Flawless (2007)

Director:

Michael Radford

Writer:

Edward Anderson (written by)

Release Date:

28 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

He had a scheme. She had a motive.

Plot:

A crime/drama set in 1960 London, where a soon to retire janitor convinces a glass-ceiling constrained American executive to help him steal a handful of diamonds from their employer, the London Diamond Corporation. |

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Cast

Demi Moore	...	Laura Quinn
Michael Caine	...	Mr. Hobbs
Lambert Wilson	...	Finch
Nathaniel Parker	...	Ollie
Shaughan Seymour	...	Eaton
Nicholas Jones	...	Jameson
David Barras	...	Fenton
Joss Ackland	...	Milton Kendrick Ashtoncroft
Silas Carson	...	Reece
Derren Nesbitt	...	Sinclair
Rosalind March	...	Penelope
Kevan Willis	...	Lewis
Stanley Townsend	...	Henry
Jonathan Aris	...	Boyle
Ben Righton	...	Bryan
Constantine Gregory	...	Dmitriev
Simon Day	...	Boland
David Henry	...	Sir Edmund Gottfried
Yemi Goodman Ajibade	...	Guinean Negotiatior
William Scott-Masson	...	Henry
Natalie Dormer	...	Cassie
Kate Maravan	...	Trudy
Steve Preston	...	Investigator
Claire Thill	...	Secretary
Julian Nest	...	Harold's Friend
Roya Zargar	...	Trudy´s Friend
Violaine Miller	...	Ballroom Quartet
Carole Bruere	...	Ballroom Quartet
Philippe Bruere	...	Ballroom Quartet
Jean Adolphe	...	Ballroom Quartet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Josef d'Bache-Kane	...	Street Bystander
Kim Hermans	...	Spectator at dograce
Peter Rnic	...	Honest Alfred - The Bookie

Directed by
Michael Radford

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Edward Anderson		written by

Produced by
Carola Ash	....	associate producer
Jimmy de Brabant	....	co-executive producer
Stephen Margolis	....	executive producer
Albert Martinez Martin	....	co-producer
Michael A. Pierce	....	producer
Richard Pierce	....	co-producer
Charles Salmon	....	line producer
Mark Williams	....	producer

Cinematography by
Richard Greatrex

Casting by
John Hubbard

Production Design by
Sophie Becher

Art Direction by
Chris Lowe		(senior art director)

Set Decoration by
Christina Schaffer

Makeup Department
Fabienne Adam	....	assistant makeup artist
Mariël Hoevenaars	....	makeup artist
Roseann Samuel	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Ragna Arny Larusdottir	....	production manager
Bobby Prince	....	unit manager
John Watson	....	production supervisor
Emma Zee	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jonny Benson	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Eileen Byrne	....	third assistant director trainee
Eileen Byrne	....	third assistant director: second unit
John Dodds	....	first assistant director
Ralph Eisenmann	....	second assistant director
Melanie Heseltine	....	third assistant director
Sascha Heyar	....	third assistant director: second unit
Max Jacoby	....	second unit director
Stefan Magnusson	....	third assistant director
Alessandro Palestro	....	second assistant director: second unit
Jim Probyn	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Boris Bartholomäus	....	construction manager
Benoît Bechet	....	draftsman
Alexandre Brown	....	art department coordinator
Mario Capezzali	....	carpenter
Tony Chance	....	storyboard artist
François Dickes	....	prop buyer
Annett 'Gogo' Golinski	....	draper
Edouard Pallardy	....	head painter
Sandra Phillips	....	stand-by art director: UK
Manu Poupard	....	chargehand stand-by props
Barbara Prati	....	set dresser
Stephanie Rass	....	model maker
Jill Robertson	....	assistant props buyer
Jan Rott	....	property master

Sound Department
Philip Alton	....	dialogue editor
Alex Ashcroft	....	sound assistant
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer
Bryan Bowen	....	supervising sound editor
Alastair Bradley	....	studio assistant: sound
Naomi Dandridge	....	studio assistant
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Frederic Gibert	....	sound facility coordinator
Frederic Gibert	....	sound post-production
Philippe Kohn	....	boom operator
Richard Lewis	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steven Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Marc Thill	....	cable person
Carlo Thoss	....	production sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Kris Anderson	....	digital compositor
Paul Beard	....	visual effects line producer
Robin Beard	....	digital effects artist
Simon Carr	....	visual effects supervisor
Adam Christopher	....	digital colourist
Graham Day	....	prep artist: Men From Mars
Simon Frame	....	visual effects supervisor
Richard Graham	....	visual effects coordinator
Lionel Heath	....	compositor: Men from Mars
Tom Hocking	....	lead compositor
Matthew Jacques	....	digital artist
Tom Pegg	....	digital effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Jim Alloway	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jim Alloway	....	director of photography: second unit
Paddy Blake	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Etienne Braun	....	still photographer
Gilbert Degrand	....	best boy
Kevin Dresse	....	electrician
John Evans	....	second assistant camera
John Gamble	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Valentina Iorio	....	grip
Oliver Krupke	....	electrician
Nathan Mann	....	focus puller
Luke Myslowski	....	grip
Peter Myslowski	....	key grip
Rupert Power	....	steadicam operator
Mike Rees	....	clapper loader: "b" camera, UK
David Morais Rocas	....	central loader
Jessica Theis	....	still photographer
Claus Vieruss	....	lighting technician

