	chief makeup artist
Marilyn MacDonald	....	hair stylist
Marilyn MacDonald	....	makeup artist
Gemma Richards	....	hair stylist
Gemma Richards	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Stephen Barker	....	post-production supervisor
Kerstin Dyroff	....	production manager: VIP Medienfons
Richard Hewitt	....	unit production manager
Mike Morrison	....	production manager
Hugo Smith-Bingham	....	unit manager
Aaron Merrell	....	director of production: SKE (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joey Coughlin	....	third assistant director
Sean Guest	....	first assistant director
James Haven	....	second assistant director
Sarah MacFarlane	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Bruce Bigg	....	property master
Matthew Broderick	....	props
Graham Caulfield	....	drapes master
Graham Caulfield	....	upholstery
Ged Dale	....	prop storeman
Robert J. Dugdale	....	scenic artist
James Fennessy	....	stand-by painter (as Jim Fennessy)
Hal Forbes-Adam	....	art department work experience
John Greaves	....	storyboard artist
Peter Hasler	....	dressing propman
Robert Irvine	....	stand-by painter
Paul Lynford	....	stand-by carpenter
Katie MacGregor	....	art department assistant
Lisa Meller	....	art department work experience
Mitch Niclas	....	stand-by propman
Warren Stickley	....	dressing propman
Lee Thurbun	....	construction chargehand
Stuart Watson	....	construction manager
Max Woodhead	....	art department work experience

Sound Department
Lucy Barnes	....	foley artist
Phillip Mark Freudenfeld	....	foley recordist
Rachel H. Gibson	....	foley editor
Steve Gilman	....	assistant sound
Stephen Gilmour	....	cableperson
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Tim Hands	....	supervising sound editor
Mary Whitby James	....	foley artist
Philip Jenkins	....	assistant re-recording mixer
John Midgley	....	sound mixer
Clive Osborne	....	sound maintenance
Adrian Rhodes	....	sound effects editor
Adrian Rhodes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gavin Rose	....	assistant sound editor
Ruth Sullivan	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Louie Alexander	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Ben Baker	....	head of digital lab: Framestore CFC
Helen Bunker	....	digital compositor
Jason Burnett	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Andy Burrow	....	scanning and recording manager: Framestore CFC
Erik Dehkhoda	....	digital retouching
Jerome Dewhurst	....	digital lab engineer: Framestore CFC
Paul Doogan	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Eric D'Souza	....	digital lab engineer: Framestore CFC
James D. Fleming	....	digital artist: Framestore CFC
Joe Godfrey	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Adam Hawkes	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Jan Hogevold	....	executive producer: Framestore CFC
Yan Jennings	....	film mastering engineer: Framestore CFC
David Johnston	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Brian Krijgsman	....	colourist: Framestore CFC
Aaron Lear	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Adrian Lee	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Ben Lock	....	visual effects producer
Kevin Lowery	....	film mastering engineer: Framestore CFC
Sarah Micallef	....	digital intermediate producer: Framestore CFC
Mike Morrison	....	production manager: Framestore CFC
Savneet Nagi	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Guy Nesfield	....	data operator
Stuart Nippard	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Dan Perry	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Ian Redmond	....	digital lab engineer: Framestore CFC
Sue Rowe	....	visual effects supervisor
Aatesh Shah	....	systems engineer: Framestore CFC
Donna Smith	....	editorial: Framestore CFC
Vishal Songara	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Nick Stanley	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Odean Thompson	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore CFC
Shahin Toosi	....	digital paint & roto artist: Framestore CFC
Dan Victoire	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Simon Wessely	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Annabel Wright	....	conform editor: Framestore CFC

Stunts
Nick Hobbs	....	stunt driver
Gareth Milne	....	stunt coordinator
Peter Pedrero	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Camilla Drennan	....	clapper loader
Camilla Drennan	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
John Fenelly	....	stand-by rigger
Dan Garlick	....	second grip
Jo Gibbs	....	additional camera loader (as Joanna Gibbs)
Lee Godfrey	....	camera trainee
Stuart Godfrey	....	grip
Keith Hamshere	....	still photographer
Dylan Jones	....	video playback operator
Kenny Monger	....	best boy
James Perry	....	camera trainee
Tom Scott	....	rigger
Hilda Sealy	....	focus puller
Paul Toomey	....	gaffer

Casting Department
William Davies	....	casting associate
Will Davis	....	casting assistant
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mark Ferguson	....	assistant costume designer
David Otzen	....	costume assistant
Tamsin Wright	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Gavin Buckley	....	assistant editor
Marc Eskenazi	....	on-line editor
Natasha Marsh	....	post-production coordinator
Edward Randolph	....	apprentice editor
Matthew Streatfield	....	assistant editor: Technicolor

