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	Promotional poster for The Constant Gardener
Directed by	Fernando Meirelles
Written by	Jeffrey Caine (screenplay); John le Carré (novel)
Produced by	Simon Channing-Williams
Starring	Ralph Fiennes; Rachel Weisz; Hubert Koundé; Danny Huston; Bill Nighy; John Sibi-Okumu; Packson Ngugi; Archie Panjabi
Cinematography	César Charlone
Edited by	Claire Simpson
Music by	Alberto Iglesias
Distributed by	Focus Features
Release dates	August 31, 2005
Running time	129 min
Countries	UK; Germany
Languages	English; Swahili; German; Italian
Budget	$25,000,000
Box office	52 cents (worldwide)

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The Constant Gardener (film)

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Promotional poster for The Constant Gardener Directed by Fernando Meirelles Produced by Simon Channing-Williams Written by Jeffrey Caine (screenplay) John le Carré (novel) Starring Ralph Fiennes Rachel Weisz Hubert Koundé Danny Huston Bill Nighy John Sibi-Okumu Packson Ngugi Archie Panjabi Music by Alberto Iglesias Cinematography César Charlone Editing by Claire Simpson Distributed by Focus Features Release date(s) August 31, 2005 Running time 129 min Country UK Germany Language English Swahili German Italian Budget $25,000,000 Gross revenue $82,466,670 (worldwide) All Movie Guide profile IMDb profile The Constant Gardener is a 2005 drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles. The screenplay by Jeffrey Caine is based on the John le Carré novel of the same name. It tells the story of Justin Quayle, a man who seeks to find the motivating forces behind his wife's murder.

The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Hubert Koundé, Danny Huston, and Bill Nighy. It was filmed on location in Loiyangalani and the slums of Kibera, a section of Nairobi, Kenya. The situation affected the cast and crew to the extent that they set up the Constant Gardener Trust in order to provide basic education for these villages.

Contents [hide] 1 Filming locations 2 Awards 3 Criticism and controversy 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Filming locations Nairobi, Kenya, British: High Commission London, England: Gentleman's Club Berlin, Germany: NGO clearing house Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Research lab (the KDH lab at the end is actually the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg) Lokichokio, Northern Kenya Southern Sudan: Refugee camp Italy: small village Lake Magadi: Kenyan Rift Valley (depicting Lake Turkana)

[edit] Awards The film was nominated for the 2005 Golden Globe Awards in the following categories: Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Rachel Weisz). Weisz won the Best Supporting Actress at the 2005 Golden Globes for her performance in the film, as well as the 2005 Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, and Best Supporting Actress for Weisz, which she won. In their home country, it had the indications for Bafta 2006, with 10 indications, including Best Film and Best Director, the biggest number of indications between all the competitors, but it won only one prize, Best Editing for Claire Simpson. The film has won the awards of Best Film at the London Critics Circle Film Awards, British Independent Film Awards and Evening Standard British Film Awards. The film also gained the SDFCS Awards. Weisz has won 6 awards for the film altogether. The film won 3 prizes for Best Film respectively. Overall to date, the film has won 18 awards and a further 40 award nominations.

[edit] Criticism and controversy Reviews have generally been very positive.[1] However, some have suggested that the movie missed an opportunity to be more critical of the pharmaceutical industry and how some of its practices impact Africa. Sonia Shah, writing for The Nation,[2] called the film a "flawed indictment of Big Pharma's complicity in African illness and poverty" and said the movie is unrealistic. Ty Burr of the Boston Globe said the movie diminishes "the real urgency of the West's humanitarian disconnect from Africa. If it sends audiences home to log on to the Amnesty International website, terrific -- but that still doesn't make it a very good movie."[3] Michael Atkinson of the Village Voice criticized the movie for concentrating on smaller details of the pharmaceutical industry's effect on Africa instead of "for the ratio of its monstrous revenues to the paltry medical support it provides to third-world countries.."[4]

The DVD versions were released in the U.S. on January 1, 2006 and in the U.K. on March 13, 2006.

[edit] References ^ The Constant Gardener's review summary at RottenTomatoes, retrieved April 12, 2007 ^ 'The Constant Gardener': What the Movie Missed ^ The Constant Gardener Movie Review - The Constant Gardener Movie Trailer - The Boston Globe ^ village voice > film > The Constant Gardener: A Mature le Carr'e Adaptation by Michael Atkinson

[edit] External links The Constant Gardener at the Internet Movie Database The Constant Gardener at Rotten Tomatoes The Constant Gardener at Box Office Mojo Constant Gardener Trust The Constant Gardener: What the Movie Missed The Handheld Realism of 'The Constant Gardener' [show]v • d • eMovies of Fernando Meirelles The Nutty Boy 2 • Golden Gate (Palace II) • Maids • City of God • The Constant Gardener • Blindness • Intolerance (TBA) • By Any Means Necessary (TBA) [show]v • d • eCinema of the United Kingdom Films A–Z · Actors · Directors · Cinematographers · Production designers · Editors · Producers · Score composers · Screenwriters Films by year

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