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'''''Nightwatch''''' (or ''Nightwatching'') is a film written and directed by [[Peter Greenaway]]. It is in pre-production stage and is said to start filming in September 2006. {{fact}} The film should be completed by next spring, or by the time of [[Cannes Film Festival]] in May 2007. It will star [[Matthew Macfadyen]] and [[Emily Mortimer]] [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9556-2058123,00.html]
'''''Nightwatching''''' is a film written and directed by [[Peter Greenaway]]. It is in pre-production stage and is said to start filming in June 2006. <ref name="dark-horizon">http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060425h.php — A Dark Horizons article, ''MacFayden goes "Nightwatching"'' by Garth Franklin, April 25, 2006</ref> The film should be completed by next spring, or by the time of [[Cannes Film Festival]] in May 2007. It will star [[Matthew Macfadyen]] and [[Emily Mortimer]]. <ref name="Times">http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9556-2058123,00.html — The Sunday Times Article, ''Time running out to take part in a movie'', February 25, 2006</ref>


== Plot Details ==
== Plot Details ==
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:''In 1642, at the height of his fame and wealth, Rembrandt, very reluctantly, is persuaded by his dying wife Saskia, to take on the commission of a large group portrait of the Amsterdam Militia, which will much later become known as The Nightwatch.''
:''In 1642, at the height of his fame and wealth, Rembrandt, very reluctantly, is persuaded by his dying wife Saskia, to take on the commission of a large group portrait of the Amsterdam Militia, which will much later become known as The Nightwatch.''


The film is being produced by Kees Kasander and co-produced by Jean Labadie's Bac Films, according to [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2006&content=jump&jump=story&head=berlin&nav=Nberlin&articleid=VR1117938266 Variety]. Labadie's company will handle the French distribution of the film.
The film is being produced by Kees Kasander and co-produced by Jean Labadie's Bac Films <ref name="variety">http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2006&content=jump&jump=story&head=berlin&nav=Nberlin&articleid=VR1117938266 — A Variety Article, ''Bac takes "Nightwatch"'' by Alison James, February 15, 2006</ref>. Labadie's company will handle the French distribution of the film.


According to co-producer Labadie, quoted from the same Variety article as above, this film will be "a return to the Greenaway of [[The Draughtsman's Contract]]"
According to co-producer Labadie, this film will be "a return to the Greenaway of [[The Draughtsman's Contract]]." <ref name=variety />




==Trivia==
==Trivia==


* Previously known as '''Nightwatching''', but according to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446750/ IMDb] (this has now again changed back into what it was before) and a [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2006&content=jump&jump=story&head=berlin&nav=Nberlin&articleid=VR1117938266 Variety] article, it is now only referred to as Nightwatch. It should be noted, that on [[15 April]] the title was again changed to [[Nightwatching]] on its IMDb page. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446750/]
* According to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446750/fullcredits IMDb], the film's director of photography will be [[Reinier van Brummelen]], who has shot Greenaway's latest film series, [[The Tulse Luper Suitcases]], and also shared duties in [[8½ Women]] with [[Sacha Vierny]].
* According to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446750/fullcredits IMDb], the film's director of photography will be [[Reinier van Brummelen]], who has shot Greenaway's latest film series, [[The Tulse Luper Suitcases]], and also shared duties in [[8½ Women]] with [[Sacha Vierny]].



== Reference & Notes ==

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==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 11:40, 26 April 2006

Nightwatching is a film written and directed by Peter Greenaway. It is in pre-production stage and is said to start filming in June 2006. [1] The film should be completed by next spring, or by the time of Cannes Film Festival in May 2007. It will star Matthew Macfadyen and Emily Mortimer. [2]

Plot Details

This film revolves around the making of Night Watch, the painter Rembrandt's most famous work.

Taken from the preview page on Inuit Pictures website:

In 1642, at the height of his fame and wealth, Rembrandt, very reluctantly, is persuaded by his dying wife Saskia, to take on the commission of a large group portrait of the Amsterdam Militia, which will much later become known as The Nightwatch.

The film is being produced by Kees Kasander and co-produced by Jean Labadie's Bac Films [3]. Labadie's company will handle the French distribution of the film.

According to co-producer Labadie, this film will be "a return to the Greenaway of The Draughtsman's Contract." [3]


Trivia


Reference & Notes

  1. ^ http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060425h.php — A Dark Horizons article, MacFayden goes "Nightwatching" by Garth Franklin, April 25, 2006
  2. ^ http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9556-2058123,00.html — The Sunday Times Article, Time running out to take part in a movie, February 25, 2006
  3. ^ a b http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2006&content=jump&jump=story&head=berlin&nav=Nberlin&articleid=VR1117938266 — A Variety Article, Bac takes "Nightwatch" by Alison James, February 15, 2006