Thin Man/Newmarket Capital Group/October Films. Produced by Simon Channing Williams, written & directed by Mike Leigh, associate producer Georgina Lowe, photography by Dick Pope, edited by Robin Sales, designed by Eve Stewart, music by Carl Davis from the works of Arthur Sullivan, hair & make-up by Christine Blundell, costume by Lindy Hemming, sound recordist Tim Fraser, casting by Nina Gold, musical director Gary Yershon, choreography by Francesca Jaynes, research by Rosie Chambers. With Jim Broadbent (W.S Gilbert), Allan Corduner (Arthur Sullivan), Lesley Manville (Lucy Gilbert), Ron Cook (Richard D’Oyly Carte), Wendy Nottingham (Helen Lenoir), Timothy Spall (Richard Temple), Kevin McKidd (Durward Lely), Shirley Henderson (Leonora Braham), Dorothy Atkinson (Jessie Bond), Martin Savage (George Grossmith), Vincent Franklyn (Rutland Barrington), Cathy Sara (Sibyl Grey), Louise Gold (Rosina Brandram), Eleanor David (Fanny Ronalds), Sam Kelly (Richard Barker), Andy Serkis (John D’Auban), Charles Simon (Gilbert’s father), Alison Steadman (Madame Leon), Jonathan Aris (Wilhelm), Stefan Bednarczyk (Frank Cellier), Nicholas Woodeson (Mr Seymour), Mia Soteriou (Mrs Russell), Dexter Fletcher(Louis), Sukie Smith (Clothilde), Kenneth Hadley (Pidgeon), Kate Doherty (Mrs Judd), Togo Igawa (First Kabuki Actor), Eiji Kusuhara (Second Kabuki Actor), Akemi Otani (Dancer), Naoko Mori (Miss ‘Sixpence Please’), Kanako Morishita (Shamisen Player), Roger Heathcott (Stage Door-Keeper), Geoffrey Hutchings (Armourer), Francis Lee (Butt), William Neenan (Cook), Adam Searle (Shrimp), Keeley Gainey (Maidservant), Gary Yershon (Pianist in Brothel), Katrin Cartlidge (Madame), Julia Rayner (Mademoiselle Fromage), Jenny Pickering (Second Prostitute), Philippe Constantin (Paris Waiter), David Neville (Dentist) , Matthew Mills (Walter Simmonds), Nick Bartlett and Gary Dunnington (Stage Hands), Amanda Crossley (Emily), Kimi Shaw (Spinner), Toksan Takahashi (Calligrapher), Theresa Watson (Maude Gilbert), Lavina Bertram (Florence Gilbert), Eve Pearce (Gilbert’s Mother), Neil Humphries (Boy Actor), Vincent Franklin (Rutland Barrington), Michael Simkins (Frederick Bovill), Cathy Sara (Sibyl Grey), Angela Curran (Miss Morton), Millie Gregory (Alice), Louise Gold (Rosina Brandram), Shaun Glanville (Mr Harris), Neil Salvage (Mr Hurley), Matt Bardock (Mr Tripp), Bríd Brennan (Mad Woman).Ladies & Gentlemen of the Chorus: Mark Benton (Mr Price), Heather Craney (Miss Russell), July Jupp (Miss Meadows), John Warnaby (Mr Sanders), Kacey Ainsworth (Miss Fitzherbert), Mr Marchmont (Ashley Artus), Richard Attlee (Mr Gordon), Paul Barnhill (Mr Flagstone), Nicholas Boulton (Mr Conyngham), Lorraine Brunning (Miss Jardine), Simon Butteriss (Mr Lewis), Wayne Cater (Mr Rhys), Rosie Cavaliero (Miss Moore), Michelle Chadwick (Miss Warren), Debbie Chazen (Miss Kingsley), Richard Coyle (Mr Hammond), Monica Dolan (Miss Barnes), Sophie Duval (Miss Brown), Anna Francolini (Miss Biddles), Teresa Gallagher (Miss Coleford), Sarah Howe (Miss Woods), Ashley Jensen (Miss Tringham), Gemma Page (Miss Langton-James), Paul Rider (Mr Bentley), Mary Roscoe (Miss Carlyle), Steve Speirs (Mr Kent), Nicola Wainwright (Miss Betts), Angie Wallis (Miss Wilkinson), Kevin Walton (Mr Evans). 152 mins

Life, art, love, creative inspiration, showbiz, words, music, song, dance, magic, heat waves, snow, alcohol, madness, Victorians.

Won: Best Costume Design – Lindy Hemming

Won: Best Makeup – Christine Blundell / Trefor Proud

Nominated: Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen – Mike Leigh

Nominated: Best Art Direction/Set Decoration – Eve Stewart (art director)/John Bush (set decorator)

BAFTA Awards 2000

Won: Best Make Up/Hair – Christine Blundell

Nominated: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film – Simon Channing Williams/Mike Leigh

Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Jim Broadbent

Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Timothy Spall

Nominated: Best Original Screenplay – Mike Leigh

British Independent Film Awards 2000

Won: Best Achievement in Production

Nominated: Best Director – Mike Leigh

Nominated: Best Actor – Jim Broadbent

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2000

Nominated: Best Screenplay – Mike Leigh

Nominated: Best Actor – Jim Broadbent

Empire Awards 2001

Nominated: Best British Film

Evening Standard British Film Awards 2001

Won: Best Film – Mike Leigh

Won: Best Actor – Jim Broadbent

Independent Spirit Awards 2000

Nominated: Best Foreign Film – Mike Leigh

London Critics Circle Film Awards 2001

Won: British Actor of the Year – Jim Broadbent

Nominated: British Director of the Year – Mike Leigh

Nominated: British Screenwriter of the Year – Mike Leigh

Nominated: British Film of the Year

Nominated: British Producer of the Year – Simon Channing Williams

Nominated: British Supporting Actor of the Year – Timothy Spall

Nominated: British Supporting Actress of the Year – Shirley Henderson

Nominated: British Supporting Actress of the Year – Lesley Manville

Motion Picture Sound Editors 2000

Nominated: Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing: Musical Feature – Michael Connell / (music/scoring editor) / Denise Connell (music editor)

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 2001

Won: Best Director – Mike Leigh

Won: Best Film (Tied with Being John Malkovich)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2001

Won: Best Director – Mike Leigh

Won: Best Film

Sarajevo Film Festival 2000

Won: Panorama Jury Prize (Tied with Yi Yi)

Venice Film Festival 1999

Won: Volpi Cup Best Actor – Jim Broadbent

Nominated: Golden Lion – Mike Leigh