Heartless (2009/I)

Director:

Philip Ridley

Writer:

Philip Ridley (written by)

Release Date:

19 November 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The darker it gets the more you see

Plot:

Jamie Morgan, a young man with a large heart-shaped birthmark on his face, discovers that there are demons on the streets of East London.

Plot Keywords:

Birthmark | Demon | First Kiss | Devil | Darkroom

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Jim Sturgess	...	Jamie Morgan
Clémence Poésy	...	Tia
Noel Clarke	...	A.J.
Luke Treadaway	...	Lee Morgan
Justin Salinger	...	Raymond Morgan
Fraser Ayres	...	Vinnie
Ruth Sheen	...	Marion Morgan
David Florez	...	Local Resident #1 (as Dave Florez)
Nikita Mistry	...	Belle
Timothy Spall	...	George Morgan
Connie Hyde	...	Linda
Nadia Theaker	...	Charlie
David Sibley	...	Sociologist
Imogen Church	...	News Reporter
Joseph Mawle	...	Papa B
Eddie Marsan	...	Weapons Man
Jack Gordon	...	Jeeko
John MacMillan	...	She
Rocss McCart	...	Young Jamie
Edward Green	...	She Gang Member
James Lamb	...	She Gang Member
Matt Ingram	...	She Gang Member
Randell Benain	...	She Gang Member
Shaya Raymond	...	Drunken Youth
Charlie Dupré	...	Drunken Youth
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rishi Doshi	...	Asian Gang Leader (uncredited)
James Mustoe	...	She Gang Member (uncredited)
Bhasker Patel	...	Mr. Mohan (uncredited)
Andrew Pritchard	...	Drunken Youth (uncredited)
Sarah-Jane Sherwood	...	Trendy (uncredited)
Nicholas Tennant	...	Inspector (uncredited)

Directed by
Philip Ridley

Writing credits
Philip Ridley		(written by)

Produced by
Steve Christian	....	executive producer
Pippa Cross	....	producer
Andrew Fingret	....	co-producer
Steve Norris	....	executive producer
Alexander O'Neal	....	line producer
Richard Raymond	....	producer
Marc Samuelson	....	executive producer
Nigel Thomas	....	executive producer
Charlotte Walls	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Julyan

Cinematography by
Matt Gray		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Chris Gill
Paul Knight

Casting by
Manuel Puro
Jeremy Zimmermann		(as Jeremy Zimmerman)

Production Design by
Ricky Eyres

Set Decoration by
Lee Gordon

Costume Design by
Jo Thompson

Makeup Department
Stuart Conran	....	prosthetics supervisor
Jacqueline Fowler	....	makeup designer (as Jackie Fowler)
Dan Frye	....	prosthetics technician
Vesna Giordano	....	silicone prosthetics technician
Paul Hyett	....	prosthetics designer
Kristyan Mallett	....	special makeup effects artist
Cara Parry	....	assistant makeup artist
Alison Rainey	....	hair stylist
Alison Rainey	....	makeup artist
Jenna Smith	....	dailies makeup artist
Kate Smith	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Aoife Crehan	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Cathie	....	third assistant director
Joe Geary	....	first assistant director
Simon Hedges	....	second assistant director

Art Department
David Allcock	....	illustrations
Simon Bailey	....	props
Douglas Ingram	....	storyboard artist
Dominic Lavery	....	concept artist
Richard Miller	....	painter
Camise Oldfield	....	propmaking dailies
Stuart Richards	....	prop maker
Oli van der Vijver	....	stand-by art director

Sound Department
Thomas Cohen	....	sound editing assistant
Peter Crooks	....	adr editor
Adam Daniel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Graham Daniel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mustafa Durma	....	sound editor
Anthony Ferretti	....	boom operator
Gareth Rhys Jones	....	foley artist
Serkan Koseoglu	....	sound editor
Andrea Kurpjel	....	sound facility manager
Srdjan Kurpjel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Srdjan Kurpjel	....	supervising sound editor
Jon Olive	....	sound designer
Patrick Owen	....	production sound mixer
Danton Tanimura	....	sound editor
Sacha Walker	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
John Rafique	....	special effects crew
Nick Rideout	....	special effects supervisor
Alan Senior	....	special effects crew
Chris Watson	....	special effects crew

Visual Effects by
Abubakar Abrar	....	roto artist
Louie Alexander	....	digital compositor: Framestore
Ben Baker	....	head of digital lab: Framestore
Valdimar Baldvinsson	....	animator: Framestore
Rodrigo Bernardo	....	digital intermediate engineer
Matthias Bjarnason	....	animator: Framestore
Zachary Bloom	....	scanning and recording: Framestore
Turea Blyth	....	visual effects editorial
Alessandro Bonora	....	creature modeller: Framestore
William Brand	....	lead modelmaker: framestore
Clare Brody	....	data operator - framestore
Duncan Burbidge	....	visual effects producer: pre-production
Helen Carr	....	paint & roto artist
Ronan Carr	....	paint & roto artist
Jerome Dewhurst	....	di engineer
Richard Edwards	....	digital intermediate data operator
Dadi Einarsson	....	animation supervisor
Matt Fox	....	visual effects producer
Claire Galpin	....	visual effects junior coordinator: Framestore
Lára Garðarsdóttir	....	animator
Chloe Harrison	....	visual effects coordinator: Framestore
Adam Hawkes	....	digital compositor
Karsten Hecker	....	film mastering engineer
Jan Hogevold	....	executive producer: framestore di
Daren Horley	....	concept artist: Framestore
Lucinda Keeler	....	visual effects line producer: Framestore
Brian Krijgsman	....	colourist: Framestore
Bryan Lennon	....	endroller graphics
Sharon Lock	....	title designer
James Long	....	digital intermediate data operator
Patrick Lowry	....	technical director: Framestore
Laura Lunt	....	production assistant: framestore
Christian Manz	....	visual effects supervisor
Veronica Marcano	....	scanning & recording operator
Jason Mayo	....	technical director
Declan McGuire	....	render support
László Molnár	....	texture artist: Framestore
Steve Parsons	....	digital compositor
Russell Pawson	....	vfx editor Framestore
Talli Peled	....	technical director: Framestore
Sirio Quintavalle	....	visual effects supervisor
Kumar Ramalingam	....	visual effects editor
Lee Rankin	....	scanning and recording: Framestore
James Reed	....	scanning and recording
Gavin Round	....	DI producer: Framestore
Jimmy Saul	....	scanning and recording manager
Aatesh Shah	....	systems engineer: Framestore
Arnþruður Dögg Sigurðardóttir	....	visual effects producer
Simon Whalley	....	producer: title sequence
Nick Whiteley	....	paint/roto lead: Framestore
Tim Young	....	digital compositor: Framestore
Leo Hills	....	digital intermediate technical director: Framestore CFC (uncredited)

Stunts
Aldonio Danny Freitas	....	stunt double
Gareth Milne	....	stunt coordinator
Peter Pedrero	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Charles Ramsay	....	stunt double
Andy Wareham	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Adrian Barry	....	camera trainee: dailies
Chris Burgess	....	still photographer
Aldo Camilleri	....	electrician
Ian Clark	....	b-camera operator
Rachel Clark	....	electrician
Nic Cupac	....	key grip
Mike Farr	....	electrician
Ben Fordesman	....	electrician
Chris Georgas	....	gaffer
Mikey Ray Harkins	....	electrician
Ivan Ingletto	....	still photographer
Alex Kruszelnicki	....	camera trainee
Rory Moles	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Ben Oliver	....	second assistant camera
Martin Payne	....	focus puller
Paul Starkey	....	best boy
Susanne Willett	....	electrician
Rick Woollard	....	steadicam operator

Casting Department
Christina Noland	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jo Mapp	....	wardrobe supervisor
Emma Rees	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Rob Redford	....	assembly editor

Music Department
Claire Freeman	....	music supervisor
Marc Marot	....	music supervisor
Dana Niu	....	orchestrator
Alison Wright	....	score supervisor

Other crew
Joshua Benedetti	....	location scout
Livia Burton	....	production coordinator
Catherine Chew	....	assistant: producer
San Davey	....	script supervisor
Simon Drake	....	production assistant
Peter Gray	....	location assistant
Rachel James	....	post-production accountant
Vinnie Jassal	....	location manager
Mikael Jaeger Jensen	....	data management: Framestore
Hakan Kousetta	....	production legal advisor
Kelly Mauchlen	....	location assistant
Jon Miller	....	production accountant
Justin Miller	....	assistant accountant
Simon Neville	....	set armorer
Jessica Parker	....	production executive
Chris Pettit	....	development executive producer (as Christopher Pettit)
Nicolas Sandler	....	assistant: producer & director
Carla Sullivan	....	production trainee
Sian Sutherland	....	location manager

Thanks
Eddie Dias	....	thanks
Rob Garvie	....	the producers wish to thank
Tim Kent	....	the producers wish to thank

Production Companies

• CrossDay Productions Ltd.
• May 13
• Isle of Man Film
• Cinema Two (in association with)
• CinemaNX
• Matador Pictures
• Regent Capital (in association with)
• Richard Raymond Films

Distributors

• Lionsgate (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Filmopolis (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Eagle Films (2009) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Free Dolphin Entertainment (2011) (France) (all media)
• IFC Midnight (2010) (USA) (all media)
• SP Films (2010) (Argentina) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (DVD)
• VVS Films (2010) (Canada) (all media)

Special Effects

• Framestore

Other Companies

• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• HireWorks  Avid equipment rental
• Panalux  film lighting
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Point1Post  sound re-recording
• SA19  extras casting
• Zound  sound post-production

Also Known As:

"Bez srca" - Serbia (imdb display title)
"Heartless" - France (imdb display title)
"Heartless: Sin corazón" - Argentina (imdb display title)
"Heartless: W swiecie demonów" - Poland (imdb display title)
"Skoteini kardia" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | Australia:R | Australia:R (2010) | Argentina:18 | France:-12

Filming Locations:

East London, London, England, UK

Company:

CrossDay Productions Ltd.

Trivia:

The songs that play a central part in the film were all written by director Philip Ridley and Nick Bicât, and were conceived as an essential element of the film at the script stage; they represent a continuation of the songwriting collaboration begun in 1995 with the film 'The Passion of Darkly Noon', when they wrote the song 'Who Will Love Me Now' for 'PJ Harvey' and the song 'Look What You've Done to my Skin' for Gavin Friday

Quotes:

[first lines]
Lee Morgan:Good morning, Uncle Jamie.
Jamie Morgan:How many times do I got to tell you that when the red light is on, that means I'm developing!

So much more than just a horror.

After hearing from the Director , Philip Ridley , about this movie on radio five i decided to to give it a go and i'm really pleased i did. You cant really put this film just into the Horror genre because it is much more than that. The movie looks stunning and the acting is of the highest quality (although i would have liked to have seen more of Eddie Marsen). To say it is thought provoking is an understatement and a great deal of praise should go to the Director for taking on such a heavy subject. My only criticism is i felt it began to lose it's way a little bit about 90 minutes in , but thankfully it's conclusion pulled it around wrapped up things very nicely.

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