The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

The French Lieutenant's Woman (1978)

Budget (GBP)	4,000,000
Distribution Company	United Artists (Distributor \| Est. Unknown)
Release Date	18 September 1981
Black and White	No
Regional Release	No
Release Notes	Canada 18 September 1981 (Toronto); USA 18 September 1981 (New York City, New York) (premiere); USA 18 September 1981 (limited); UK 15 October 1981 (London); USA 16 October 1981; Italy 20 November 1981; Norway 1 December 1981; Australia 3 December 1981; Denmark 18 December 1981; Spain 18 December 1981; Portugal 25 December 1981; Finland 1 January 1982; Netherlands 28 January 1982; Ireland 29 January 1982; Japan February 1982; Argentina 11 February 1982; West Germany 11 March 1982; Greece 12 March 1982; Sweden 12 March 1982; France 17 March 1982; Uruguay 26 March 1982; Belgium 29 April 1982 (Gent); Mexico 17 December 1982; Hungary 20 October 1983; Greece 9 October 2003 (Panorama of European Cinema); Serbia 28 February 2005 (Belgrade Film Festival); Italy 17 October 2009 (Rome Film Festival).
Description	Pinter adaptation of John Fowles' 1969 novel. The film intercuts the stories of two romantic affairs. One is within a Victorian period drama involving a gentleman palaeontologist, Charles Smithson, and the complex and troubled Sarah Woodruff, known as "the French lieutenant's woman." The other affair is between actors Mike and Anna, playing the lead roles in a modern filming of the story. In both segments, Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep play the lead roles.
Language	English

Linked Productions

No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.

Linked People

John Fowles (1926 - 2005)

Creative | Author (original novel)

Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Creative | Screenplay

Leon Clore (1918 - 1992)

Production | Producer

Geoffrey Helman (1930)

Production | Associate Producer

Tom Maschler (1933)

Production | Associate Producer

Carl Davis (1936)

Creative | Music

Freddie Francis (1917 - 2007)

Creative | Director Of Photography

John Bloom (1935)

Creative | Film Editor

Patsy Pollock (1946)

Creative | Casting

Assheton Gorton (1930 - 2014)

Creative | Production Designer

Allan Cameron (1944 - 2018)

Creative | Art Director

Norman Dorme (1927)

Creative | Art Director

Terry Pritchard

Creative | Art Director

Ann Mollo (1933)

Creative | Set Decoration

Tom Rand

Creative | Costume Designer

Sue Barradell

Creative | Makeup Artist

Simon Thompson

Creative | Hairdresser

Chris Burt (1942)

Production | Production Manager

Richard Hoult (1945)

Creative | Assistant Director

Peter Kohn

Creative | Second Assistant Director

Matthew Simmons

Creative | Third Assistant Director

Paul Tivers (1953)

Creative | Third Assistant Director

Trisha Edwards

Production | Property buyer

Dennis Fruin

Technical | Props Master

Toddy Roche

Production | Property buyer

Sally Scott (1939)

Creative | Artist

Fred Walker

Technical | Construction manager

Andy Aitken

Technical | Plasterer

Mark Fruin

Technical | Standby Props

Cliff Robinson (1930)

Creative | Assistant Art Director

Peter Russell

Technical | Junior draughtsman

Rocky Phelan

Technical | Sound Assistant

Bill Rowe (1931 - 1992)

Technical | Sound Re-recordist

Don Sharpe (1929 - 2004)

Technical | Sound Editor

Ivan Sharrock (1941)

Technical | Sound Recordist

Ken Weston (1947 - 2001)

Technical | Boom operator

Don Banks (1949)

Technical | Sound camera

Lionel Strutt

Technical | Adr mixer

Alan Bryce (1927 - 2000)

Technical | Special effects

Nobby Clark

Technical | Special effects

Paul Corbould (1961)

Technical | Special effects

Ricky Farns

Technical | Special effects

John Humphreys

Creative | Sculptor

Garth Inns

Technical | Special effects

Michael White

Technical | Special Effects Technician

Nick Wass

Technical | Optical cameraman

Alan Annand

Technical | Clapper loader

Frank Connor

Technical | Still Photographer

Jim Dawes

Technical | Grip

Gordon Hayman

Technical | Camera operator

Roy Larner

Technical | Gaffer

Tim Ross

Technical | Focus puller

Steve Blake

Technical | Electrician

John Matthews

Technical | Best boy

Maureen Booth

Technical | Wardrobe assistant

Austin Cooper

Technical | Wardrobe assistant

Brenda Dabbs

Technical | Wardrobe supervisor

Joanna Johnston

Technical | Assistant to cotume designer

Jeremy Hume

Technical | Assistant editor

Chris Kennedy

Technical | Second assistant editor

Chris Ridsdale

Technical | Assistant editor

David Barron

Technical | Location manager

Barry Beckett

Technical | Location manager

Peter Dolman

Technical | Location manager

Carl Davis (1936)

Creative | Conductor

Brian Gascoigne

Creative | Music Arranger

Christopher Palmer

Production | Music assistant

Richard Booz

Technical | Transportation captain

Colin Morris

Technical | Driver

Len Cave

Production | Production accountant

Kay Fenton

Production | Continuity

Mon Mohan

Creative | Title Designer

Julia Robinson

Production | Production Assistant

Mark Mostyn

Production | Runner

Karel Reisz (1926 - 2002)

Creative | Director

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Characters

Mrs Fairley (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Liz Smith

Dairyman (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: John Barrett

Dr Grogan (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Leo McKern (1920 - 2002)

Nathaniel Dyson (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Edward Duke

Sir Tom Burgh (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Richard Griffiths

Montague (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Michael Elwyn

Mrs Endicott (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Toni Palmer

Serjeant Murphy (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: David Warner

Grimes (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Alun Armstrong (1946)

Davide (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Gerard Falconetti

Sonia (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Penelope Wilton (1946)

Tom Elliott (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Orlando Fraser

Girl (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Frederika Morton

Second Girl (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Alice Maschler

Boy (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Matthew Morton

Mrs Poulteney (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Patience Collier

Mrs Tranter's Maid (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Vicky Ireland

Mrs Poulteney's Maid (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Claire Travers-Deacon

Cook (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Jean Faulds

Girl on Undercliff (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Arabella Weir

Boy on Undercliff (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Ben Forster

Dr Grogan's Housekeeper (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Catherine Willmer

Asylum Keeper (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Anthony Langdon

Delivery Boy (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Graham Fletcher-Cook

Third Assistant (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Richard Hope

Betty Anne (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Cecily Hobbs

Lady on Train (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Doreen Mantle

Lizzie (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Joanna Joseph

Red Haired Prostitute (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Judith Alderson

Prostitute (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Cora Kinnaird

Fisherman (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Michael Dickins

Clerk (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Peter Fraser

Woman (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Janet Rawson