Cassandra's Dream (2007)

Director:

Woody Allen

Writer (WGA):

Woody Allen (written by)

Release Date:

26 October 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

How far will you go to make your dreams come true?

Plot:

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

Plot Keywords:

Money | Loan | Loan Shark | Hotel | Investigation

Cast

Ewan McGregor	...	Ian
Colin Farrell	...	Terry
Peter-Hugo Daly	...	Boat Owner (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
John Benfield	...	Father
Clare Higgins	...	Mother
Ashley Madekwe	...	Lucy (as Ashley Medekwe)
Andrew Howard	...	Jerry
Hayley Atwell	...	Angela
Sally Hawkins	...	Kate
Keith Smee	...	Terry's Track Mate
Stephen Noonan	...	Mel
Dan Carter	...	Fred
Richard Lintern	...	Director
Jennifer Higham	...	Helen
Lee Whitlock	...	Mike
Michael Harm	...	Estate Agent
Hugh Rathbone	...	Poker Player
Allan Ramsey	...	Poker Player
Paul Marc Davis	...	Poker Player (as Paul Davis)
Terry Budin-Jones	...	Poker Player (as Terry Budin Jones)
Franck Viano	...	Poker Player
Tommy Mack	...	Poker Player
Milo Bodrozic	...	Poker Player
Emily Gilchrist	...	Dora
Tom Wilkinson	...	Howard
Philip Davis	...	Martin Burns (as Phil Davis)
George Richmond	...	Bernard
Phyllis Roberts	...	Burns' Mother (voice)
Tamzin Outhwaite	...	Burns' Date
Cate Fowler	...	Angela's Mom
David Horovitch	...	Angela's Dad
Matt Bardock	...	Jaguar Owner
Jim Carter	...	Garage Boss
Tom Fisher	...	Nigel
Paul Gardner	...	Bentley Salesman
Mark Umbers	...	Eisley
Maggie McCarthy	...	Servant
Richard Graham	...	Detective
Ross Boatman	...	Detective
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Clear	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Kenneth Edelson	...	Tim - Screenwriter (uncredited)
James Fiddy	...	Background (uncredited)
Scott Wickes	...	Local Businessman (uncredited)

Directed by
Woody Allen

Writing credits (WGA)
Woody Allen		(written by)

Produced by
Letty Aronson	....	producer
Nicky Kentish Barnes	....	co-producer
Brahim Chioua	....	executive producer
Charles H. Joffe	....	co-executive producer
Vincent Maraval	....	executive producer
Helen Robin	....	co-producer
Jack Rollins	....	co-executive producer
Stephen Tenenbaum	....	producer
Gareth Wiley	....	producer
Daniel Wührmann	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Philip Glass

Cinematography by
Vilmos Zsigmond

Film Editing by
Alisa Lepselter

Casting by
Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto
Gail Stevens
Juliet Taylor

Production Design by
Maria Djurkovic

Art Direction by
Nick Palmer

Set Decoration by
Tatiana Macdonald

Costume Design by
Jill Taylor

Makeup Department
Francesco Alberico	....	hair stylist
Sallie Jaye	....	hair designer
Sallie Jaye	....	makeup designer
Sharon Martin	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Tori Parry	....	unit production manager
Helen Robin	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Chasey	....	third assistant director
Todd Embling	....	assistant director
Ben Howarth	....	first assistant director
Beatrice Manning	....	stand-in assistant director
Samantha Smith	....	second assistant director
Catherine Tyler	....	additional third assistant director

Art Department
Liz Ainley	....	production buyer
Mat Bergel	....	stand-by props
David Broadfoot	....	standby rigger
David Creed	....	construction manager
Chris Cull	....	property master
Jonathan Downing	....	dressing prop
Stuart Headley-Read	....	dressing props: dailies (as Stuart Read)
Ben Johnson	....	dressing props
Ben Johnson	....	dressing props
Dan Johnson	....	set dresser
Ray McNeill	....	prop storeman
Catherine Palmer	....	art department assistant
Simon Riley	....	stand-by props
Sarah Stuart	....	stand-by art director
Ian Taylor	....	stand-by carpenter

