Man to Man (2005)

Director:

Régis Wargnier

Writers:

William Boyd (writer)
Michel Fessler (screenplay)
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Release Date:

13 April 2005 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Joseph Fiennes	...	Jamie Dodd
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Elena Van Den Ende
Iain Glen	...	Alexander Auchinleck
Hugh Bonneville	...	Fraser McBride
Lomama Boseki	...	Toko
Cécile Bayiha	...	Likola
Flora Montgomery	...	Abigail McBride
Patrick Mofokeng	...	Zachary
Alistair Petrie	...	Beckinsale
Hubert Saint-Macary	...	Comte de Verchemont
Mathew Zajac	...	Hector Duncan
William McBain	...	Angus
Robin Smith	...	Douglas
Theo Landey	...	Purvis
Ron Donachie	...	Sir Walter Stephenson
Peter Egan	...	Gyllenhaal
Solomon Fietse	...	Bakaro
James Ngcobo	...	Roi Mateke Seko
Percy Matsemela	...	Rajiv
Sello Motloung	...	Milos
Lakshantha Abenayake	...	Vijaya
Gordon Brown	...	Andrew
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Carr	...	Barn Man
David Clatworthy	...	Doctor
Frank Gallagher	...	Museum Guard
Robert Harrison	...	Scottish Guard
Gary McCormack	...	Sailor
Alan McQueen	...	Barn Man
Stewart Porter	...	Museum Guard
Stewart Selkirk	...	Dinner Party Guest
Garry Sweeney	...	Men in Mob
Alan Turnbull	...	Man Servant
John Yule	...	Mortuary Official
Ernesto Cantu	...	Native American Indian (uncredited)

Directed by
Régis Wargnier

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
William Boyd		writer
Michel Fessler		screenplay
Fred Fougea		screenplay
Régis Wargnier		writer

Produced by
Alexandra Bouillon	....	assistant producer
Steve Clark-Hall	....	co-producer
Izidore Codron	....	co-producer
Farid Lahouassa	....	producer
Géraldine Polveroni	....	assistant producer
Chris Roland	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Patrick Doyle

Cinematography by
Laurent Dailland

Film Editing by
Yann Malcor

Casting by
Celestia Fox
Nicolas Ronchi
Christa Shamberger

Production Design by
Maria Djurkovic

Art Direction by
Jane Cecchi
Zack Grobler
John Hill
Nick Palmer

Set Decoration by
Victor Botha
Zack de Lange
Simon Joyner
Tatiana Lund

Costume Design by
Pierre-Yves Gayraud

Makeup Department
Anita Anderson	....	hair & makeup
Sam Bear	....	hair & makeup
Pip Blackie	....	hair & makeup
Ann Buchanan	....	hair & makeup
Carol Chambers	....	hair & makeup
Julie Dorrat-Keenan	....	hair & makeup
Sarah Fidelo	....	hair & makeup
Patrick Girault	....	hair stylist
Dianne Jamieson	....	hair & makeup
Delia Letham	....	hair & makeup
Claire McAndrew	....	hair & makeup
Heather Millington	....	hair & makeup
Anne Marie O'Neill	....	hair & makeup
Daniel Phillips	....	hair designer
Daniel Phillips	....	makeup designer
Lisa Pickering	....	hair & makeup
Nadine Prigge	....	hair & makeup: South Africa
Nadine Prigge	....	hair supervisor: South Africa
Nadine Prigge	....	makeup supervisor: South Africa
Mary Reid	....	hair & makeup: South Africa
Tapio Salmi	....	hair stylist
Tapio Salmi	....	makeup artist
Kirstie Stanway	....	hair & makeup
Shirley Sweeney	....	hair & makeup
Mieke Tait	....	hair & makeup: South Africa
Gillian Thomas	....	hair & makeup
Karen Turner	....	hair & makeup
Eve Wignall	....	hair & makeup

Production Management
Edwin Angless	....	production manager
Olivier Chiavassa	....	production manager: France
James Crawley	....	unit manager
Gérard Crosnier	....	production manager
François Pulliat	....	unit manager
Neil Van Der Linde	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vicki Allen	....	third assistant director
Marissa Carrera	....	assistant director
Stanislas Graziani	....	first assistant director: France
Xolani Gumbi	....	assistant director: South Africa
Martin Harrison	....	assistant director
Nick Heckstall-Smith	....	first assistant director
Rowena Jeffreys-Jones	....	assistant director
Finn McGrath	....	second assistant director
Zolani Phakade	....	assistant director: South Africa
Carry Turner	....	assistant director: South Africa
Corry John Turner	....	third assistant director
Alison Wallace	....	assistant director

