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Miss Conception in theaters June 6
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Jun 1, 2008, 12:45
First Look Studios is releasing MISS CONCEPTION (in theaters June 6), a romantic comedy starring Heather Graham as a woman in a mad dash search for Mr. Right Now.
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Synopsis: Georgina Scott (Heather Graham) is a broody 33
year-old, who sends her boyfriend, Zak, (Tom Ellis) packing when it has
become apparent that he doesn't share her desire for a bundle of joy.
Zak sets off on a documentary shoot and hopes that she'll cool off in
his absence. But Georgina discovers that early menopause runs in her
family and heads for a specialist with her reluctant best friend, Clem
(Mia Kirshner, The L Word), in tow. Learning that her baby making days
are numbered, Georgina enlists Clem and their camp pal, Justin (Orlando
Seale), to make the most of it. A battle plan is drawn up but their
escapades become increasingly frantic as Georgina explores internet
sperm donors, night clubbers, a love struck co-worker and funeral-goers
in her desperate and hilarious attempts to beat the biological clock.
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About the Production
Miss Conception is a quirky romantic comedy which was filmed in
Northern Ireland and London in the spring of 2007. Directed by Eric
Styles ("Dreaming of Joseph Lees", "Relative Values") from an original
script by Camilla Leslie MISS CONCEPTION is produced by Doris Kirch and
her production company Blue Angel Films and co produced by Michel
Morales from Miromar Entertainment. Heather Graham ("Austin Powers: The
Spy Who Shagged Me", "Bobby") stars alongside Mia Kirshner ("The Black
Dahlia" and "The L Word") and Tom Ellis ("Buffalo Soldiers"). MISS
CONCEPTION is funded by the Northern Ireland Film & Television
Commission (NIFTC).
MISS CONCEPTION producer, Doris Kirch, explains how the project got off
the ground: "Hanns Wolters International Inc. in New York represents
the writer Camilla Leslie and introduced me to the script. I
immediately liked this very original story and decided to buy the
script and produce it. As the script was in the very early stages of
development I worked with the writer for almost two years until it was
ready to go to directors and financiers. I was introduced to Eric by
his agent and we immediately found a common ground regarding the story.
We had a similar take on it because we both were charmed by the
romantic comedy aspect."
Eric Styles knew he wanted to direct the film as soon as he read
the script. "The project arrived as merely a script that got sent to my
agent so it was one of those nice treats when I opened it up and loved
it!" he says. The first ten pages were great and then the next ten
pages were great. I wanted to read it in one sitting and that doesn't
happen that often. It's really great when it does."
Styles and Kirch worked well together right from the start. "Eric and I
both liked the comedic aspects of the film," she says. "But at the same
time, it was a question of balancing it out with the reality of the
story which is fairly serious. We spent a lot of time together early on
so each one could find out how the other ticks that made for a better
film.
Having found a script she loved and a director who was passionate about
filming it, the arduous task of financing the film then followed. Doris
Kirch continues, "It took me almost three years from when I found the
script to production." The key to the funding came when Kirch met up
with the Northern Ireland Screen. "I met with Andrew Reid (Head of
Production at the NIS) two years ago at the Berlin Film Festival. At
the time, I was looking for a location outside of London because I knew
I couldn’t do everything in London for budgetary reasons. Northern
Ireland was not on my radar for shooting a romantic comedy at all but
Andrew invited me to come to look at Belfast and its surroundings. That
was really the first step towards the financing because the Commission
made a fairly quick decision to come on board. That got the ball
rolling on the long process to fund the film, with the remaining funds
coming predominantly through UK tax credit, Miromar Entertainment in
Germany and private equity money."
Casting
Finding the right actors was the most crucial step in the process.
Securing Heather Graham for the lead role of Georgina had an element of
serendipity about it: "Heather was on my wish list for this movie from
the very start," says Kirch, "But at the time she was not available.
Due to the lengthy financial process, the movie was postponed until we
approached her again a month before we started shooting and this time,
she was available!
