Son of Rambow (2007)


Son of Rambow
Release Date22 January 2007
US Box Office$2,000,000
TaglineMake Believe. Not War.
GenreComedy, Drama, Family
CountryFrance
UK
Germany
Filming LocationsAshlyns School, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
LanguageEnglish, French
Sound MixSDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassChildhood Drama, Period Film, Coming-of-Age
Niche GenreComedy Drama
ThemesUnlikely Friendships, Filmmaking
TonesQuirky, Nostalgic, Sweet, Irreverent
TagsDrawing [art], Exchange Student, Filmmaking, Friendship, Misfit

Son of Rambow is a 2008 comedy-drama film written and directed by Garth Jennings. The film premiered January 22, 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival. It was later shown at the Newport Beach Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and Glasgow Film Festival. The film was also shown at the 51st BFI London Film Festival. Son of Rambow was released in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2008 and opened in limited release in the United States on 2 May 2008. Set during an English summer during the early 1980s, the film is a coming of age story about two schoolboys.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Joshua

Will Proudfoot

Mary Proudfoot

Grandma

Lee Carter

Tallulah Evans
Jess Proudfoot

Emilie Chesnais
French Teacher

Paul Ritter
Geography Teacher

Finola McMahon
Gail Graham

Rachel Mureatroyd
Marie Plante

Taylor Richardson
David Smart

Peter Robinson
Lucas Dupont

Charlie Thrift
Duncan Miller

Jules Sitruk
Didier Revol

Sam Kubrick-Finney
Danny

James Clarke
Shaun

Zofia Brooks
Tina

Denise Orita
Orderly

Frank

Lawrence

Lee Long
Lawrence's Henchman

Lawrence's Henchman

Atila Emirali
Rambo Double

Dave Shaw
Cobbler

Brethren Leader

Brethren Boy

Adam Buxton
Science Teacher

Metal Work Teacher

Imogen Aboud
Young Mary

Louise Jennings
Nurse

Sam Spivack
Policeman

Robert Styles
Medic

Will Teasle

Clive Elkington
Boy in Disco

Natalie Hallam
Mary's Mother Flashback

Director

Producer

Bristol Baughan
executive producer

Christian Baute
associate producer

Trevor Evans
producer: underwater unit, Watertight Productions

Benjamin Goldhirsh
executive producer

Nick Goldsmith
producer

Peter Nadermann
associate producer

Hengameh Panahi
executive producer

Michel Reilhac
associate producer

Jane Robertson
line producer

Meinolf Zurhorst
associate producer

Original Music

Joby Talbot
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Cinematographer

Jess Hall

Editor

Dominic Leung
-

Casting Director

Susie Figgis
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Production Designer

Joel Collins
-

Art Director

Robyn Paiba
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Set Decorator

Sara Neighbour
-

Costume Designer

Harriet Cawley
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Makeup Department

Cathy Burczak
daily makeup assistant

Julie Dartnell
daily makeup assistant

Paul Gooch
daily makeup assistant

Sarah Love
chief hairdresser

Ameneh Mahloudji
makeup assistant

Laura McIntosh
daily makeup assistant

Sally Anne Sexton
daily makeup assistant

Julie Thom
daily makeup assistant

Nathalie Tissier
makeup designer

Tania Wanstall
daily makeup assistant

Production Manager

Pierre Geismar
pre-production manager: Celluloid Dreams

Pascal Metge
production manager

Bobby Prince
unit manager: locations

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Carlos Fidel
second assistant director