Art Department
Geoff Ball	....	carpenter
Mick Boddy	....	art stand-by
Phil Bowen	....	carpenter
Melissa Bunkle	....	art department assistant
Mark Collisson	....	construction manager
John Coxon	....	greensman: South Africa
Chris Cull	....	property master
Ken Davy	....	painter
Steve Deane	....	construction supervisor
Bruno de Dieuleveult	....	storyboard artist: France
Amy Dewar	....	graphics assistant
Gill Farr	....	production buyer
Natalie Fitzgerald	....	props
Michael Freeman	....	stand-by art director: South Africa (as Mike Freeman)
Bobby Gee	....	art stand-by
Sophie Geliot	....	painter
Merinda Geyer	....	art department coordinator
Ed Gibson	....	art stand-by
David Glasscoe	....	prop master: South Africa
Darryl Hammer	....	painter
Richard Hassall	....	stand-by art director
Fano Joubert	....	props maker: South Africa
Ingo Loibenbock	....	greensman: South Africa
Anna-Maria Lund	....	illustrator
Emily Lutyens	....	assistant art director
Rob MacPherson	....	stand-by props
William Maxwell	....	carpenter
Ona Muller	....	painter: South Africa
Rene Nel	....	painter: South Africa
Ross Pearson	....	art stand-by
Fernando Pereira	....	props: South Africa
Simon Riley	....	stand-by props
Alex Robertson	....	carpenter
Mark Sarsfield	....	carpenter
Erich Scherrer	....	art director: South Africa
Cristiana Serra	....	stand-by art director: South Africa
Sarah Stuart	....	stand-by art director
Danny Sumsion	....	construction manager
John Symons	....	carpenter
Michelle ten Haaf	....	construction coordinator: South Africa
Stephen Thomson	....	dressing propman
Marcia Vermaak	....	props maker: South Africa
Phil Wheeler	....	painter
Jason Whyman	....	carpenter
Billy Wilson	....	dressing prophand
Jeff Woodbridge	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Frédéric Blacher	....	foley artist: France
Yannick Boulot	....	sound recordist: France
Hervé Buirette	....	sound re-recording mixer
Olivier Burgaud	....	boom operator
Aurore Camp	....	post-synchronisation: France
Franck Cartaut	....	boom operator
Frédéric Cattoni	....	sound consultant: DTS
Eric Devulder	....	sound: France
Philippe Dongé	....	sound recordist: France
Carl Goetgheluck	....	sound re-recording mixer
François Groult	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jean-Pierre Houël	....	boom operator: France
Jean-Louis Lebras	....	boom operator: France
Lionel Lebras	....	boom operator: France
François Lepeuple	....	foley artist: France
Frédérique Liébaut	....	post-synchronisation: France
Pierre Lorrain	....	sound: France
Mourad Louanchi	....	sound editor: France
Françoise Maulny	....	post-synchronisation: France
Michel Monnier	....	sound consultant: Dolby (as Michel Monier)
Gréggory Poncelet	....	sound recordist: France
Stephane Rabeau	....	assistant sound editor
Guillaume Sciama	....	sound
Raphael Sohier	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Jaco Bester	....	special effects: South Africa
Perry Brahan	....	special effects
Leon Breytenbach	....	special effects: South Africa
James Davis III	....	special effects senior technician
Hugh Goodbody	....	special effects technician
Alexis Haggar	....	special effects assistant
Mark Holt	....	special effects
Paul McGuinness	....	special effects makeup
Martin 'Marty' McLaughlin	....	special effects (as Martin McLaughlin)
Michael Nkosi	....	special effects: South Africa