Both Kirch and Styles were delighted with the choice. Kirch comments,
"Heather works in a very professional way and her face lights up the
screen – she's the perfect choice for the role because she has a really
natural way about her." Styles adds, "When we were looking for a lead
actress, we needed somebody the audience could really fall for and I
think Heather has got some incredibly endearing qualities. We were
working against her type in a way because we wanted Georgina not to
have a great deal of confidence whilst Heather is renowned for being
incredibly glamorous and sexy! Georgina's plunged into a journey of
trying to be seductive with men that she finds very alien. Heather does
it with an incredible sense of goofiness and brings it off wonderfully."
Heather Graham was keen to get involved as soon as she read the
script. "They sent me a script a few weeks before they started filming,
very last minute and I really liked the idea of what the movie was
about," she says. "I thought it was really funny and I liked Eric; I
watched his previous films and liked them too."
The role of Georgina’s best friend and co-conspirator of her crazy
get-pregnant schemes, Clem, was given to Mia Kirshner. According to
director Eric Styles, the character of Clem is more complex than it
appears at first: "Clem is a very interesting role. She appears a
little bit irritating and a bit of a control freak but completely
redeems herself when the audience discovers that she actually has a
much greater understanding of what Georgina is going through. There's
an incredibly strong bonding moment at the end which I think Mia dealt
with wonderfully - she has the ability of creating a character that you
think has a certain dimension and then bringing in a whole other area
of experience which was great to watch."
Producer Doris Kirch agrees: "Mia's role changed a lot due to her
input. Originally the role of Clem was more of a stereotypical best
friend and lawyer; Mia worked with us a lot to bring Clem to a level
where she's not that stereotype - there are more layers to her
character."
Like Graham, Kirshner knew straight away that she wanted to be involved
with MISS CONCEPTION. "I was sent the script and liked it immediately,"
she says. "I just thought it was a funny, warm and eccentric film. I
responded to it and I haven't done a lot of comedies so I said yes
almost immediately."
Tom Ellis was chosen for the role of Zak, Georgina's errant boyfriend
which, according to Kirch, was not an easy role. "We had concerns about
the role early on because he sort of disappears for half the movie.
Also Zak does not want a child at first which does not really make him
a likeable character. " She continues, "But Tom's presence is so strong
and his performance is so natural and endearing that I'm really pleased
with how it worked out. I knew immediately when I saw the casting tapes
that he was the right choice and said yes right away."
Ellis explains how he first came into contact with MISS CONCEPTION
filmmakers: "My agent set up an audition for me in London and I
initially read for the part of Ben. I went in and I met Eric, read for
the part of Ben and then he asked me to have a look at the part of Zak
and come back in 15 minutes! So I went out and had a look, came back in
and read. A few days later he offered me the part." Ellis saw the role
of Zak as a big opportunity, adding, "It was a chance I've not really
had before. I've done a lot of TV work but to play a lead in a film was
a big opportunity for me to hopefully showcase things I can do. I love
doing comedy as well and I thought that the part had a nice scope
rather than just being the boring sort of male lead - he is actually
quite funny!"
Working with a Hollywood star was also a pleasant surprise for Ellis.
"Heather's been great," he says. "I think I had preconceptions about
what it would be like to work with 'big stars' but she's just really
funny and keen to get on with it."
The Story
The story appealed to the cast and crew for a variety of reasons. For
Styles it was a chance to work on a comedy and a story which he could
relate to. "I've been quite lucky in that I've made films in various
genres - I did a comedy a couple of years ago and I've been really
looking forward to doing another one," he explains. "I thought this was
a unusual comedy - I could relate to Zak's inability to commit and the
fact that he would happily put his career before having children I
could also relate to the fact that Georgina was becoming more and more
moody. I could relate to her obsession with becoming a parent. Being
able to understand both sides of the argument was key to this project
and it was just something that really seemed to speak to me."
"I was attracted to the story for many reasons, one being that finally
a comedy has two female leads and takes their point of view," Kirch
explains. She views the story as one that many people will be able to
relate to on different levels. She comments, "The story goes much
deeper than a normal comedy as it deals with a real issue that is
present in modern life and one which everyone has a different take on.
Perhaps surprisingly, a lot of men came up to me and said that they'd
wanted children for so many years and thought it would be easy and then
it didn't happen. It's very relevant today when women have babies
fairly late in life. I also liked the fact that when her partner is not
ready to commit, Georgina, decides to go for it alone.”