Henry Forsyth
third assistant director: daily

Daniel Gill
third assistant director

Jon Hollis
second unit director

Richard Styles
first assistant director

Art Department

George Ausburger
carpenter

Caroline Barclay
stand-by art director

Stan Cook
prop storeman

Cosmo
painter

Peter Davie
stand-by painter

Billy Edwards
prop buyer

John Fox
chargehand dressing props

Pip Fox
stand-by propman

Bruce Gallup
painter

Andrew Golding
construction manager

David Grey
painter

Kevin Herbert
stand-by propman

Peter Hodge
stand-by carpenter

Guy Hunt
carpenter

Seeta Lingam
assistant art director

Ben Lobb
painter

illustrator

Eleanor Shanks
art department runner

Dave Siddons
stagehand

Andy Skipsey
second dressing propman

Lance Smith
painter

Peter Taylor
carpenter

Jamie Wilkinson
prop master

Sound Department

Paul Ackerman
foley artist: Riverside Studios, foley editor

Karin Breitburd
adr supervisor: France

Jonny Crew
adr editor, dialogue editor

Sam Davey
adr recording assistant

Olivier Dô Hùu
sound mixer

Judith Guittier
foley artist: Les Auditoriums de Joinville

Laurent Lévy
foley artist: Les Auditoriums de Joinville

Francis Perrard
sound consultant: Dolby

James Perry
adr recordist

Guillaume Sciama
sound recordist

Joseph Stracey
supervising sound editor

Chris Sturmer
sound consultant: dolby

Naomi Needham
sound recordist: documentary

Emmanuelle Villard
boom operator

Jean-Alexandre Villemer
sound recordist

David Vranken
sound trainee

Special Effects

Ken Batten
engineer: Asylum Models and Effects

Conor Breen
model maker: Asylum Models and Effects

John Cormican
prosthetic supervisor: Asylum Models and Effects

Simon Craze
model shop assistant: Asylum Models and Effects

Mark Curtis
model and miniatures supervisor: Asylum Models and Effects

Kerry Flynn
model maker: Asylum Models and Effects

Rachel Frost
fabricator: Asylum Models and Effects

Andy Geddes
foam technician: Asylum Models and Effects

Steve Hagen
model maker: Asylum Models and Effects

Greg Keely
model maker: Asylum Models and Effects

Nesbeth Khan
special effects administrator: Asylum Models and Effects

Sally Knight
model shop assistant: Asylum Models and Effects

Mark Mason
special effects supervisor: Asylum Models and Effects

Kate McConnell
fabrication supervisor: Asylum Models and Effects

Heidi Munn
lead special effects buyer: Asylium Models and Effects

Sunita Parmar
prosthetic assistant: Asylum Models and Effects

David Plewis
model maker: Asylum Models and Effects

Geraldine Purcell-Lynch
special effects administrator: Asylum Models and Effects

James Reynolds
special effects buyer: Asylum Models and Effects

Adam Sankey
model shop supervisor: Asylum Models and Effects

Pete Seddon
model maker: Asylum Models and Effects

John Sims
model maker: Asylum Models and Effects

Tony Skinner
engineer: Asylum Models and Effects

Jenny Spencer
fabricator: Asylium Models and Effects

Carmina Spies
special effects administrator: Asylum Models and Effects

Lee Sutton
model maker: Asylum Models and Effects

Nigel Swift
model maker: Asylum Models and Effects

Henrietta Thomas
fabricator: Asyum Models and Effects

Andy Walsh
model maker: Asylum Models and Effects

Mark Ward
model maker: Asylum Models and Effects

John Wingrave
model maker: Asylum Models and Effects

Dean Ford
special effects technician

Neil Toddy Todd
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Joss Flores
Shake artist: Scratch Productions

