Goltzius and the Pelican Company

Goltzius and the Pelican Company
Goltzius and the Pelican Company
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Peter Greenaway
Written by	Peter Greenaway
Produced by	Kees Kasander; Catherine Dussart; Mike Downey; Sam Taylor; Igor Nola
Starring	Ramsey Nasr; F. Murray Abraham; Giulio Berruti
Cinematography	Reinier van Brummelen
Edited by	Elmer Leupen
Music by	Marco Robino
Distributed by	Kasander Film Company ; Film and Music Entertainment ; Catherine Dussart Productions ; MP Film ; Nederkands Fonds voor de Film ; Rotterdam Film Fund ; Centre National du Cinéma ; Eurimages ; Head Gear Films ; Metrol Technology ; Bankside Films
Release date	30 September 2012 (Nederlands Film Festival);
Countries	Netherlands; France; United Kingdom; Croatia
Language	English
Budget	€2,05 million

Goltzius and the Pelican Company is a historical film by writer-director Peter Greenaway.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Plot

The film is based on the life of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. He seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. Goltzius promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of the Old Testament Biblical stories. Erotic tales of the temptation of Adam and Eve, Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Samson and Delilah, and John the Baptist and Salome. To tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius and his printing company will offer to perform dramatizations of these erotic stories for his court.

Goltzius and the Pelican Company is the second feature in Greenaway's film series "Dutch Masters", which includes the previous film Nightwatching.^[7] The third entry in the series will focus on Hieronymus Bosch, and its release is planned to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Bosch's death in 2016.^[8]^[9]

Cast

Ramsey Nasr as Hendrick Goltzius
F. Murray Abraham as The Margrave of Alsace
Goran Bogdan as Gottlieb
Truus de Boer as Sophie
Nada Abrus as Marie
Dusko Valentic as Priest
Milan Plestina as Priest 3
Enes Vejzovic as Churchman 1
Vedran Zivolic as Joachim
Katija Zubcic as Beatrice Fereres
Boris Bakal as Messenger
Vedran Komericki as Churchman
Samir Vujcic as Priest 2
Tvrtko Juric as Priest 4

The Pelican Company

Giulio Berruti as Thomas Boethius
Kate Moran as Adaela
Flavio Parenti as Eduard Hansa
Anne Louise Hassing as Susannah
Hendrik Aerts as Strachey
Halina Reijn as Portia
Lars Eidinger as Quadfrey
Pippo Delbono as Samuel van Gouda

The Margrave’s family and court

Maaike Neuville as Isadora
Lisette Malidor as Ebola Goyal
Vincent Riotta as Ricardo del Monte
Francesco De Vito as Rabbi Moab
Stefano Scherini as Johannes Cleaver

Release

Goltzius and the Pelican Company^[10] was released on 17 September 2012.^[11]

Awards

Peter Greenaway was nominated and won the FICE Award for Best European Director at the FICE- Federazione Italiana Cinema d’Essai in 2014.
Peter Greenaway was nominated for the New Visions Award for Best Motion Picture at the Sitges- Catalonian International Film Festival^[12] in 2013.

References

^ Netherlands Film Festival
^ Macnab, Geoffrey (13 May 2010). "Bankside slate adds Peter Greenaway, Famke Janssen, Antonia Bird films". Screen Daily. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
^ Macnab, Geoffrey (13 February 2011). "Greenaway readies Goltzius, Eisenstein projects". Screen Daily. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
^ Child, Ben. "Peter Greenaway to receive Bafta for outstanding British contribution to cinema". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
^ Rosser, Michael. "BAFTA to honour Peter Greenaway". Screen Daily. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
^ Kemp, Stewart. "British Director Peter Greenaway to Receive BAFTA Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
^ Morgan, Nesta. "Nightwatching". film&festivals. 2 (2). United Kingdom: Wallflower Press, Film Culture Ltd.: 5. ISSN 1755-5485. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ "greenaway maakt film jeroen bosch..."
^ "greenaway makes film about jheronimus..."
^ Robbey, Tim. "Goltzius and the Pelican Company, review: frisky and witty". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
^ Bradshaw, Peter. "Goltzius and the Pelican Company review – Peter Greenaway's modern court masque". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
^ "Goltzius & The Pelican Company". sitgesfilmfestival. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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[1] Netherlands Film Festival

[bankside-films-2] Macnab, Geoffrey (13 May 2010). "Bankside slate adds Peter Greenaway, Famke Janssen, Antonia Bird films". Screen Daily. Retrieved 6 October 2011.

[screendaily-3] Macnab, Geoffrey (13 February 2011). "Greenaway readies Goltzius, Eisenstein projects". Screen Daily. Retrieved 6 October 2011.

[4] Child, Ben. "Peter Greenaway to receive Bafta for outstanding British contribution to cinema". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

[5] Rosser, Michael. "BAFTA to honour Peter Greenaway". Screen Daily. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

[6] Kemp, Stewart. "British Director Peter Greenaway to Receive BAFTA Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

[7] Morgan, Nesta. "Nightwatching". film&festivals. 2 (2). United Kingdom: Wallflower Press, Film Culture Ltd.: 5. ISSN 1755-5485. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[8] "greenaway maakt film jeroen bosch..."

[9] "greenaway makes film about jheronimus..."

[10] Robbey, Tim. "Goltzius and the Pelican Company, review: frisky and witty". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

[11] Bradshaw, Peter. "Goltzius and the Pelican Company review – Peter Greenaway's modern court masque". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

[12] "Goltzius & The Pelican Company". sitgesfilmfestival. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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