Ellis agrees with Kirch. "It's a theme that a lot of people approach at
some point in their lives," he says. “There are a lot of things in the
story that people can relate to men as well whether it's with Zak's or
Georgina’s character. There's a lot of stuff in it and I think it will
be a film that people will enjoy going to see as a couple."
Graham relished the chance to act in this particular type of comedy:
"There aren't a lot of sex comedies about women. If you think about it
they’re mostly all about men, so I liked the idea that it was a comedy
that dealt with real things, about a woman dealing with sex and wanting
to have a baby. I think a lot of people can relate to that point in
your life where you really start thinking about having kids and there's
a fear that you won't be able to do it at all. I have friends who have
gone through that and they’re pretty brave."
For Mia Kirshner, playing Clem, with her madcap schemes and lifestyle,
really appealed: "Clem just has terrible ideas - every idea she
suggests is outlandish and ludicrous. The great thing about their
friendship is that Georgina goes along with Clem's ideas. At the
beginning of the film Clem's very upset because chocolate seems to be
blocking her chakras. She's the type of girl who lives in Notting Hill
and has recently discovered Kabala and also has a Buddhist teacher to
whom she's probably paid thousands of pounds and has had her interior
designer put the most expensive Buddhist artifacts in her apartment,
until she moves onto the next thing!"
The actors are uniformly enthusiastic about working with director Eric
Styles. Graham comments, "I like Eric's work, I think he's talented.
Not all male directors can see things from a female point of view but I
think he can. I also think he brings humor and reality to the
situation. I like watching comedies where you can relate and feel like
something's real but it’s also funny."
Kirshner adds, "Eric has a very finely-honed sense of what’s funny and
what's not and he’s decisive - he knows what he wants. But he's also
given us a tremendous amount of freedom as actors." Ellis agrees:
"Eric's a really organic director - he's really good at just letting us
try stuff, even on camera. If it works, great. If it doesn't, then we
do something else. He's a real actor’s director."
A key element of the filmmaking process was getting the two lead
actresses' English accents right. Graham explains, "I was intimidated
about doing an English accent at first, but our great accent coach,
Brendan Gunn, made us feel much more confident about it. He's done so
many great movies and he really put us at ease." Kirshner had a
similarly positive experience: "I'd never done an English accent before
but Heather and I had wonderful coach in Brendan Gunn and it was fun."
Graham wasn't always helped by her co-star Ellis, however… "When I
first started doing my English accent, Tom would start speaking in an
American one. She recalls. "He'd just start quoting Robert De Niro
lines from "Taxi Driver" which wasn’t helpful! He was always trying to
add little funny things - he's great fun to be around."
Filming in Ireland
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Filming in Northern Ireland, particularly in Belfast which doubles for
London in many scenes in the film, was a new and positive experience
for the creative team and stars of MISS CONCEPTION. According to Kirch,
"Shooting in Northern Ireland was a great experience. The crew was very
experienced and the concerns I had at first about finding locations
that translate to London soon abated. If you had told me before that
you were shooting a movie in Belfast doubling for London I would not
have believed it. But it was fantastic and we could shoot in peace -
the streets are not overly crowded and can be blocked off fairly
easily. It was a nice, easy-going environment in which to film. Another
positive experience was the Northern Irish crew. I guess we were lucky
that all the top people were available and we did not have to bring
many crew members from London. Our crew was excellent and very
experienced - we all had good time filming a together. I was on the set
every day and I never heard so many jokes on a set in my life."
Styles adds, "This was my first experience shooting in Ireland - I've
actually been in development on a lot of movies that were going to be
shot here but this is the first one that has actually come to fruition.
So I'd done a lot of research in Northern Ireland but when we started
making this film, it was absolutely terrific to discover how
wonderfully talented and friendly the crews and the people are in
Belfast." He continues, "It was by far the best crew I've ever had on a
movie. An absolute dream. I'd recommend everybody to come to Northern
Ireland!"
The lead actors share similar feelings to the producer and
director: "About three quarters of my family were originally Irish so
it’s fun to be where your roots are," says Graham. "I've always thought
Ireland was very romantic and beautiful. I went to Ireland when I was
20 and drove around – it was really fun. The weather is sometimes crazy
but it's great fun and the people are so warm and welcoming."