Joby Hollis
Shake artist: Scratch Productions

Jon Hollis
visual effects supervisor, lead flame artist: Scratch Productions

Sean Mathiesen
lead cg artist: Scratch Productions, CG supervisor

animator: Scratch Productions

Stunts

John Fell
wire man

Paul Heasman
stunt coordinator

Rob Hunt
stunt performer: Didier

Ian Kay
stunt performer: Carter

Paul Lowe
stunt performer: Will

Kevin Matthews
wire man

Sean Rogers
assistant stunt coordinator

Robert Schofield
wire rigging

Roy Weatherley
wire man

Camera and Electrical Department

Simon Alderton
stand-by rigger

Denzil Armour-Brown
camera operator: "b" camera

Stewart Bell
additional grip

Julian Bucknall
focus puller

Jason Bully
focus puller: underwater unit, Watertight Productions

Geoff Burden
additional electrician

Luke Chisholm
second grip

Vernon Connolly
additional electrician

Nic Cupac
camera grip

Chris Dale
clapper loader

Toby Day
camera trainee

Lawrence Dodson
additional electrician

Lol Duffy
additional electrician

Paul Edwards
Steadicam operator

Toby Eedy
additional clapper loader

John Fenelly
rigger

Maggie Ferreira
still photographer

Eammon Fitzgerald
electrician

Steve Hideg
crane technician

Martin King
video assist operator: underwater unit, Watertight Productions

Adrian McCarthy
second grip

Keith McNamara
additional focus puller

Jennie Paddon
additional clapper loader

Robert Palmer
focus puller: second unit

Glen Patrick
generator operator

Toby Plaskitt
grip: second unit

George Powell
crane technician

Bernie Prentice
gaffer: Underwater unit, Watertight Productions

Danny Preston
camera loader: underwater unit, Watertight Productions

Vince Shaw
rigger

Mark Silk
camera operator: underwater unit, Watertight Productions, director of photography: underwater unit, Watertight Productions

Rob Snell
additional electrician

Mark Taylor
gaffer

Tim Wiley
best boy

Ben Wilson
camera operator: second unit

Sarah Woodward
clapper loader: second unit

Lee Wooster
additional electrician

Andy Livesley
camera truck

Casting Department

Vanessa Baker
adr voice casting: Lipsync

Brendan Donnison
adr voice casting: Lipsync

Amelia Hashemi
casting assistant

Marie De Laubier
casting director: Paris

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Gemma Johnson
costume stand-by: underwater unit, Watertight Productions