Visual Effects by
Catherine Athon	....	digital post-production manager
Luc Augereau	....	visual effects producer
Odile Beraud	....	scanning and recording
Kevin Berger	....	visual effects coordinator
Cyrille Bonjean	....	digital compositor
Gisèle Courcoux	....	scanning and recording
Rosana D'Andrea	....	Lustre assistant
Berengere Dominguez	....	visual effects coordinator
Mathilde Germi	....	digital compositor
Thibaut Granier	....	digital compositor
Luc Guénard	....	Lustre calibration
Sébastien Guyot	....	scanning and recording
Christophe Keichinger	....	scanning and recording
Audrey Kleinclaus	....	visual effects coordinator: L'EST
Julien Rousseau	....	digital compositor
Christophe Sabre	....	scanning and recording
Bruno Sommier	....	digital effects artist
François Vagnon	....	visual effects supervisor
Olivier Veau	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Roy Alon	....	stunts
Steve Boyd	....	stunts
Richard Hanson	....	stunts
Tony Smart	....	stunt coordinator
Tyrone Stevenson	....	stunts: South Africa

Camera and Electrical Department
Val Adamson	....	still photographer: South Africa
Mik Allen	....	focus puller
Paul Bates	....	electrician
Jan Bosch	....	lighting: South Africa
Michael Corker	....	camera operator: South Africa
Tim Critchell	....	grip
Mark Davidson	....	grip: South Africa
Arthur Donnelly	....	electrician
Ewan Epton	....	electrician
Andy Gribble	....	grip
Paul Holley	....	electrician
Stuart Howell	....	camera operator
Stuart Howell	....	steadicam operator
Raphael Jourdan	....	grip: France
Ricardo Koopman	....	camera operator: South Africa
David Koskas	....	still photographer: France
Océane Lavergne	....	first assistant camera
Andrew Maccallum	....	lighting: South Africa
Rod Marley	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Adrian McCarthy	....	grip
Graham McFarlane	....	camera operator: South Africa
Grant McPhee	....	camera trainee
Meshack Molope	....	lighting: South Africa
Pascal Morisset	....	underwater camera operator: France
Olivier Neveu	....	grip: France
Pascal Pajaud	....	gaffer
Ben Phiri	....	lighting: South Africa
Ben Pritchard	....	clapper loader: "a" camera
Nick Rankin	....	lighting: South Africa
Michel Revest	....	underwater camera operator: France
Roland Savoye	....	underwater camera operator: France
Simon Surtees	....	clapper loader: "b" camera
Pat Sweeney	....	best boy electric
Garry Thomson	....	electrician
Alfred Wentzel	....	grip: South Africa

Casting Department
Alex Johnson	....	casting assistant
Christa Shamberger	....	casting: South Africa

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Catherine Boisgontier	....	costumer: France
Sally Campbell	....	costumer
Britt Cormack	....	costumer: South Africa
Lindsay Davidson	....	costumer (as Lindsey Davidson)
Caroline de Tugny	....	costumer: France
Eunice Gumede	....	costumer: South Africa
Barbara Harrington	....	costumer
Graham Hunter	....	costumer
Lynley Joss	....	costumer
Camille Joste	....	costumer: France
Joyce Kayes	....	costumer
Donna Kisogloo	....	costumer: South Africa
Lorenzo Mancianti	....	costumer: France
Jessica Benyayer McCraven	....	costumer: France
Maggy Miller	....	costumer
Penzie Miya	....	costumer: South Africa
Kate O'Farrell	....	costumer
Ursula Paredes Choto	....	costumer: France
Elaine Robertson	....	costumer
Melody Ross	....	costumer: South Africa
Zureta Schulz	....	costumer: South Africa
Kirsty Steele	....	costumer
Jacques Van Rooyen	....	costumer: South Africa
Anne Versel	....	costumer: France
Dee Whayte	....	costumer: South Africa
Susie Will	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Serge Anthony	....	grader
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Christelle Didier	....	assistant post-production supervisor
Isabelle Julien	....	color timer
Arassou Kichenassamy	....	digital film manager
Benjamin Massoubre	....	digital film manager
Charlotte Mazzinghi	....	intermediate color grader
Christine Lucas Navarro	....	assistant to editor
Florence Poulain	....	post-production assistant
Stéphane Praux	....	digital film manager
Philippe Tourret	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Lawrence Ashmore	....	orchestrator
Chris Barrett	....	assistant music engineer (as Chris Barratt)
Rupert Coulson	....	assistant music engineer
Patrick Doyle	....	orchestrator
Vic Fraser	....	music copyist
Carmine Lauri	....	orchestra leader
Maggie Rodford	....	score producer
James Shearman	....	orchestrator
Graham Sutton	....	music editor
Nick Taylor	....	assistant music engineer
Nick Wollage	....	score recordist
Ian Wood	....	assistant music engineer

