"[44] The film received many positive reviews for its adherence to McEwan's novel, with Variety reporting that the film "preserves much of the tome's metaphysical depth and all of its emotional power", and commenting that "Atonement is immensely faithful to McEwan's novel. "[16] After inviting Ronan to come to London to read for the part, Wright was not only surprised by her Irish accent, but immediately recognised her unique acting ability. Due to restrictions in the filming schedule which meant that production only had two full days to film all the needed scenes of the war front on Dunkirk beach, and the lack of budget to fund the 1000+ extras needed for the shooting of these scenes, Joe Wright and cinematographer Seamus McGarvey were forced to reduce the shooting down into a 5½ minute long-take following James McAvoy's character as he moved a quarter of a mile along the beach. "[8] The screenplay was adapted from Ian McEwan's 2001 novel by Christopher Hampton and directed by Joe Wright. In addition, film director and playwright Anthony Minghella briefly appears as the television interviewer in the final scene. [31] This mansion was built in 1889 commissioned by the glove manufacturer John Derby Allcroft. Briony agrees. "[13], In addition, the casting of Briony Tallis also proved challenging, yet once Wright discovered Saoirse Ronan her involvement enabled Wright to finally commence filming. Most importantly, it catapulted the trajectory of a young Ronan. She, Ronan and Garai worked together with a voice coach to keep the character's timbre in a familiar range throughout the film. Cecilia adds that Briony include what she remembers of Danny Hardman, but Briony points out that Paul Marshall was the rapist and has just married Lola. Print Word PDF. She writes to her sister, but Cecilia has not forgiven her for lying in the investigation years before. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atonement_(film)&oldid=984399852, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Dunkirk street scenes were shot at the Grimsby ice factory on, This page was last edited on 19 October 2020, at 22:22. It makes me feel safe, and we kind of understand each other. "[45] Author Ian McEwan also worked as an executive producer on the film. This character comes to stay with the Tallises during her parents' divorce proceedings. [46], However, not all reviews were as favourable. "[40] On other review sites, Metacritic records an average score of 85%, based on 36 reviews. The two girls talk, and Briony becomes convinced that it was Robbie again. Then we were sent this tape of this little girl speaking in this perfect 1920s English accent. The American critic Roger Ebert gave it a four-star review, dubbing it "one of the year's best films, a certain best picture nominee". Atonement is a 2007 romantic war drama film directed by Joe Wright and starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch and Vanessa Redgrave.It is based on Ian McEwan's 2001 novel of the same name.The film chronicles a crime and its consequences over the course of six decades, beginning in the 1930s. Immediately, she had this kind of intensity, dynamism, and willfulness. The last scene shows an imagined, happily reunited Cecilia and Robbie staying in the house by the sea which they had intended to visit once they were reunited. Briony is surprised to find Robbie there living with her sister, while in London on leave. Print Word PDF. They proceed to make passionate love in the library. [37], The film grossed a cumulative $131,016,624 worldwide and in opening weekend in USA, $784,145, 9 December 2007 with a budget to make the film of $30,000,000 (estimated). This character is introduced in the summer of 1935 as a precocious 13-year-old aspiring writer with a penchant for order and secrecy. They ended up using the third take. As for the film, he commented that "Atonement has hints of greatness but it falls just short of Oscar contention". This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials. This character is almost-handsome, ill-barbered and an unfathomably stupid friend who accompanies another... View all Lesson Plans available from BookRags. Producers met several actors for the role, but McAvoy was the only one offered the part. Re-enactment of the 1940 Balham station disaster took place in the former Piccadilly line station of Aldwych, closed since the 1990s. This character is introduced as a 23-year-old gardener. Thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. [11] Seamus McGarvey, the cinematographer, worked closely with Wright on the aesthetics of the visualisation, using a range of techniques and camera movements to achieve the final result. Briony Tallis. [33] Atonement was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 7 September 2007, and in North America on 7 December 2007. He thinks back to six months earlier when he met Cecilia, now a nurse. Ian McEwan. The first of the two days, and part of the second day, were dedicated to blocking and rehearsing the sequence until the sun was in the correct position in the afternoon ready to shoot. Before dinner, Robbie apologises to Cecilia for the obscene letter but, to his surprise, she confesses her secret love for him. [35], Atonement was released on DVD in the US on 3 January 2008 in region 2, and followed a release in Blu-ray edition on 13 March 2012. She begins writing clumsy, imaginative short stories at age 11. Although The Atlantic's Christopher Orr praises Knightley's performance as "strong" and McAvoy as "likeable and magnetic", he concludes by saying "Atonement is a film out of balance, nimble enough in its first half but oddly scattered and ungainly once it leaves the grounds of the Tallis estate", and remains "a workmanlike yet vaguely disappointing adaptation of a masterful novel". [49] Adding to the film's authentic adaptation, David Gritten once again notes how “If Atonement feels like a triumph, it's a totally British one.”[44] McAvoy is singled out: “His performance as Robbie Turner, the son of a housekeeper at a country estate, raised with ambitions but appallingly wronged, holds the movie together.”[15], The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007. [15] One of the most important qualities that particularly resonated with Wright was "McAvoy's own working-class roots",[15] which McAvoy noted was something that Wright was very much interested in. Minghella died six months after the film was released, aged 54, following cancer surgery. It remains an undivided family home. Outside in the dark, Briony sees Lola apparently being raped by a man, who flees upon being discovered. Critics gave the drama positive reviews, praising its acting performances, its cinematography and Dario Marianelli's score. The second script was closer to the book.[10][11]. "[48], On a more positive note, The New York Observer's Rex Reed considers Atonement his "favorite film of the year", deeming it "everything a true lover of literature and movies could possibly hope for", and particularly singling out McAvoy as "the film's star in an honest, heart-rending performance of strength and integrity that overcomes the romantic slush it might have been", and praising Ronan as a "staggeringly assured youngster", while being underwhelmed by a "serenely bland Keira Knightley". In one draft, designed only as a private joke, he confesses his sexual attraction to her in explicit terms: "In my dreams I kiss your cunt, your sweet wet cunt." He then writes a more formal letter and gives it to Briony to deliver. In 1935 England, 13-year-old Briony Tallis is from a wealthy family set to perform a play she has written for an upcoming family gathering. [62], The film shows an Avro Lancaster bomber flying overhead in 1935, an aircraft whose first flight was not until 1941. She confesses that the scene in the book describing her visit and apology to Cecilia and Robbie was entirely imaginary. On the basis of Lola and Briony's testimony, and the explicit letter Robbie wrote to Cecilia, he is arrested for the rape. Atonement (2007) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The shot took 3½ takes. Paul Marshall, a visiting friend of Briony's older brother, introduces himself to the visiting cousins and appears to be attracted to Lola. [34] Along with a worldwide theatrical distribution which was managed by Universal Pictures, with minor releases through other divisions on 7 September 2007. A confused Lola does not dissent. [14] Vanessa Redgrave became everyone's ideal to play the oldest Briony[14] and was the first approached (although she was not cast until Ronan had been found),[20] and committed herself to the role after just one meeting with Wright. Atonement, Ian McEwan Atonement is a 2001 British metafiction novel written by Ian McEwan concerning the understanding of and responding to the need for personal atonement. Keira is not afraid of that. [36] The film followed a DVD release on 4 February 2010 on Amazon in the UK and in Blu-ray with a release on 27 May 2010. Wright felt that the original approach owed more to contemporary filmmaking than historical filmmaking.

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