Music Department
Becky Bentham	....	music supervisor
Paul Clarvis	....	musician: drums
Mitchell Dalton	....	musician: guitar (as Mitch Dalton)
Philippa Davies	....	musician: alto flute and flute
Olga FitzRoy	....	assistant music engineer
Ben Foskett	....	additional orchestrator
Ben Foskett	....	music preparation
Ben Foster	....	conductor
Ben Foster	....	orchestrator
Tracey Goldsmith	....	musician: accordion
Dave Hartley	....	musician: piano
Jake Jackson	....	music recording mixer
Allan Jenkins	....	music editor
Gary Kettel	....	musician: percussion
Steve McManus	....	musician: double bass
John Parricelli	....	musician: guitar
Nyree Pinder	....	music supervisor
Owen Slade	....	musician: tuba
Mark Tucker	....	music mixer
Mark Tucker	....	music score recording engineer

Transportation Department
Phil Allchin	....	transportation captain
Gary Barnes	....	daily unit driver
Guy Bostock	....	vehicle coordinator
Peter Collins	....	daily unit driver
Mike Elliott	....	driver: director
Tony Jayes	....	daily unit driver
Roy Kirkman	....	daily unit driver
Vic Minay	....	unit driver
Abbi Ozturk	....	unit driver
Terry Rhys	....	unit driver

Other crew
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Finn Brandt	....	title designer
Kate Brontë-Stewart	....	floor runner
Julie Burnham	....	unit nurse
Donna Casey	....	second assistant accountant
Hannah Collett	....	assistant coordinator
Paul Davies	....	stand-in
Rod Haak	....	location manager
Florian Harms	....	legal counsel: VIP
Steve Hart	....	key location scout
Julia Hilliard	....	assistant: Share Stallings and Larry Malkin
Simon Hill	....	first assistant accountant
Mick Hurrell	....	health and safety officer
Julia Jones	....	unit publicist
Sandrine Loisy	....	set production assistant
Natasha Marsh	....	assistant: Frank Oz
Eva Neufahrt	....	production controller: VIP Medienfonds
Nick Pearson	....	construction nurse
Gemma Louise Read	....	floor runner
Sue Roberts	....	travel services: UK Travels
Julie Roze	....	production runner
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Tom Fenwick Smith	....	production runner
Maxine Stanley	....	post-production accountant
Trevor Stanley	....	production accountant
Isobel Thomas	....	production coordinator
Elizabeth West	....	script supervisor
Berit Wetzel	....	legal counsel: VIP
Sylvi Woitusch	....	production assistant: VIP Medienfonds
San San F. Young	....	assistant: Diana Phillips
Chris Wilson	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Thanks
Joel Mendoza	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
• Parabolic Pictures Inc.
• Stable Way Entertainment
• VIP 1 Medienfonds
• VIP 2 Medienfonds
• Target Media Entertainment (co-production)
• Film Sales Financing

Distributors

• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Compañía General de la Imagen (CGI) (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Film Messenger (2008) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Impacto Cine (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Kimmel International (2006) (non-USA) (all media) (international sales)
• Lighthouse Pictures (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Lizard Cinema Trade (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Pinema (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• RCV Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• SND (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Sweden (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Telexcel/ImpactoCine (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Verve Pictures (2007) (UK) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Cinesite

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• All England Caterers  catering
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Framestore CFC  digital intermediate
• International Film Guarantors  completion bond
• UK Travels  travel agency

Also Known As:

Sterben für Anfänger (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and drug content.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA | Germany | UK | Netherlands

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate # 43149) | France:U | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Australia:M | Netherlands:6 | Sweden:Btl | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | UK:15 | Finland:K-7 | Ireland:15A | Taiwan:R-12 | Germany:6 | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Company:

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment

Trivia:

Filmed in seven weeks.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Simon gets out of the bathroom window he is completely naked, but moments later he appears in the same position leaning over to spit and you can see the edge of his underwear at the bottom right of the screen.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Daniel: [giving instructions to the pallbearers] Just, uh, straight through there and to the left, please.

Movie Connections:

References Plane Crazy (1928)

Soundtrack:

Love our Time Today

Very funny is a gently twisted British way

I wasn't quite sure what to expect out of this, even though I had enjoyed the trailer in the theater. There had been some comments about cruel humor, which I just didn't see. The story was well structured, with groundwork laid early on for very funny bits much later in the film that got us laughing hard without hitting us over the head with the joke. The moments of comic tension were good, without that excruciating sense that someone was going to be horribly embarrassed, or hurt, or whatever, that American films seem to have. The situation is very well known to everyone who's been to a family funeral, although in America we would have the service in a funeral home or church, and we've all had moments when we want to laugh at the wrong time, or notice something a little out of the ordinary in the service that seems to cry out for comment. My husband, 14 year old daughter and I enjoyed the film immensely, and we all gave it an 8 out of 10, with some good carryover lines to quote amongst ourselves. Go see it, enjoy, and leave the political correctness at home.