DEAR WENDY
Year:
2004
Production Country:
Denmark / United Germany / France / Great Britain / Scotland
A boy in an industrial town in the U.S. has no focus to his life until he buys a gun and forms a gang with other gun-owners. The gang describes itself as pacifist but begins to watch videos of bullet impacts and to undergo target practice.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Dick Jamie Bell
- Krugsby Bill Pullman
- Freddie Michael Angarano
- Sebastian Danso Gordon
- Clarabelle Novella Nelson
- Huey Chris Owen
- Susan Alison Pill
- Stevie Mark Webber
- Dick's dad Trevor Cooper
- young officer Matthew Géczy
- Marshall Walker William Hootkins
- Mr Salomon Teddy Kempner
- customer Thomas Bo Larsen
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
- 2nd Unit Director Mikkel NØrgaard
- Assistant Director (1st) Bill Kirk
- Assistant Director (2nd) Sanni Sylvester
- Continuity Zoë Morgan
- Continuity (2nd Unit) Lillian Rype Fokdal
Production
- ©/Presented by Lucky Punch I/S
- ©/In association/In co-production with Slot Machine
- ©/In association with Liberator2 Films Sarl
- ©/In association/In co-production with Pain Unlimited Filmproduktion GmbH
- ©/In association/In co-production with Dear Wendy Ltd
- ©/In association/In co-production with SigmaIII Films Ltd
- ©/In association/In co-production with Arte France Cinéma
- Production Company Nimbus Film ApS
- Production Company Zentropa Entertainments ApS
- In association with/Supported by Det Danske Filminstitut
- In association with/Supported by Filmstiftung NRW
- In association with/Supported by Eurimages Conseil de l'Europe
- In association/In collaboration with Canal+
- In association/In co-production with TV-2 Danmark
- In association/In collaboration with ZDF-Arte
- In association/In collaboration with Nordisk Film
- In association with/Supported by Nordisk Film- och TV-Fond
- In association with Zoma Films UK
- In association with SVT - Sveriges Television
- In association with Trust Film Sales 2 ApS
- In association with Invicta Capital
- In association with i2i
- In association with MEDIA Programme of the European Union
- Development Film Development Partnership LLP
- Development in association with Little Wing Films
- Developed with the support of MEDIA Programme of the European Union
- International Sales Trust Film Sales 2 ApS
- Executive Producer Peter Garde
- Executive Producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen
- Executive Producer Bo Ehrhardt
- Executive Producer Brigitte Hald
- Co-executive Producer Bettina Brokemper
- Co-executive Producer Marianne Slot
- Producer Sisse Graum Olsen
- Co-producer Marie Gade
- Development Co-producer Charlie Savill
- Development Co-producer Robert Bevan
- Development Co-producer Keith Hayley
- UK Co-producer Gillian Berrie
- Line Producer Marianne Jul Hansen
- Line Producer (Germany) Juliane Thevissen
- Associate Producer Vibeke Windeløv
- Production Executive (UK) Carrie Comerford
- For Danish Film Institute Morten Grunwald
- For Filmstiftung NRW Michael Schmid-ospach
- For Nordic Film- & TV Fund Svend Abrahamsen
- For TV2/Danmark Adam Price
- For TV2/Danmark Camilla Hammerich
- For Arte France Cinéma Michel Reilhac
- For Canal+ France Nathalie Bloch-lainé
- For Arte-ZDF Meinolf Zurhorst
- Production Manager Carsten Sparwath
- Production Manager (Development Dept) Jens Arnoldus
- Production Manager (2nd Unit) Samanou Acheche
- Production Co-ordinator Lina Bach-christensen
- Production Co-ordinator Laura Einmahl
- Production Co-ordinator Anders Jacobsen
- Production Services Company (Denmark) Zentropa Productions 2
- Production Services Company (Germany) Heimat Film GmbH + Co KG
- Production Services Company (France) Liberator Productions
- Key Accountant Ann Vognsen
- Chief Financial Officer Ann KØj
- Location Manager Rüdiger Jordan
- Set Manager Levke Palm
- Post-production Supervisor Pia Nielsen
- Post-production Co-ordinator Nanna Rosenstock
- "Consigliere" Paul Schwartzman
- Studio FilmByen
Casting
- Casting Avy Kaufman
- UK Casting Joyce Nettles
- Casting (Associate) Elizabeth Greenberg
- Casting (France Director) Constance Demontoy
- Casting (Extras) Nicoline Tardini
Writing
- Script Editor Mikael Olsen
- Written by Lars von Trier
- Script Consultant Anders Thomas Jensen
Photography
- Director of Photography Anthony Dod Mantle
- 2nd Unit Director of Photography Jens Schlosser
- Gaffer Thomas Neivelt
- HD Supervisor Stefan Ciupek
Stills
- Still Photographer Astrid Wirth
Special Effects
- Special Effects (Demnark) Hummer Højmark
- Special Effects Co-ordinator (Germany) Andreas Korth
- Special Effects Senior Technician Christian Kitter
- Special Effects/Weapon (Denmark) Dansk Special Effekt Service
- Special Effects (Germany) Flash Art
- Special X-Ray Effects (2nd Unit) Morten Jacobsen
Editing
- Film Editor Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
- 2nd Editor Nicolaj Monberg
Design
- Production Designer Karl Júlíusson
- Art Director Jette Lehmann
- Art Director (Germany) Peter Menne
- Set Designer (Denmark) Rasmus Thjellesen
- Set Designer (Denmark) Claus Zier
- Chief Property Master (Denmark) Morten Isbrand
- Property Master (Germany) Daniel Kolarov
- Property Master (US) Tony Grob
- Property Master (2nd Unit) Sune Saabye
- Construction Manager (Denmark) Søren Jochumsen
- Construction Manager (Germany) Micky Böttger
- Construction Consultant Leif Stoltze
Costumes
- Costume Designer Annie Périer
- Key Costume Artist Anne-Dorthe Eskildsen
- Wardrobe (2nd Unit) Grith Deleuran
Make-up
- Make-up Designer Pascale Bouquière
- Key Make-up Artist Susanne SØbye
- Additional Make-up Mai-Britt Haurholm
- Additional Make-up Dorthe Jacobsen
- Make-up Effects Morten Jacobsen
Film processing
- Laboratory Éclair
Music
- Original Score Ben Wallfisch
- Music Score Performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra
- Music Director Paul Talkington
- Original Score Conducted by Ben Wallfisch
- Original Score Orchestrated by Ben Wallfisch
- Music Co-ordinator Mikkel Maltha
- Music Co-ordinator Anders Valbro
- Music Consultant Jacob Thuesen
Sound
- Additional Music Mixer Rasmus Winther Jensen
- Sound Designer Kristian Eidnes Andersen
- Sound Recordist Ray Beckett
- Boomer Peter Murphy
- Re-recording Mixer Eddie Simonsen
- Supervising Sound Editor Kristian Eidnes Andersen
- Post-production Facilities Liberator Productions
- Post-production Facilities Klippegangen ApS
- Dialogue Editor Eddie Simonsen
- Additional Sound Effects Recordist Coll Anderson
- Foley Artist Julien Naudin
- Foley Editor Anne Jensen
Stunts
- Stunt Co-ordinator Stig Günther
Consultant
- Creative Consultant Ask Agger
- Researcher Nanna Sylvest
- Dialect Coach Howard Samuelsohn
- Additional Dialect Coach Diane Pitblado
- Weapon Supervisor (Denmark) Hummer Højmark
- Weapon Co-ordinator (Germany) Walter Wissmann
Publicity
- Marketing/PR Nordisk Film