Kirshner concurs: "Filming in Belfast was probably the friendliest
filming experience I've ever had. The crew was just delightful - people
would ask you how your day was or how your weekend was and they
genuinely wanted to know! One weekend I went away and got lost and
people that I stopped to ask directions literally wrote down their
mobile or home phone numbers in case I needed further directions and
really went out of their way to help! I think that Northern Ireland has
been shrouded in mystique because of the politics but in fact not only
is it unbelievably, breathtakingly beautiful, but the people are just
lovely - laid back and open."
Ellis adds, "Considering that my tipple of choice is Guinness, I was in
my element! And the people are just lovely - I had really nice time."
The Message
Despite the comedic aspects to the film, there are serious and
topical underlying themes. Eric Styles sums up the journey that
Georgina goes on throughout MISS CONCEPTION; "At the end of the movie
Georgina discovers that she should have had a bit more faith in the
strength of her relationship. She learns that if she had become
pregnant by anyone other than Zak, it would have been very problematic."
"Georgina learns that she has to go out and get what she wants," says
Doris Kirch. "It's not going to be handed to her. She has to do things
she would never have dreamed about doing before. At the end of the
movie Georgina is a more mature person than she is in the beginning."
Kirshner echoes Kirch’s thoughts. "For me, the film is about listening
to what you want and going for it," she says. "The themes include
friendship, self -love and fun. For many women, you reach a certain
point when you decide that the way you’ve been living your life is not
the way you want to continue and you need to make changes. When you
begin to put these changes into place, sometimes you can find yourself
in a crisis."
The element of the story that appealed most to Graham is the idea of
following your dreams: "What I liked about the story is that it was
about a person that had a big dream about what she wanted,” she
explains. "It's about realizing that you can make your desires come
true. If you just believe and have confidence, it will happen."
"Apart from being a comedy the themes of the film are to do with
commitment, love, friendship and knowing what you want from life," says
producer Kirch. "Here the story is told from the perspective of the
woman who is more mature than her partner. Not unlike many women these
days she decides that motherhood is so important to her that she risks
being a single mom. But the story is also about friendship betw een
women - it is enjoyable and sometimes hilarious to watch how funny and
downright silly those two women can behave. Despite the crisis they
have fun!"
About the Cast
Heather Graham – Georgina
Heather Graham's striking beauty and endearing quality have made her
roles such as Roller Girl in "Boogie Nights" and Felicity Shagwell in
"Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," into cinematic icons. She
recently made her television series debut in ABC's "Emily's Reasons Why
Not." Graham also executive produced and starred opposite Sandra Oh and
Taye Diggs in the romantic comedy "Cake" and starred opposite Bridget
Moynahan, Tom Cavanagh and Sissy Spacek in the comedy "Gray Matters,"
as well as the drama "Broken" opposite Jeremy Sisto. First garnering
attention in Gus Van Sant's "Drugstore Cowboy" opposite Matt Dillon,
she next came out with her doe-eyed performance in "Swingers," which
starred Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn. She then starred as an ambitious
young actress from Ohio in Frank Oz's "Bowfinger" opposite Steve Martin
and Eddie Murphy, followed by her portrayal of the tragic Mary Kelly in
Albert and Allen Hughes' "From Hell" opposite Johnny Depp. Soon after,
she starred in Daisy von Scherler Mayer's Bollywood inspired romantic
comedy, "The Guru" alongside Marisa Tomei and Jimi Mistry. Her other
film credits include “Bobby,” "Hope Spring," "Committed," Ed Burns'
"Sidewalks of New York; James Toback's "Two Girls and a Guy" with
Robert Downey Jr.; "Lost in Space" and "Six Degrees of Separation." On
the small screen, she starred in David Lynch's cult series "Twin Peaks"
and opposite Jessica Lange in the Hallmark movie "O'Pioneers." Graham
made her stage debut off -Broadway in Playwrights Horizons' "Recent
Tragic Events."
Mia Kirshner – Clem
Mia Kirshner portrays "Jenny" on Showtime's hit drama "The L Word." She
was most recently seen as the title character in Brian De Palma's "The
Black Dahlia" for Universal Pictures with Scarlett Johansson and Josh
Hartnett. Kirshner will next be seen in "Miss Conception," playing the
best friend of Heather Graham.
