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DVD Release Date
• R1: Dec 21, 1999
• R2: 23 Feb 2004
Budget GBP 300,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 43 minutes
Country UK
Studio British Film Institute, Channel 4
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Other Titles
• The Draughtsman's Contract
• Der Kontrakt des Zeichners (1983)
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Surreal, Black Comedy, Fantasy, Murder, Blackmail, Satire, Deception, Infidelity, Tragedy, Suspense, Exploitation
Plot: Mrs. Herbert and her husband are having some marital difficulties, so he decides to take a two week holiday by himself. To surprise him on his return, Mrs. Herbert commissions an artist to paint twelve portraits of her estate. The artist agrees, but on the condition that Mrs. Herbert lend him the use of her bodily favors for those two weeks. When Mr.. Herbert is found dead in his own mote at the end of those two weeks, the artist is the prime suspect, and Mrs. Herbert believes the mystery can be solved by close examination of the paintings the artist did. Greenaway's film feels a bit like BLOW-UP, but examines a world far stranger than the one of its setting; it feels as though the film takes place in a parallel universe rather than the 17th century.
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| Directed by |
Peter Greenaway
The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover, The Pillow Book, Prospero's Books |
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| Written by |
Peter Greenaway
The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover, The Pillow Book, Prospero's Books |
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| Cast |
Anthony Higgins
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Young Sherlock Holmes, For Love or Money | | | Hugh Fraser
Patriot Games, 101 Dalmatians, Hanover Street | | Dave Hill
The Full Monty, The Duellists, Swept from the Sea | David Gant
Victor/Victoria, Deux frères, Restoration | |
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