Fiona MacKinnon
costume stand-by

Alison McLaughlin
costume supervisor

Deb Milner
costume stand-by: underwater unit, Watertight Productions

Valerie Perkins
costume assistant

Zahra Robbins
costume assistant

Editorial Department

Serge Anthony
colorist

Tom Balogh
on-set grading colourist

Lita Blechman
post-production coordinator: Scratch Productions

Alison Carter
first assistant editor

Jonathan Davies
executive producer: Glassworks

Joss Flores
second assistant editor

Tareq Kubaisi
senior colorist: Glassworks

Vic Parker
colorist: Glassworks

Amanda Ryan
telecine producer: Glassworks

Music Department

Christopher Austin
conductor, orchestrator

Luke Bedford
orchestral part preparation

Robert Broadley
orchestral part preparation

Mick Clark
music supervisor

Sophie Cornet
music editor

Sue Crawshaw
music supervisor

Marcia Crayford
music leader

Ben Foskett
orchestral part preparation, orchestrator

Isobel Griffiths
music contractor, orchestra contractor

Jake Jackson
assistant music engineer: Air Studios

Catherine Manners
score coordinator

Chuck Norman
music programmer

Joby Talbot
orchestrator

Artem Vassiliev
orchestrator

Mark Wyllie
music recordist, music mixer

Transportation Department

Garry Abbott
driver: minubus

Pat Coleman
unit driver

Nick 'Nocker' Curson
driver: construction

Erol Halil
unit driver

Rob Hempenstall
unit driver

Simon Jones
transportation captain

Alan Lewandowski
driver: prop van

Charlie Morris
driver: construction

Luke Chisholm
driver: grip truck

Other Crew

Naima Abed
legal services: France, Celluloid Dreams

David Alexander
production runner

Jennie Armstrong
work experience runner

Jamie Atkins
caterer

Lita Blechman
assistant production coordinator

David Broder
location manager

Julie Burnham
unit nurse

Vanessa Ciszewski
production coordinator: Celluloid Dreams

Sarah Clarke
legal services: France, Richards Butler

Delphine Clot
legal services: France, Celluloid Dreams

Cuong Dang
second assistant production coordinator

Gayle Dickie
production runner

Lisa Dumpleton
location runner

Steven 'Fluffy' Dyke
caterer

Elliott Evans
stand-in/double: underwater unit, Watertight Productions

Jenny Fitzgerald
chaperone

Ian Ford
location security

Mick Hurrell
health & safety officer

Steve Joberns
auditor: Shipleys

Gemma Johnson
chaperone

Margaret Johnson
chaperone

Chris Judd
work experience runner

Georgina Kelly
accounts trainee

Miles Ketley
legal services: UK, Wiggin

Deepti Khurana
legal services: UK, Wiggin

John Lane
catering supervisor

Anne-Lise Le Brun
production runner: Celluloid Dreams

Samuel Leek
location assistant

Geneviève Lhote
assistant: Hengamch Panabi

Danièle Maleville
project manager: Scanlab

Michael Maxtone-Smith
legal services: France, Richards Butler

Deb Milner
chaperone

Claire Missingham
choreographer

Zoe Morgan
script supervisor

Emmanuel Nguyen
accounts assistant: Celluloid Dreams

Katharine Otway
legal services: UK, Wiggin

Billy Pegg
location security

Richard Phillips
legal services: France, Richards Butler

Tina Pisano
accounts trainee

Samar Pollitt
extras coordinator

Gemma Louise Read
floor runner

Tonie Romane
child tutor

Franck Sauyineau
accountant: Celluloid Dreams

James Silk
stand-in/double: underwater unit, Watertight Productions

Claude Sitruk
chaperone

Phil Stoole
making-of director

Ron Taylor
laboratory liaison: Technicolor Creative Services

Dan Travers
safety diver: underwater unit, Watertight Productions

Karina Userovici
legal services: France, Celluloid Dreams

Tommaso Vergallo
head of digital cinema: Duboi

Damien Wasylkiw
making-of director

Sheena Wichary
production coordinator

Laura Windebank
additional runner

Simon Windsor
accountant

Alex Chapman
assistant production accountant

Thanks

thanks

Ruth McCance
special thanks

thanks

Sarah Radclyffe
special thanks

James Wilson
special thanks

Production Company

Hammer & Tongs
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Celluloid Dreams
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Good Film Productions

Network Movie Film-und Fernsehproduktion

Reason Pictures
-

Soficinéma 2
-

Soficinéma 3
-

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
-

arte France Cinéma
-

Distributor

Argentina Video Home

Ascot Elite Entertainment Group

Celluloid Dreams

Optimum Releasing

Paramount Filmes do Brasil

Paramount Vantage

Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland

Senator Film

Senator Home Entertainment

United International Pictures (UIP)

Universal Pictures International (UPI)

Special Effects

Asylum Models & Effects

Effects Associates
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Scratch Productions

Miscellaneous

A-Z Animals Limited
animals

AFM Lighting
lighting services

AGN Shipleys
auditor

AON Insurers
production insurance

Air Lyndhurst Studios
music recording facility

Bellwood Media
product placement

Casting Collective
extras casting

Celluloid Dreams
sales, legal services: France

Cinéstéréo
optical sound

Cofiloisirs
banking

Dovidis
adr recording facility: France

Duboi
negative cutting

Efferis
prop truck

Fatts
post-production script services

Film Flow
prop truck

Film Four
development

Gersh Agency, The
filmmakers representation

Glassworks
digital film colorists

Intimate Studios
music recording facility

J&J International
catering

JHA Film Safety Partnership
health and safety

L.T.C.
print laboratory

Leelium Balloons
lighting balloons

Les Auditoriums de Joinville
foley recording facility: France

Lipsync Productions
voice casting

Moviemakers
facilities vehicles

On Set Location Services
grip truck

OnSight
HDSR deck hire

Panalux
film lighting

Richards Butler International Law Firms
legal services: France

Riverside Studios Ltd.
foley recording facility

S.I.S.
sound mix theatre

Scanlab
videos

Slosslaw
legal services: US

Technicolor Creative Services
film processing

Timber Tops
animals

Tri-Track Sync
synchronization

Videosonics Cinema Sound
adr recording facility

Watertight Productions
underwater unit

Wavevend Limited
mobiles and walkie talkies

Wiggin
legal services: UK






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