She began her acting career at the age of 17, playing a clairvoyant
dominatrix in "Love and Human Remains." Her performance earned her a
Best Supporting Actress nomination for a Genie Award (Canada's Oscar).
In 1994, Kirshner starred in Atom Egoyan's "Exotica" alongside Victor
Garber, Bruce Greenwod and Sarah Polley. She co-starred with Kevin
Bacon and Christian Slater in the Warner Bros. drama “Murder in the
First." Kirshner also appeared in the critically acclaimed independent
feature "Party Monster" with Macaulay Culkin and Chloe Sevigny.
Kirshner is also known to television audiences for her role on the
popular Fox series "24"where she portrayed a mysterious would-be
presidential assassin.
She recently traveled throughout the world compiling stories for I Am
Here; a book that examines the lives of refugees and displaced people
in four corners of the world: from war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in
Burma, globalization in Mexico, to AIDS in Malawi. I Am Here will be
published by Pantheon Books in late 2008, with support from Amnesty
International.
Kirshner was born in Toronto, Canada and studied English and Russian
Literature at the prestigious McGill University. She currently resides
in Los Angeles, California.
Tom Ellis - Zak
A familiar face to UK television audiences, Tom Ellis played Dr. Oliver
Cousins in the BBC soap opera "Eastenders " and Justyn in Channel 4 's
"No Angels". He has starred in 'Much Ado About Nothing' and "Messiah
III" for the BBC and guest starred on 'Doctor Who' and 'The Catherine
Tate Show', also for the BBC. On the big screen, Tom has appeared in
"Buffalo Soldiers", "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby",
"High Heels and Low Lives" and "Vera Drake".
Ruta Gedmintas - Alexandra
Miss Conception marks Ruta Gedmintas's feature film debut following
television work including "Waking the Dead" (BBC), "Goldplated" ITV),
"The Innocence Project" (BBC) and "The Tudors" (Channel 4).
Orlando Seale - Justin
Orlando's impressive list of credits includes feature film work on both
sides of the Atlantic including Emilio Estevez's award winning "Bobby",
Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" and Andrew Black's contemporary comedy
update of "Pride Prejudice". He has appeared in television series
ranging from "The IT Crowd", "The West Wing", "Ghost Whisperer", "Monk"
and "Casualty, and his theatre work includes "The Lightning Play" at
the Almeida, "Henry VIII", "Uncle Vanya" for the Royal Shakespeare
Company, "Eurydice" at the Whitehall Theatre and "The Servant to Two
Masters" at the Young Vic.
Will Mellor - Brian
Will Mellor is well known to UK television audiences for his role of
Gaz in the popular BBC comedy series "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet
of Crisps". Other television roles include "Sorted" (BBC), "MIT" (ITV),
"Miss Marple" (BBC), Jack Vincent in "Casualty", and most recently a
guest appearance on "Eastenders". His music career has seen him reach
number 5 in the UK charts with "When I Need You" as well as winning the
first series of the BBC singing contest "Comic Relief Does Fame
Academy" in 2005.
Jeremy Sheffield – James
Jeremy Sheffield began his career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet. He
then turned to acting and appeared on stage at London’s Royal Court
Theatre and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. But he became best
known for his work in British television, thanks to his starring role
as cardio-thoracic surgeon Alex Adams in the popular BBC series "Holby
City". Other prime-time drama series include "The Governor", "Linda
Green", "Hearts of Gold", "Grease Monkeys" and, most recently, in
"Murder in Suburbia". In addition, the actor has appeared in the
telefilms "Merlin" for NBC and "Her Own Rules", based on the Barbara
Taylor Bradford Taylor novel. He was seen in the feature films "The
Wedding Date" alongside Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, “Anna
Karenina” with Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean and Alfred Molina and the
horror film "Creep" starring Franka Potente.
About the Filmmakers
Eric Styles - Director
In 1991, after studying at the National Film and Television School,
Eric Styles began directing film documentaries for the BBC in Cardiff.
