Dean Spanley

Adapted by Alan Sharp (Rob Roy), Dean Spanley is directed by UK-born, NZ raised Toa Fraser (No.2). A truly impressive international cast is led by eight-time Academy Award nominee Peter O’Toole (Venus,...

New Zealand Production

Feature 2008 Drama 100.00 minutes

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England,1904. Henslowe Fisk and his ailing father, Horatio Fisk, decide to go to a lecture given by the Swami Nala Prash on reincarnation, called ‘The Transmigration of Souls’. While there, they meet one Dean Spanley. So begins a series of dinners between Henslowe and Spanley, in which the Dean begins to recount strange recollections of his past life.

32nd Portland International Film Festival 2009

Best Feature Award (joint winner)

Qantas Film and Television Awards 2009

Best Feature (over $1million) - Matthew Metcalfe, Alan Harris

Best Director Film Feature - Toa Fraser

Best Supporting Actor - Peter O'Toole

Best Screenplay Film Feature - Alan Sharp

Best Editing Film Feature - Chris Plummer

Best Costume Design - Odile Dicks-Mireaux

Best Make-up Design - Marese Langan

Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2008

Directors

Toa Fraser

Producers

Matthew Metcalfe

Alan Harris

Screenplay Writers

Alan Sharp

Executive Producers

David Parfitt

Finola Dwyer

Simon Fawcett

Alan Sharp

Cast

Jeremy Northam
Young Fisk

Sam Neill
Dean Spanley

Bryan Brown
Wrather

Peter O'Toole
Fisk Senior

Crew

Leon Narbey | Cinematographer

Andrew McAlpine | Production Designer

Chris Plummer | Editor

Don McGlashan | Original Music

Liz Bunton | Line Producer

Odile Dicks-Mireaux | Costume Designer

Marese Langan | Make-up

Dan Hubbard | Casting

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