Empire of Light

Drama Romance

United Kingdom, United States

English

December 9, 2022

1hr 54min

Status: released

Trailer, Teaser & Videos

Empire of Light Movie Details:

Country	United Kingdom, United States
Language	English
Genre	Drama, Romance
Release date	3 September 2022 (Telluride) 9 December 2022 (United States) 9 January 2023 (United Kingdom)
Running time	1hr 54min
Age rating	R
Starring	Olivia Colman Micheal Ward Monica Dolan Tom Brooke Tanya Moodie Hannah Onslow Crystal Clarke Toby Jones Colin Firth
Directed by	Sam Mendes
Written by	Sam Mendes
Produced by	Pippa Harris Sam Mendes
Cinematography by	Roger Deakins
Edited by	Lee Smith
Music by	Trent Reznor Atticus Ross
Production Company	Searchlight 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.