He continued his relationship with BBC Wales, producing and directing a
number of high-profile dramas and documentary series including “Last
Days at Fforchwen” and “The Dream”, for which he received a BAFTA Cymru
nomination for Best Director in 1995. In 1996, he received further
accolades, this time for the television feature “All Mixed Up”, which
won a host of awards, including Best TV Feature at the San Francisco
International Film Festival, a Writers Guild Award and three BAFTA
Cymru Awards. His 1997 short film “Birdbrain” won the Kodak Award for
Cinematography at the British Short Film Festival and has been screened
at festivals including Toronto, Denmark, Clermont-Ferrand and
Edinburgh. In 1997 Styles made four single dramas for the BBC including
“Love in the House of the Lord” written by Catherine Linstrum and
“Washed Up” written by Steve Gould. The latter drama went on to win
Best Drama at the BAFTA Cyrmu Awards. Styles’ debut feature film
“Dreaming of Joseph Lees” starring Samantha Morton was released in the
autumn of 1999 by Fox Searchlight and was followed by “Relative Values”
starring Colin Firth, Stephen Fry and Julie Andrews. His subsequent
features are the thrillers “Tempo” with Melanie Griffith and Hugh Dancy
and, most recently, “True True Lie”.
Doris Kirch - Producer
Doris Kirch formed Blue Angel Entertainment Film Productions GmbH in
2002 in Berlin, Germany and is sole shareholder and managing director.
Prior to this she worked for many years in the film and television
industry in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Munich and Berlin and for
more than ten years worked as Senior Vice President Acquisitions and Co
-Productions for Kirch Media in Munich and ProSieben Sat1 Television in
Berlin where she produced and co-produced 45 productions with partners
in France, Italy, England, Denmark, Austria, Canada, the United States
and Australia and was responsible for numerous output deals with major
US -studios like Columbia (“My Best Friends Wedding”, “Men in Black”).
For ProSieben Sat1 and Kirch Media she co-produced TV -series like
“Baywatch” and “The Chronicles of Young Indiana Jones” with George
Lucas; mini -series like the highly acclaimed “The Count of Monte
Cristo” and “Les Miserables” (Gerard Depardieu) with TF1 in France and
Mediasept in Italy, “Mists of Avalon” with Constantin and Warner, and
many films for theatrical release among others the German box office
hit “Sun Alley”.
“Blue Angel Films” opened its London office in 2006 and produces since
then under its newly formed company Blue Angel Films Ltd. mainly
international English language films for theatrical release. After MISS
CONCEPTION Blue Angel Films has four new projects for the international
market in development and plans to produce them within the next two
years. The genres are thriller, sci-fi, drama and romantic comedy. The
productions are planned for filming in Germany, France, England,
Switzerland, Hungry, the US and Canada. Blue Angel Films’ co
-production partners are English, French, Italian and American
production companies and distributors.
Camilla Leslie - Writer
Born March 29th, 1969 in Dublin, Ireland, Camilla was brought up in the
family home, Castle Leslie, in a tiny village situated on the Irish
border. As part of her degree, Camilla spent a year in La Rochelle
(France) writing a thesis on the Slave Trade. During her time in Paris
she wrote a ‘chicklit’ novel (unpublished) entitled, It’s Only Me. MISS
CONCEPTION is her third screenplay.
Camilla now lives in the south of France, where she plans to write
screenplays until the ‘mouse’ drops from her old sun -wrinkled hands…
Michel Morales - Co-Producer
With the creation of Haifisch Entertainment AG in 1999 in Munich,
Michel Morales has worked as producer, writer and director. During this
time he’s produced films such as the Academy Award -winning short
“Quiero Ser” (Best Live Action Short 2001). In 2001 he was awarded the
prestigious Newcomer Prize for Film Production by the
“Verwertungsgellschaft fur Nutzungsrechte an Filmwerken”. In 2003 he
founded Miromar Entertainment AG in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and took up
the role as Producer and Chairman of the Board. In addition, CMdoc was
founded in 2005 specifically for the production of international
documentary films.
