Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)

Original title	Distant Voices, Still Lives
Swedish release title	Fjärran röster, stilla liv
Co-production title	Distant Voices, Still Lives (Västtyskland)

Director	Terence Davies
Screenplay	Terence Davies
Producer	Jennifer Howarth
Line Producer	Colin MacCabe
Production Manager	Sarah Swords Olivia Stewart
Director of Photography	William Diver ("Distant Voices") Patrick Duval ("Still Lives") Arthur Wooster (stuntfoto)
Production Designer	Miki van Zwanenberg ("Distant Voices") Jocelyn James ("Distant Voices" och "Still Lives")
Film Editor	William Diver (i samarbete med) Geraldine Creed Toby Benton
Production Mixer	Moya Burns Colin Nicolson
Assistant Director	Andy Powell Glynn Purcell Marc Munden Matthew Evans
Stunt Coordinator	Alf Joint
Script Supervisor	Claire Hughes Smith Melanie Matthews
Special Effects	Richard Roberts
Production Assistant	Olivia Stewart Lil Stirling
Casting	Priscilla John
Production Accountant	Sheryl Leonardo
Unit Publicist	Liz Reddish
Camera Operator	Harriet Cox
Still Photographer	Mike Abrahams
Assistant Cameraman	Jeremy Read Maggie Gormley Caren Moy
Gaffer	Geoff Burlinson Chris Polden Gary Nagle Tim Church
Key Grip	Malcolm Huse Bell Venables Kevin Fraser Nobby Roker
Assistant Production Designer	Sheila Gillie Mark Stevenson
Carpenter	Kevin Huse Richard Ede
Painter	Lynne Whiteread
Propman	Dave Allen Pat Harkins
Costume Designer	Monica Howe
Make-up Supervisor	Lesley Rouvray-Lawson Leslie Sanders Aileen Seaton Gerry Jones Eric Scruby Elizabeth Moss Jan Archibald
Hair Stylist	Lesley Rouvray-Lawson Leslie Sanders Aileen Seaton Gerry Jones Eric Scruby Elizabeth Moss Jan Archibald
Construction Coordinator	Colin Rutter Hank Schumacher Susan McLenachan Alastair Gow
Wardrobe	Simon Murray
Assistant Film Editor	Mick McCarthy
Boom Operator	Christine Felce Rupert Castle
Sound Editor	Alex Mackie Andrew Melhuish (assistent)
Re-recording Mixer	Aad Wirtz Ian Turner

Freda Dowie	Nellie Davies, modern
Pete Postlethwaite	Tommy Davies, fadern
Angela Walsh	Eileen, dotter
Dean Williams	Tony, son
Lorraine Ashbourne	Maisie, dotter
Sally Davies	Eileen som barn
Nathan Walsh	Tony som barn
Susan Flanagan	Maisie som barn
Michael Starke	Dave, Eileens man
Vincent Maguire	George Roughley, Maisies man
Antonia Mallen	Rose Forsyth, senare Tonys fru
Debi Jones	Monica "Micky", Eileens väninna
Chris Darwin	Red, Mickys man
Marie Jelliman	"Jingles", Eileens och Mickys väninna
Andrew Schofield	Les, Jingles man
Ann Dyson	farmodern
Jean Boht	faster Nell
Alan Bird	dopförrättaren när Maisies och Georges dotter Elaine döps
Pauline Quirke	Doreen, flickan i dörren som sjunger "Dreamboat"
Matthew Long	Mr. Spaull, försäkringsagenten
Frances Dell	Margie, Maisies väninna
Carl Chase	farbror Ted
Roy Ford	vigselförrättaren när Tony och Rose gifter sig
Terry Melia	ena militärpolisen
John Thomalla	andra militärpolisen
John Carr	registratorn
John Michie	en soldat
Jeanette Moseley	Norah, servitrisen på puben
Ina Clough	pubinnehavarinnan
Chris Benson	medlem av Roses familj
Judith Barker	medlem av Roses familj
Tom Williamson	medlem av Roses familj
Lorraine Michaels	medlem av Roses familj
Bill Weston	stuntman

Production Company	BFI Production		(i samarbete med)
	Terence Davies
	Channel Four Television Ltd.
	Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Kulturföreningen Kedjan
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (Inst. Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Laboratory	Metrocolor London Ltd.
Titles	Plume Design

Censorship number	130372
Date	1990-10-01
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	2299 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 488-533-596-415-267= 2299 meter.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound system	Dolby Stereo 04
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Metrocolor
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2293 meter
Length in minutes	84 min

			(hösten - "Still Lives")	1987	1987
		United Kingdom	("Distant Voices")	1985-09-16	1985-10
	London
	Liverpool

Festival showing	1988-05		Cannes	Italy		(Cannesfestivalen)
TV showing	1988-10-25	TV2		Sweden	80 min
Release in Stockholm	1990-10-19	Fågel Blå	Stockholm	Sweden	84 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2008-09-15
	2008-09-20
	2021-08-26
	2021-09-07
	2021-09-14

Original title	I Get the Blues When It Rains
Composer	Harry Stoddard	(1929)
Lyrics	Marcy Klauber	(1929)

Original title	There's a Man Goin' Round Takin' Names
Singer	Mary Seers
	kör

Original title	If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie
Composer	B.G. DeSylva	(1925)
	Joseph Meyer	(1925)
Lyrics	B.G. DeSylva	(1925)
	Joseph Meyer	(1925)
Singer	kör

Original title	A Yiddisha Momme
Composer	Lew Pollack
	Jack Yellen
Lyrics	Jack Yellen
Singer	Lorraine Ashbourne

Original title	In the Bleak Midwinter
Composer	Harold Darke
Lyrics	Harold Darke
Singer	Mary Seers
	kör