Transportation Department
Abraham Shiburi	....	transportation: South Africa
Bradley Sweetman	....	transportation: South Africa

Other crew
Alexandra Bouillon	....	assistant to line producer
Françoise Bouillon-Pommerolle	....	production accountant: France
Guy Courtecuisse	....	post-production manager
Andrew Dalmahoy	....	location assistant: Edinburgh
Annie Devolder	....	accountant: France
Christelle Didier	....	production assistant
Abigail Doyle	....	personal assistant: Patrick Doyle
Linda Fraser	....	production coordinator
Katy Fyfe	....	location manager: South Africa
Louisa Grant	....	assistant location manager: Scotland
Tarryn Greybè	....	pre-production coordinator
Gai Harvison-Petzer	....	accountant: South Africa
Patrick Isherwood	....	production accountant
Debbie Kaye	....	horse master
Joanna Laurie	....	stand-in
Jamie Mather	....	unit manager: Scotland
Joanna Matthews	....	production coordinator
Richard McCarthy	....	freight coordinator
Margaret McDonald	....	production coordinator
Zoe Morgan	....	script supervisor
Natalie Mycielski	....	accountant: South Africa
Philie Naughten	....	assistant production coordinator
Géraldine Polveroni	....	production coordinator
Ashton Radcliffe	....	location manager
Isaac Sananes	....	assistant accountant
Martina Schieder	....	production coordinator: South Africa
Mark Shelley	....	weapons armorer
Moyra Statham	....	accountant
Jamie Stockley	....	animal trainer
Jim Stockley	....	animal supplier
Mandy Welsh	....	production coordinator
Michael Wilson	....	assistant coordinator

Thanks
Jamie Dodd	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Vertigo
• Skyline Films
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
• Boréales (co-production)
• TPS Star (participation)
• The Imaginarium (participation)

Distributors

• Wild Bunch (2005-2007) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• ARP Sélection (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Distribution Company (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Gateno Films (2006) (Peru) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• L'Etude et la Supervision des Trucages (L'E.S.T.) (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Air Lyndhurst Studios  music recorded at (as Air Studios Lyndhurst Hall)
• Air-Edel Recording Studios  music mixed at (as Air-Edel Studios)
• L'Etude et la Supervision des Trucages (L'E.S.T.)  special effects
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• Les Ateliers du Costume  costumes
• Media Safety  health & safety

Also Known As:

Anthropini lysi, I (Greece) [el]
Man to Man (Argentina) [es]
Man to man (Spain) [es]

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

France | South Africa | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Hungary:14 | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Bristo Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company:

Vertigo

Trivia:

visa d'exploitation en France #97135

Quotes:

Elena Van Den Ende: You and I would make a great alliance.
Jamie Dodd: Alliance?

Soundtrack:

Three blind mice

The Civilized White Man

In 1870, in Central Africa, the expeditionary Professor Jamie Dodd (Joseph Fiennes) and his associate Elena Van Den Ende (Kristin Scott Thomas) kidnap a couple of pigmies, Toko (Lomama Boseki) and Likola (Cécile Bayiha), and bring them to Scotland for research. Professors Alexander Auchinleck (Iain Glen) and Fraser McBride (Hugh Bonneville) are studying the missing link with Professor Jamie Dodd, and they believe they Africans might be the connection between man and monkey. However, Jamie finds evidence of intelligence in the couple, but their partners do not want to destroy their theory, and they imprison Jamie and travel with the pigmies to present them to European intellectuals. Jamie unsuccessfully tries to bring them back to Africa, but he has serious problems with the civilized society.

"Man To Man" has an original screenplay, with a wonderful cinematography and magnificent performances and direction. Unfortunately, the story does not flow well. For example, the abrupt beginning, without a previous development of the characters or the situation is confused and gives the impression of an action film. When Jamie is discussing with Alexander and his sister about the destiny of Likola, there is an ellipsis without explanation for the attitude of these characters. The ambiguous character of Elena Van Den Ende is also confused, showing contradictory feelings. The music score is also very beautiful. The "civilized" attitudes of the white man with the pigmies are also very impressive. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Elo Perdido" ("The Missing Link")