Casting Department
Tom Swayne	....	casting assistant
Katja Wolf	....	casting: small parts and extras

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lee Croucher	....	stand-by costumer: UK
Magdalena Marczynska	....	wardrobe assistant
Richard Sale	....	assistant costume designer
Uli Simon	....	costume supervisor
Peggy Wurth	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Alex Anstey	....	assistant editor
Stephen Boucher	....	associate editor
Alex Panton	....	digital intermediate producer (uncredited)

Music Department
Paul Englishby	....	conductor
Robert Houston	....	assistant scoring engineer
Allan Jenkins	....	music editor
Richard Pierce	....	music consultant
Nyree Pinder	....	score coordinator

Transportation Department
Simon Jones	....	driver: director
Gaby Meyers	....	driver
Kevan Willis	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Bob Bellion	....	finance manager
Nicole Carmen-Davis	....	legal & business affairs
Marie Courtel	....	assistant location manager
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
Alec Gibson	....	laboratory grader
Kash Javaid	....	unit publicist
Patricia Kretschmer	....	assistant: Jimmy de Brabant
Roberto Longobardi	....	production accountant
Claude Ludovicy	....	facilities manager
Gaby Meyers	....	location assistant
Alessandra Moresco	....	production executive
Aleks Sandrine Neumuller	....	location assistant
Clive Noakes	....	laboratory contact
Jessica Reavis	....	production assistant
Joanne Reichling	....	production coordinator
Mathieu Robinet	....	assistant to producer
Amaury Serieye	....	location manager
Camilla Stephenson	....	location manager
Margaret A. Thompson	....	production coordinator: pre-production
Anne Van Hove	....	assistant to director
Anne Van Hove	....	script supervisor: second unit
Stéphanie Verger	....	assistant production coordinator
Jo Wallett	....	assistant production coordinator: UK
Beverly Winston	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Pierce / Williams Entertainment
• Blue Rider Entertainment
• Delux Productions
• Film Fund Luxembourg
• Future Films
• Hyde Park International

Distributors

• Magnolia Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky Media (2007) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• HD Net (2008) (USA) (TV)
• Hoyts Distribution (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Maximum Films (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Seville Pictures (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• ARRI Media  camera and grip equipment provided by
• Arion Facilities  dailies telecine transfers
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Fatts  post-production script services
• Film & Television Facilities  facility vehicles
• Future Post Production  sound post-production
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Location Consulting & Facilities  facilities vehicles

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Runtime:

108 min | Germany:100 min (European Film Market)

Country:

UK | Luxembourg

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Pierce / Williams Entertainment

Trivia:

The heist in "Flawless" is entirely fictional. Reports that it is loosely based on an actual robbery are inaccurate.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Early in the film a worry over problems in "Botswana and South Africa" is stated in the dialog, but the film is set in 1960 when the country of Botswana was still British Bechuanaland (as correctly displayed later in the film on a large map of Africa); Botswana was not renamed until its independence in 1966.

Quotes:

Laura Quinn: Why do you want to steal from the company?
Mr. Hobbs: Who said I did?
Laura Quinn: Hypothetically.
Mr. Hobbs: War and plunder, the two most reliable sources of income.
Laura Quinn: I didn't realize! Are we at war?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-03-29)" (2008)

Extremely fun and entertaining!

Very clever and fun heist movie. Great character development leading up to the central hook of the movie, which kept me intrigued throughout. Michael Caine is absolutely brilliant, and Demi Moore is very believable as a frustrated executive who's been passed over for a promotion one too many times - this is her best role yet. The pacing is good and the director (Michael Radford) does a great job building tension through the climax of the film. I also love that the heist is actually believable, unlike so many films that try to be too slick and flashy. The time period (1960's London) is well captured and the musical score is great. This was a terrific film and I highly recommend it. You won't be disappointed.