Oliver Mahrdt - Associate Producer
Oliver Mahrdt proudly represents German Films as its US -Representative
/ East Coast and Canada (www.german-films.de). He was responsible for
the USA/East Coast coordination of the successful 2003 Academy Award
for Best Foreign Film bid for Germany’s “Nowhere in Africa” by Caroline
Link. Following that, Germany was also nominated for the Academy Award
for Best Foreign Film of 2005 with “The Downfall”. In 2006 Germany
received yet another nomination for “Sophie Scholl”, followed by this
years’ Academy Award for “The Lives of Others” marking this period as
Germany’s most influential period in US Film History since the silent
film era. MISS CONCEPTION marks Oliver Mahrdt's first production as an
associate producer.
Ed Mash - DOP
MISS CONCEPTION marks DOP Ed Mash’s second collaboration with director
Eric Styles following his work on his 2006 film “True, True Lie” which
was his feature film debut.
Tracy Stewart - Saville Editor
Daughter of Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger, Tracy Granger Saville is
no stranger to the film business. A very experienced editor, she has
more than 20 movies to her name, among them “Boys Don’t Cry”,
“Highlander: End Game”, “Chromophobia”, “My Vida Loca”. Tracy was
responsible for “MISS CONCEPTION’s” final cut.
Danny Tull - Editor
Danny Tull has been editing music videos, documentaries and concerts
for a number of years. After gaining a Music Technology degree at Rose
Bruford University he then went on to learn film and video editing at
post house “Metropolis”. Working with artists as varied as Tina Turner
and The Manic Street Preachers, he has cut a massive range of music
videos. Tull’s 2005 feature debut, “Rag Tale”, starring Rupert Graves,
Malcolm McDowell and Jennifer Jason Leigh, won him a Best Editing award
at the Jackson Hole Film Festival in the US. He went on to edit Eric
Styles’ “True, True Lie” and “Madonna: The Confessions Tour Live from
London” in 2006 and his next project sees him working with Madonna
again on her feature length documentary based in Malawi.
Humphrey Jaeger - Production Designer
Humphrey Jaeger’s feature credits include Eric Styles’ “Dreaming of
Joseph Lees” and “Relative Values”; “Not Afraid, Not Afraid” starring
Dianne Weist; the psychological horror film “LD-50” and Courtney
Solomon’s acclaimed horror film “An American Haunting” starring Donald
Sutherland, Sissy Spacek and Rachel Hurd-Wood. Jaeger’s television work
includes the BAFTA Award winning drama series “The Lives and Loves of a
She Devil”, “Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honour” starring Kelsey
Grammar and Aidan Quinn and the award winning drama series “Belonging I
and II”. He is currently working in Norway on Robert Young’s “Wide Blue
Yonder” starring Brian Cox, Lauren Bacall and James Fox.
Maggie Donnelly – Costume Designer
Costume Designer Maggie Donnelly’s feature credits include the
horror/thriller drama "WAZ" starring Stellan Skarsgard and Melissa
George, the award winning “Freeze, Frame” directed by John Simpson with
Lee Evans and Sean McGinley and “A Further Gesture” starring Stephen
Rea, Alfred Molina and Brendan Gleeson. Her television credits include
Mike Leigh’s “Four Days in July”, Alan Clarke’s highly acclaimed drama
“Elephant” and the long -running award winning Ballykissangel.
CAST
(In order of appearance)
Zak- TOM ELLIS
Georgina- HEATHER GRAHAM
Brian- WILL MELLOR
Malcolm- CATHAL SHEAHAN
Mrs. Salt- VIVIENNE MOORE
Sales Assistant- JO DONNELLY
Clem- MIA KIRSHNER
Mr. Dupompe- NICHOLAS LE PREVOST
Rebecca- MARIA WATTON GRAHAM
Dalia- DEBORAH JAVOR
Ben- EDWARD MACLIAM
Justin- ORLANDO SEALE
Alexandra- RUTA GEDMINTAS
Fisherman- MARK MULHOLLAND
Bob Tushy- CHARLIE KRANZ
Man at Wake- MATT JENNINGS
James- JEREMY SHEFFIELD
Mother Superior- ROMA TOMELTY
Young Nun- KAREN HASSAN
Luca- PAUL TELFER
Receptionist- BRONAGH WAUGH
Lady in Queue- SUSIE KELLY
Cash Till Lady- OLIVIA NASH
Ticket Girl- MARY ELLEN MCCARTAN
Welsh Taxi Driver- DIARMUID CORR
Delivery Guy- DREW THOMPSON
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