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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Countries
France United Kingdom Italy
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Year
2006
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Genre
Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- La Regina Alternative
Introduction
“Helen Mirren [is] granted an unbeatable chance to expose the twin sides of her appeal: the warmth and the chill. How many actresses, since Dietrich and Bacall, have managed to make the forbidding seem so winning, and vice versa?”
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 2006
One of the more bizarre episodes of recent British history is dramatised here by Peter Morgan as a knowing comedy of manners. It begins with Tony Blair’s 1997 electoral triumph, when he comes across as a tongue-tied schoolboy in the presence of a woman who was crowned before he was born. However, as the emotional fallout from Diana’s premature death sweeps the nation he realises that he has a far more acute grasp of the situation and its political perils – but has to find the right diplomatic language in which to express it.
Morgan draws witty parallels between the pairings of Prince Philip and the Queen Mother (conservative royalists) and Cherie Blair and Alastair Campbell (radical republicans) while portraying the Queen herself as a far more complex figure than the usual one-note caricature: Helen Mirren’s Oscar-winning performance probably did as much to boost her subject’s public image as any recent high-profile ceremony.
Peter Morgan and Michael Sheen collaborated on similarly imaginative treatments of recent political history in The Deal (2003), Frost/Nixon (2008), The Damned United (2009) and The Special Relationship (2010).
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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The Queen
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Tony Blair
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Prince Philip
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Cherie Blair
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Prince Charles
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Robin Janvrin
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Queen Mother
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Stephen Lamport
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equerry
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Janvrin's secretary
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Lord Airlie
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Balmoral maid
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head ghillie
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Queen's dresser
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Balmoral head ghillie
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Charles's valet
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Balmoral switchboard operator
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Prince William
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Prince Harry
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Alastair Campbell
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Blair's PA
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Blair's secretary
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Blair's aide
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Euan Blair
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portrait artist
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TV director
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Catholic priest
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little girl
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Princess Diana
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Dodi Fayed
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German reporter
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American reporter
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French bodyguard
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French reporter
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Credits
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Direction:
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Directed by
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Assistant Director (3rd)
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Assistant Director (Paris Unit 1st)
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Assistant Director (Paris Unit 2nd)
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Assistant Director (2nd Unit 1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd Unit 2nd)
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Assistant Director (Addtnl Phot 1st)
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Assistant Director (Addtnl Phot 2nd)
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Assistant Director (Addtnl Phot 3rd)
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Script Supervisor
Production:
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©
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©/Presented in association with
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©/Presented in association with
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Production Company/Presented by
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Presented by
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Presented in association with
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Presented in association with
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International Sales
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Service Agency, Paris
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[Production Company]
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Produced by
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Produced by
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Produced by
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Production Executive for Firstep (Paris Unit)
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Production Executive for Pathé (Paris Unit)
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For Pathé (Head of Physical Production)
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For Pathé (Financial Director)
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For Pathé (Legal & Business Affairs)
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For Pathé (Head of International Sales)
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For Pathé (Technical Director)
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For Granada (Head of Production)
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For Granada (Head of Business Affairs)
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For Granada (Head of Legal Affairs)
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For Granada (Neg Checking)
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For Granada (Assistant to Mr Harries)
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Unit Manager
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Production Manager
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Production Manager (Addtnl Photography)
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Production Co-ordinator
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Production Co-ordinator (Addtnl Phot)
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Production Co-ordinator (Addtnl Phot)
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Production Secretary (Paris Unit)
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Assistant Production Co-ordinator
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Travel Co-ordinator
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Production Accountant
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Assistant Production Accountant
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Location Manager
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Location Manager (Paris Unit)
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Location Manager (Addit Phot Supervisng)
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Location Manager (Addtnl Phot)
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Assistant Location Manager
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Location Assistant
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Post-production Supervisor
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Post-production Co-ordinator
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Studio
Casting:
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Casting (Director)
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Casting (Paris Unit Director)
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Casting Assistant
Writing:
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Written by
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Aerial Operator (2nd Unit)
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Camera Operator (A)
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Camera Operator (B)
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Camera Operator (B)
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Camera Operator (Paris Unit B)
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Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
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Steadicam Operator
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Steadicam Operator
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Focus Puller (Paris Unit B Camera)
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Focus Puller (2nd Unit)
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Clapper Loader
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Clapper Loader (B Camera)
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Clapper Loader (Paris Unit B Camera)
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Clapper Loader (2nd Unit)
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Camera Trainee
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Gaffer
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Gaffer (Paris Unit)
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Rigging Gaffer (Addtnl Phot)
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Best Boy
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Electrician
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Electrician
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Electrician
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Key Grip (Paris Unit)
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Grip [1st]
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Grip (2nd)
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Grip (2nd Unit)
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Grip (Addtnl Phot)
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Grip (Paris Unit)
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Grip (Paris Unit)
Stills:
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Stills Photographer
Special Effects:
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Visual Effects Editor
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Visual Effects
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Special Effects
Editing:
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Film Editor
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Assistant Editor
Design:
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Production Designer
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Supervising Art Director
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Art Director
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Assistant Art Director
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Art Department Assistant
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Art Department Assistant
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Set Decorator
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Art Department Researcher
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Sculptor
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Chargehand Standby Props
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Standby Props
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Prop Buyer
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Prop Master
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Prop Hand (Paris Unit)
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Prop Master (Addtnl Phot)
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Construction Manager
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Construction Manager (Paris Unit)
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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Assistant Costume Designer
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Costume Supervisor (Addtnl Phot)
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Costume Assistant
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Costume Maker
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Wardrobe Master
Make-up:
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Hair/Make-up Designer
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Make-up/Hair Supervisor
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Make-up/Hair Artist
Titles:
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Title Design
Film processing:
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Digital Intermediate
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Neg Cutters
Music:
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Music/Music Composed by
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Music Performed by
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Piano
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Mandolin
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Orchestra Leader
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Music Conducted by
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Music Orchestrated by
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Additional Orchestration
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Music Supervisor (HotHouse Music Ltd)
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Music Editor
Sound:
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Music Recorded/Mixed by
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Sound Mixer
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Sound Mixer (Addtnl Phot)
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Sound Maintenance Engineer
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Boom Operator (2nd)
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Boom Operator (Addtnl Phot)
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Boom Operator (Addtnl Phot 2nd)
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Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Supervising Sound Editor
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Supervising Dialogue Editor
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ADR Mixer
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ADR Mixer
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ADR (Additional Mixer)
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ADR Editor
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Foley Supervisor
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Foley Recordist
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Foley (Recording)
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Foley (Remixing)
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Foley Editor
Stunts:
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Stunt Co-ordinator (Paris Unit)
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Stunt Double
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Stunt Double
Consultant:
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Archive Consultant
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Researcher
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Animal Handlers
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Animal Handlers
Publicity:
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Publicity
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Unit Publicist
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EPK
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Sight & Sound magazine
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