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 | $11.4Â 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.