Sound Department
Jorge Adrados	....	sound assistant
Esther Asiedu-Ofei	....	sound trainee
Ryan Collison	....	foley engineer
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Glossop	....	sound mixer
Matthew Haasch	....	foley supervisor
Robert Hein	....	sound
Sylvia Menno	....	dialogue editor
Shaun Mills	....	boom operator
Igor Nikolic	....	foley editor
Dave Paterson	....	sound effects editor
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
David Wahnon	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Paul Alexiou	....	visual effects film editorial: MPC
Matthew Bristowe	....	digital lab producer: MPC
Michelle Corney	....	visual effects producer
Qian Han	....	digital compositor
Martin Hobbs	....	head of production
Begoña Lopez	....	digital lab producer: MPC
Victoria Mowlam	....	visual effects coordinator: MPC
Miquel Ubeda	....	digital compositor: MPC London

Stunts
George Cottle	....	stunt double
Lee Sheward	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Alan Coates	....	generator operator
Ann Marie Crotty	....	camera trainee
Tony Goulding	....	electrician
Brian Greenway	....	central loader
Stewart Hadley	....	rigging gaffer
Keith Hamshere	....	still photographer
Paul Kelly	....	electrician
Alan Martin	....	gaffer
Shaun Mone	....	electrician
Dave Moore	....	best boy electric (as David Moore)
Luke Myslowski	....	daily grip
Peter Myslowski	....	key grip
George Richmond	....	Steadicam operator
George Richmond	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jonathan 'Chunky' Richmond	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Alexandre Szabo-Fresnais	....	assistant camera
Rob Walton	....	electrician

Casting Department
William Davies	....	casting associate
Julie Schubert	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Karen Beale	....	costume stand-by
Tracey Millar	....	wardrobe mistress
Charlotte Sewell	....	assistant costume designer
David Wooton	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Lorene Dewett	....	apprentice editor: dailies
Elise DuRant	....	assistant editor
Kate Rose Itzkowitz	....	assistant editor
Scott Kordish	....	post-production coordinator
Mark Neale	....	assistant editor: dailies
Morgan Neville	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Nancy Allen	....	assistant music editor
Dan Bora	....	music engineer
Trevor Gureckis	....	score preparation
Jim Keller	....	executive music producer
Zoe Knight	....	music administrator: Dunvagen music publishers
Nico Muhly	....	score preparation
Suzana Peric	....	music editor
Michael Riesman	....	conductor
Christian Rutledge	....	music production coordinator
Alex Venguer	....	assistant music engineer
Stacey Wong	....	music intern

Transportation Department
Roy Clarke	....	transportation captain
Lee Isgar	....	driver: Ewan Mcgregor
Tony Jayes	....	driver: Colin Farrell
Llewellyn Thomas	....	camera car driver

Other crew
Sarah Allentuch	....	assistant: Mr. Allen
Kim Armitage	....	script supervisor
Daren Bailey	....	marine coordinator
Philip Ball	....	stand-in
Jack Birmingham	....	marine crew: second unit, marine
Kate Bone	....	location assistant
David Campbell-Bell	....	assistant location manager
Bruno Cassoni	....	assistant director floor runner
Leah Chalk	....	health and safety
Miranda Colman	....	floor runner
Ian Creed	....	marine coordinator
Francesca Dowd	....	production coordinator
Richard Etchells	....	title designer (as Dickie Etchells)
Lucy Foulds	....	location coordinator
Synnöve Godeseth	....	assistant location manager
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative
Michael Harm	....	location manager
Lisa Heathcote	....	food stylist
Richard Hill	....	assistant location manager
Natasha Hook	....	unit nurse
Robert Karn	....	production assistant
Sage Lehman	....	assistant: Mr. Allen
Pietro Lorino Jr.	....	post-production accountant
Ciaran Moran	....	accounts trainee
Adrien Moscovici	....	production assistant
Kurt Munkacsi	....	assistant: Philip Glass
Louise O'Malley	....	production accountant
Finlay Pile	....	assistant location manager
Lee Robertson	....	assistant location manager
Cassandra Sigsgaard	....	clearances coordinator
Kerry Smith	....	assistant accountant
Alice Syed	....	assistant production coordinator
Catherine Tyler	....	floor runner
Joan Washington	....	dialect coach

Thanks
Carol Donaldson	....	grateful acknowledgment
Claudia Downes	....	grateful acknowledgment
Alberta Ferretti	....	grateful acknowledgment
Greg Johnson	....	grateful acknowledgment
Ella Moss	....	grateful acknowledgment
Emily Young	....	grateful acknowledgment

