W.E.
W.E. (stylised W./E.) is a 2011 historical romantic drama film written and directed by Madonna Ciccone and starring Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, Oscar Isaac, Richard Coyle, and James D'Arcy. The screenplay was co-written by Alek Keshishian, who previously worked with Madonna Louise Ciccone on her 1991 documentary Truth or Dare and two of her music videos. Although the film was panned by critics and was a box office bomb, it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. This marked Isaac's and Cornish's second film together after Sucker Punch.
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| Cinematography | Hagen Bogdanski
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| Production company | Semtex Films IM Global |
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| Running time | 119 minutes
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| Country | United Kingdom
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| Budget | £11 million ($17.62 million)
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| Box office | $2 million
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Edward: Is it working?
- James Fox (King George V) and Laurence Fox (Prince Albert / King George VI) are father and son in real life. The former's elder brother Edward Fox had previously played King Edward VIII / the Duke of Windsor, the eldest son of King George V, in Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978).
- An entire day's worth of filming was spent on a scene in which Abbie Cornish emerges from a bathtub.
- Ewan McGregor, Vera Farmiga, David Parfitt, Nina Gold, and Margo Stilley all exited the film during various stages of the production.
- Laurence Fox previously played King George VI's grandson Prince Charles in Whatever Love Means (2005).
- The majority of the film's budget was self-financed by Madonna, in addition to a UK tax credit.
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