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Empire of Light

R
English
December 9, 2022
1hr 54min

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Empire of Light Movie Details:

Country United Kingdom, United States
Language English
GenreDrama, Romance
Release date3 September 2022 (Telluride)
9 December 2022 (United States)
9 January 2023 (United Kingdom)
Running time1hr 54min
Age ratingR
StarringOlivia Colman
Micheal Ward
Monica Dolan
Tom Brooke
Tanya Moodie
Hannah Onslow
Crystal Clarke
Toby Jones
Colin Firth
Directed by Sam Mendes
Written bySam Mendes
Produced byPippa Harris
Sam Mendes
Cinematography by Roger Deakins
Edited by Lee Smith
Music byTrent Reznor
Atticus Ross
Production CompanySearchlight Pictures
TSG Entertainment
Neal Street Productions
Distributor Buena Vista International (International)
Searchlight Pictures (United States)

Empire of Light Movie Cast & Characters:

  • Olivia Colman as Hilary Small
  • Micheal Ward as Stephen Murray
  • Colin Firth as Donald Ellis
  • Toby Jones as Norman
  • Tom Brooke as Neil
  • Tanya Moodie as Delia Murray
  • Hannah Onslow as Janine
  • Crystal Clarke as Ruby
  • Monica Dolan as Rosemary Bates
  • Sara Stewart as Brenda Ellis
  • Ron Cook as Mr Cooper
  • Justin Edwards as Jim Booth
  • Jamie Whitelaw as Sean

Storyline:

Set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a compelling and poignant drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times.

Empire of Light Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:

Worldwide Collection$11.4 million

About Empire of Light Movie:

Filming began on 7 February 2022 at Margate on the Isle of Thanet in Kent.

This is the fifth collaboration between Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins, following Jarhead (2005), Revolutionary Road (2008), Skyfall (2012), and 1917 (2019).

Empire of Light premiered at the 49th Telluride Film Festival on 3 September 2022. The film received a limited theatrical release by Searchlight Pictures in the United States on 9 December 2022 and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2023. The film received praise for Colman and Ward’s performances and Roger Deakins’s cinematography, but the screenplay was criticized.

At the 80th Golden Globe Awards, the film was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for Colman, while Ward received a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 76th British Academy Film Awards. It also received a nomination for Best Cinematography at the 95th Academy Awards.

The film was released for VOD on 7 February 2023, followed by a Blu-ray and DVD release on 21 February 2023.

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