Production Companies

• Iberville Productions
• Virtual Studios
• Wild Bunch

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Albatros Film (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Festive Films (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2007-2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Serenity Entertainment International (2008) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• TFM Distribution (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2008) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Christal Films (2007) (Canada) (all media)
• Divisa Home Video (2008) (Spain) (DVD)
• Highlight Film (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (all media)
• Movie Bank (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• On Pictures (2007) (Spain) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2007) (Finland) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Spentzos Films (2007) (Greece) (all media)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Weinstein Company, The (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Effects Associates (special effects)
• Moving Picture Company, The (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Bapty and Co.  armourer
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Goldcrest Post Production London  sound transfer
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• Legacy Recording Studios  music recorded and mixed at
• Malde & Co.  auditors
• Media Safety  health & safety
• Midnight Transfer  cutting rooms
• Midnight Transfer  telecine
• Movie Lot, The  unit security
• Moving Picture Company (MPC)  titles
• Mr. Youngs Preview Theatre  rushes screening
• Orbit Digital  Avids
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Professional Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• Reel Meals  catering
• Sound One  re-recording facility
• Technicolor  release printing
• Translux  facilities and trucks
• audiomachine  advertising

Also Known As:

"Le rêve de Cassandre" - France
"O Sonho de Cassandra" - Brazil, Portugal
"Мечта Кассандры" - Russia
"Cassandra unistus" - Estonia
"Cassandra'nin rüyasi" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"Cassandra's Dream" - Denmark
"Cassandra's Dream (El sueño de Cassandra)" - Spain (imdb display title)
"Cassandras Traum" - Germany
"El sueño de Cassandra" - Argentina
"Kasszandra álma" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Le rêve de Cassandre" - Canada (French title)
"Los inquebrantables" - Mexico
"Sen Kasandry" - Poland
"Sogni e delitti" - Italy
"Sueños y delitos" - Peru
"To oneiro tis Kassandras" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some sexual material and brief violence

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA | UK | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Mono)

Certification:

Canada:14A | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Finland:K-11 | Portugal:M/16 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43051) | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | Sweden:7 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Netherlands:6 | Brazil:14 | Germany:12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Peru:14 | Japan:G

Filming Locations:

7 Barlby Road, Kensington, London, England, UK

Company:

Iberville Productions

Trivia:

Colin Farrell said in an interview that he "think[s] [he] did as many takes for this whole film as I did for one scene in Miami Vice (2006)."

Goofs:

Continuity: The ashtray and the cigarette pack keep appearing and disappearing on the table when Terry is eating with his whole family in the beginning of the movie.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Ian:Ah, she's a beauty! I mean, look her - she's not new, but she looks new. He said the engine needed work.
Terry:I could do the engine.
Ian:I can't believe he's asking so little. It's practically a steal.
Terry:John Anderson said we could keep it at his marina - free of charge - at least for a year till his son comes back.
Ian:Ah, here he comes. Don't show you're too eager or he won't budge on the price, all right?
Terry:Right.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Episode dated 19 January 2008" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Show Me the Way to Go Home

Crossing the Line of Morality

In London, the loser brothers from a working-class family, Ian (Ewan McGregor) and Terry (Colin Farrell), buy a second-hand sailboat name Cassandra's Dream for their leisure. Ian poses of big shot and has big dreams, saving money to invest in two hotels in California while the unstable Terry is an alcoholic gambler addicted in pills and mechanic. When Terry loses a great amount in a card game, Ian lends his savings to pay part of the sum Terry owes to loan sharks. When their wealthy uncle Howard (Tom Wilkinson) arrives in London coming from China, the brothers see the chance to borrow the money they need to quit the debt with the loan sharks and to invest in the hotel. However, Howard asks them to get rid of his former associated Martin Burns (Phil Davis) that is threatening him and his businesses. Ian and Terry have to decide whether they shall cross the line and help family or face the lack the money to resolve their issues.

"Cassandra's Dream" is a tragic thriller where the plot point is the moral decision of two simple but honest brothers whether they should cross the line, commit murder and live with that later. Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor have great performances and their characters are perfectly developed; Hayley Atwell is extremely gorgeous. However, Martin Burns is not well-developed, maybe intentionally by the writer and director Woody Allen, to keep a distance from the viewer the same way Ian and Terry do in the story. The tension in the plot is limited, actually prevailing the dramatic moral fight of Terry and Ian later in this engaging movie. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Sonho de Cassandra" ("The Cassandra's Dream")