Born Romantic (2000)


Born Romantic
Release Date14 September 2000
TaglineRomance isn't dead... it's just not very well.
GenreComedy
CountryUK
Filming LocationsBritish Museum, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby Digital
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassEnsemble Film, Urban Comedy, Romantic Comedy
Niche GenreComedy Drama
MoodIn the Mood for Love
ThemesLooking For Love, Opposites Attract, Class Differences
TonesAtmospheric, Bittersweet, Fanciful, Humorous, Reflective, Talky
TagsArt, Divorce, Ex Husband, Ex Wife, Love, Sex

Born Romantic is a 2000 British film directed by David Kane. The film is centered around a salsa club. Fergus is trying to find his ex-girlfriend, the elderly charmer Frankie the beautiful Eleanor and the robber Eddie is trying to find one of his victims, cemetery worker Jocelyn.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Frankie

Second Cab Driver

Eddie

Eleanor

First Cab Driver

Carolanne

Martin Savage
Wayne

Jose Ordones Fernando De Souza
Ernesto

Turnkey

Brian

Victoria Willing
Frankie, the barmaid

Vanessa Samson
Salsa club dancer

Alison Allen
Salsa club dancer

Phillip Langlais Garcia
Salsa club dancer

Maria Legaspi
Salsa club dancer

Sarah Davis
Salsa club dancer

Rudolfo Fournier
Salsa club dancer

Delena Dunster
Salsa club dancer

Ernesto Estryou
Salsa club dancer

Roisin Ahearne
Salsa club dancer

Leonel Gamboa
Salsa club dancer

Yamile Berral
Salsa club dancer

Bill Williams
Salsa club dancer

Homero Gonzalez
Salsa club dancer

Stacey Dore
Salsa club dancer

Cherryl Hancock
Salsa club dancer

Ashwin Musiban
Salsa club dancer

Gordon Haynes
Salsa club dancer

Frankie's band: guitar

Jeff Clyne
Frankie's band: bass

Harry Dixon
Frankie's band: piano

Jimmy Hastings
Frankie's Band: Clarinet, Sax

Lew Hooper
sax, Frankie's band: clarinet

George Patterson
Frankie's band: trumpet

Peter Strange
Frankie's band: trombone

Eddie Taylor
Frankie's band: drums

Director

Producer

written by

Michele Camarda
producer

Sally French
line producer

Alistair MacLean-Clark
executive producer

Melvyn Singer
executive producer

David M. Thompson
executive producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Robert Alazraki

Editor

Michael Parker
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Casting Director

Jina Jay
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Production Designer

Sarah Greenwood
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Art Director

Alison Harvey
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Set Decorator

Katie Spencer
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Costume Designer

Jill Taylor
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Makeup Department

Carmel Jackson
makeup artist, hair stylist

Graham Johnston
makeup designer, hair designer

Production Manager

Erica Bensly
production manager

Alistair Hopkins
post-production supervisor

Emma Mager
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jessica Hurles-Laws
assistant director: second unit

David Reid
first assistant director

Daniel Toland
second assistant director, first assistant director: second unit

Mick Ward
assistant director

Art Department

Dave Allen
construction manager

Roy Beeston
stand-by props

stand-by art director: second unit

Dave Chet
carpenter

Al Coulson
carpenter

Nick Gottschalk
art department assistant

Lynne Huitson
assistant art director

Simon Hutchings
painter

Terry Kyte
dressing crew

Pete Lennox
carpenter

Ben Lobb
stand-by stagehand: second unit, painter

Andy Mortimer
stand-by props

Chris Sibley-Hale
stand-by craft

Lance Smith
painter

Steve 'Moose' Smith
dressing crew

Dennis Wiseman
property master

Sound Department

Diane Greaves
foley artist

Andrew Griffiths
sound maintenance

Paul Hamblin
sound re-recording mixer

Stewart Henderson
dialogue editor, adr editor

Stuart Hilliker
sound re-recording assistant

Catherine Hodgson
supervising sound editor

Jerome McCann
sound assistant

Michael Redfern
foley editor

Jason Swanscott
foley artist

Ted Swanscott
foley mixer, adr mixer

Stuart Wilson
production sound mixer

Steve Hancock
studio sound technician

Special Effects

Scott Peters
special effects technician

Bob Smoke
special effects supervisor

Visual Effects

Pat Wong
digital compositor

Ed Plant
digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department

Pete Cavaciuti
Steadicam operator, camera operator: second unit

Stephen Donaghue
generator operator: second unit

Rodrigo Gutierrez
director of photography: second unit, camera operator

Peter Harris
electrician: second unit

David Kennedy
gaffer

Ian Livesey
camera trainee

Rupert Lloyd-Parry
key grip

Lorraine Luke
focus puller: second unit, clapper loader

John Marzano
aerial camera operator

Ronald D. McKay
best boy

Oona Menges
focus puller

Gary Nagle
generator operator

Larry S. Prinz
gaffer: second unit

Robert Rabson
electrician

Richard Stevens
electrician

Dean Thompson
focus puller: "b" camera

Elizabeth Trott
clapper loader: second unit

J. Glyn Williams
first assistant camera: aerial unit

Casting Department

Shaheen Baig
casting assistant

Vanessa Baker
adr voice casting

Brendan Donnison
adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Jo Beatty
wardrobe assistant

Charlotte Sewell
costume design assistant

David Wootton
wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department

Nicola Armstrong
post-production coordinator

Andrew Haigh
assistant editor

Celia Haining
assistant editor

Lea Morement
assistant editor

Music Department

Terry Davies
orchestrator, conductor

Geoff Foster
score recordist

Isobel Griffiths
orchestra contractor

Abi Leland
music supervisor

Dan Rose
music supervisor

Transportation Department

Ben Dillon
picture car coordinator

Pete Newman
unit driver

Bill Walker
unit driver

Other Crew

Jennifer Allen
aerial coordinator: second unit

Kim Armitage
script supervisor

Linzi Baltrunas
location assistant

Victoria Banks
floor runner: second unit

Jo Beckett
script supervisor: second unit

Sam Breckman
location manager

Ralph Cameron
location manager: second unit

Liam Daniel
choreographer

Emma Davie
unit publicist

Fernandes De Souza
choreographer

Peter Eardley
assistant production accountant

Rodolpho Fournier
choreographer

Erol Hunt
assistant to producer

Jessica Hurles-Laws
floor runner

Emma Mager
production coordinator

Christian McWilliams
location manager

Jose Ordonez
choreographer

Roger Phillips
title designer

Donald Sabourin
assistant production coordinator

Maxine Stanley
post-production accountant

Trevor Stanley
production accountant

Nicole Stott
script development

Tom Taylor
production runner, production assistant

Thanks

special thanks

Production Company

BBC Television Centre
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Harvest Pictures
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Kismet Film Company
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Random Harvest Pictures
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Distributor

Bodega Films

BBC Television Centre
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Gativideo

MGM Home Entertainment

Sales Company
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

United Artists

Special Effects

Bob Smoke Special Effects
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Miscellaneous

ARRI Lighting Rental
lighting and grip equipment

ARRI Media
camera rental, grip equipment

Audiolink Radio Communications
walkie talkies

Flying Pictures
aerial filming services provided by

Frameline Productions Ltd.
title design

Peerless Camera Company
opticals

Salon
editing equipment

Sapex Scripts
post-production script services

Screensearch Extras Agency
crowd casting

Tru-Cut
negative cutting






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