Original title	Theme from Limelight
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1952)
Lyrics	Charles Chaplin	(1952)
Instrumentalist	Tommy Reilly	(dubbar Dean Williams munspel)

Original title	The Worry Song
Composer	Ralph Freed
	Sammy Fain
Lyrics	Ralph Freed
	Sammy Fain
Singer	Dean Williams
	kör	(soldater)

Original title	Roll Along Kentucky Moon
Composer	Bill Haley
Lyrics	Bill Haley
Singer	Jean Boht

Original title	Taking a Chance on Love
Composer	Vernon Duke	("Fooling Around with Love")
Lyrics	Nils Perne	(svensk text 1941)
	Sven Paddock	(svensk text 1941)
	Ted Fetter	("Fooling Around with Love")
	John Latouche	(1940 - "Taking a Chance on Love")
Singer	Ella Fitzgerald

Original title	Barefoot Days
Composer	James A. Brennan
Lyrics	Al Wilson
Singer	Freda Dowie

Original title	Beer Barrel Polka
Composer	Jaromír Vejvoda
Lyrics	Lew Brown	(engelsk text)
	Vasek Zeman	(tjeckisk text)
	Wladimir A. Timm	(engelsk text)
Singer	Sally Davies
	Pete Postlethwaite
	Freda Dowie	(m.fl.)

Original title	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Composer	Ernest R. Ball	(1912)
Lyrics	Chauncey Olcott	(1912)
	George Graff	(1912)
Singer	Pete Postlethwaite

Original title	Rag Mop
Composer	Johnnie Lee Wills
	Deacon Anderson
Lyrics	Johnnie Lee Wills
	Deacon Anderson

Original title	'S Wonderful
Composer	George Gershwin	(1927)
Lyrics	Ira Gershwin	(1927)
Singer	Marie Jelliman
	Angela Walsh
	Debi Jones

Original title	( They Tried To Tell Us We're) Too Young
Composer	Sid Lippman	(1951)
Lyrics	Sylvia Dee	(1951)

Original title	Buttons and Bows
Composer	Jay Livingston	(1948)
Lyrics	Ray Evans	(1948)
Singer	Debi Jones
	Angela Walsh
	Marie Jelliman

Original title	Symfoni, nr 3, "A Pastoral Symphony"
Composer	Ralph Vaughan Williams
Singer	Susan Bullock

Original title	Hymn to the Virgin
Composer	Benjamin Britten	(1930, reviderad 1934)
Lyrics	Benjamin Britten	(1930, reviderad 1934)
Singer	Mary Seers
	kör

Original title	Knees Up Mother Brown
Composer	Bert Lee
	Harris Weston
	Irving Taylor
Lyrics	Bert Lee
	Harris Weston
	Irving Taylor
Singer	Angela Walsh
	kör

Original title	The Finger of Suspicion Points at You
Composer	Paul Mann	(1955)
	Al Lewis	(1955)
Lyrics	Paul Mann	(1955)
	Al Lewis	(1955)
Singer	Dickie Valentine

Original title	Dreamboat
Composer	Jack Hoffman
Lyrics	Jack Hoffman
Singer	Pauline Quirke

Original title	Sweet Adeline
Composer	Harry Armstrong	(1896/1903)
Lyrics	Richard H. Gerard	(1896/1903)
Singer	Freda Dowie
	Lorraine Ashbourne
	Angela Walsh
	Michael Starke	(m.fl.)

Original title	Chocolate Eyes
Composer	Mark Anthony Burke
Lyrics	Mark Anthony Burke
Singer	Chris Darwin

Original title	That Old Gang of Mine
Composer	Ray Henderson	(1923)
Lyrics	Billy Rose	(1923)
	Mort Dixon	(1923)
Singer	Angela Walsh
	Debi Jones
	Marie Jelliman

Original title	I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)
Composer	Harry von Tilzer	(1911)
Lyrics	Will Dillon	(1911)

Original title	Back in the Old Routine
Composer	Wilson Stone
Lyrics	Wilson Stone

Original title	Bye, Bye, Blackbird
Composer	Ray Henderson	(1926)
Lyrics	Mort Dixon	(1926)
Singer	Debi Jones

Original title	I Wanna Be Around (To Pick Up the Pieces)
Composer	Johnny Mercer
Lyrics	Sadie Vimmerstedt
Instrumentalist	Tommy Reilly

Original title	I Love the Ladies
Composer	Jean Schwartz	(1914)
Lyrics	Grant Clarke	(1914)
Singer	Freda Dowie
	Dean Williams
	Angela Walsh
	Debi Jones
	Lorraine Ashbourne
	Vincent Maguire
	Antonia Mallen
	Michael Starke
	Chris Darwin

Original title	She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
Singer	kör

Original title	Up a Lazy River
Composer	Hoagy Carmichael	(1931)
Lyrics	Sidney Arodin	(1931)
Singer	Michael Starke

Original title	Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Composer	Sammy Fain	(1955)
Lyrics	Paul Francis Webster	(1955)
Musical Arrangement	Robert Lockhart
Conductor	David Firman
Singer	kör

Original title	The Isle of Innisfree
Composer	Richard Farrelly	(1949)
Lyrics	Richard Farrelly	(1949)

Original title	O mein Papa
Composer	Paul Burkhard	(1948)
Lyrics	John Turner	(engelsk text 1953)
	Geoffrey Parsons	(engelsk text 1953)
	Paul Burkhard	(tysk text 1948)
Singer	kör

Original title	O waly, waly
Musical Arrangement	Benjamin Britten	(1948)
Singer	Peter Pears
Instrumentalist	Benjamin Britten	(piano)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2312

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	9
Colour prints	1
Behind the scenes prints	1
Slides	7
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck