BEOWULF AND GRENDEL
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Beowulf and Grendel is a medieval adventure, part fable, part horror story. Loosely based on the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, it tells the blood-soaked tale of a Norse hero's battle with a great and murderous troll. Out of loyalty to the Danish king Hrothgar, a young hero, Beowulf, leads a troop of warriors across the sea to help rid a village of a marauding monster, Grendel. Grendel is not a creature of mythic powers, but one of flesh and blood -- driven by vengeance for having been wronged. Building toward an inevitable and terrible battle, Beowulf and Grendel strips away the mask of the hero-myth, leaving a raw and tangled tale -- one with distinctly contemporary overtones.
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Sturla Gunnarsson
Director
Sturla Gunnarsson was born in Iceland, raised in Vancouver, and has made films in India, South Africa, Mexico, Central America, the United States and Canada. His feature films, documentaries and television movies have won a multitude of awards, including Emmy, Genie and Gemini Awards, a Prix Italia, the Prix Ville de Cannes and an Oscar nomination. His feature films include the comedy Rare Birds (2001) and the Mumbai (Bombay) epic Such a Long Journey (1998). Documentaries include the cinema vérité classic, Final Offer (1985) and the post-apartheid love story Gerrie and Louise (1997). His two most recent films for television, 100 Days in the Jungle (2002) and Scorn (2000), each won Gemini Awards for "best television movie."
35 mm
1 x 120 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
2.35
Original version in English |
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Producers
Paul Stephens
Eric Jordan
Sturla Gunnarsson
Michael Cowan
Jason Piette
Anna Maria Karlsdottir
Coproducer
Andrew Rai Berzins
Executive Producers
Alex Marshall
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
James Simpson
James D. Stern
Peter James
Line Producer
Mark Winemaker
Director
Sturla Gunnarsson
Scriptwriter
Andrew Rai Berzins
Director of Photography
Jan Kiesser
Editor
Jeff Warren
Sound
Simon Okin
Production Designer
Arni Pall Johannsson
Costume Designer
Debra Hanson
Original music
Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson
Cast
Gerard Butler
Stellan Skarsgard
Sarah Polley
Ingvar E. Sigurdsson
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Production
The Film Works Ltd.
2100 Bloor St. W.
Suite 6256
Toronto Ontario
M6S 5A5
Canada
(416) 769-0140
(416) 769-5653
paul@thefilmworks.ca
www.thefilmworks.ca
Coproduction - Iceland
Icelandic Film Corporation
Hafnarstraeti 20
Reykjavik
IS-101
Iceland
+354 551 2260
+354 552 5154
amk@icecorp.is
www.icecorp.is/web
Coproduction – United Kingdom
Spice Factory Ltd.
14 Regent Hill
Brighton
BN1 3ED
England
1273 739182
1273 749122
reception@spicefactory.co.uk
www.spicefactory.co.uk
Distribution – Canada
Équinoxe Films inc.
505, rue Sherbrooke Est
Bureau 2401
Montreal Quebec
H2L 4N3
Canada
(514) 844-0680
(514) 499-9899
info@equinoxefilms.com
www.equinoxefilms.com
International distribution
Arclight Films Ltd.
Fox Studios Australia
Driver Ave., Bldg. 22
Moore Park
2010
Australia
+61 2 9955 8825
+61 2 8353 2437
gary@arclightfilms.com
www.arclightfilms.com
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