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Synopsis
A man looking for love gets more than he bargained for when he chooses his prospective wife on the internet in this dark comedy. The manager of a bank in a small British community (Ben Chaplin) decides that he's in need of long-term companionship, and through an on-line marriage broker called From Russia With Love, he obtains a "mail order" bride (Nicole Kidman). While he's more than pleased that his new fiancée is so beautiful, she turns out to have a dangerous and mysterious side that he wasn't counting on, and things become quite complicated when two of her cousins (Vincent Cassel and Mathieu Kassovitz) arrive from Russia and move into his tiny house in St. Albans. Though set in England, Birthday Girl was actually shot in Australia, which allowed leading lady Nicole Kidman to stay in touch with her then- husband, Tom Cruise, who was shooting Mission: Impossible II in Australia at the same time. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide


Production Crew

Arnaud Clerici ADR Mixer
David Lucarelli ADR Mixer
Emmanuel Kostoglou Art Department Assistant
Martin Foley Art Department Assistant
Verena Khan Art Department Assistant
Diaan Wajon Art Director
Rebecca Holmes Art Director
Julia Castle Assistant Art Director
Rosie Hardwick Assistant Art Director
Ian MacBeth Assistant Sound Editor
Richard Fordham Assistant Sound Editor
Steve Mayer Assistant Sound Editor
Malcolm Rose Boom Operator
Arabella Lockhart Buyer
Robert Agganis Camera Operator
Jina Jay Casting
Jina Jay Casting Casting
Jim Henson's Creature Shop CGI Effects
Michael Turoff CGI Effects
Nick Drew CGI Effects
Val Wardlow CGI Effects
Oliver Stapleton Cinematographer
Peter J. Robertson Cinematographer
Stephen Warbeck Composer (Music Score)
Nick Ingman Conductor
Phoebe Degaye Costume Designer
Allison Wyldeck Costumes Supervisor
Robyn Elliott Costumes Supervisor
Elizabeth Himelstein Dialogue Coach
Nick Lowe Dialogue Editor
Phil Alton Dialogue Editor
Jez Butterworth Director
Piers Thompson Director
Christopher Tellefsen Editor
Adam Hunter Electrician
Al York Electrician
Brett Cooper Electrician
Clif Henry Electrician
Clive Ripon Electrician
Colin Wyatt Electrician
Finbar Collins Electrician
Gary Padget Electrician
Geoff Brown Electrician
Geoff Brown Electrician
Glen Jenkins Electrician
Grant Wilson Electrician
Greg Allen Electrician
Jo Bruneteau Electrician
Johhny Earthmover Electrician
Kenny Pitts Electrician
Margaret Watson Electrician
Mark Newman Electrician
Mat Bolin Electrician
Matt Clyde Electrician
Matt Inglis Electrician
Miles Jones Electrician
Peter Eastgate Electrician
Peter Harris Electrician
Peter Holland Electrician
Russel Fewtrell Electrician
Ting Adisug Electrician
Zac Murphy Electrician
Randy Spendlove Executive Music Producer
Allon Reich Executive Producer
Colin Leventhal Executive Producer
Julie Goldstein Executive Producer
Paul Webster Executive Producer
Rick Schwartz Executive Producer
Sydney Pollack Executive Producer
Lucy Fawcett Foley Artist
Pauline Griffiths Foley Artist
Johnstone Paul Gaffer
Larry Prinz Gaffer
Beth Pickworth Graphic Design
Jack Elliot Greensman
Beau Savastos Grip
Geoff Boyce Grip
Leo Cowan Grip
Michael Leslie Grip
Robbie Birtles Grip
Toby Churchill-Brown Grip
Erica Wells Hair Styles
Noriko Watanabe Hair Styles
Mark Abrahams Key Grip
Donna Grey Line Producer
Vicki Popplewell Line Producer
Carl Wood Location Manager
Jeremy Johns Location Manager
Adel Dunno Makeup
Ashley Johnson Makeup
Carro Knott Makeup
Deb Lanser Makeup
Noriko Watanabe Makeup
Paul Williams Makeup
Robbie Austin Makeup
Simone Wajon Makeup
Trish Newton Makeup
Viv Mepham Makeup
Andrew Glen Music Editor
Gerard McCann Music Editor
Bob Last Musical Direction/Supervision
Anthony Pleeth Musical Performer
Bibs Ekkel Musical Performer
Igor Outkin Musical Performer
John Paricelli Musical Performer
Martin France Musical Performer
Martin V. Wade Robertson Musical Performer
Paul Clarvis Musical Performer
Steve Donnelly Musical Performer
Steve Watts Musical Performer
Dan Palmer Post Production Accountant
Julie Clement Post Production Accountant
Matt Dalton Post Production Accountant
Diana Phillips Producer
Eric Abraham Producer
Steve Butterworth Producer
Jim Hajicosta Production Accountant
Stephen Barker Production Controller
Fran Triefus Production Coordinator
Serena Gattuso Production Coordinator
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski Production Designer
Allon Reich Production Executive
James Wilson Production Executive
Rick Schwartz Production Executive
Bernard Bellew Production Manager
Caroline Bonham Production Manager
Garth Marshall Production Sound
Gary Jones Properties Master
Katie Sharrock Properties Master
Mike Power Properties Master
Woodlands Dental Lab Prosthetic Makeup Effects
Charles McDonald Publicist
Charles McDonald Publicist
McDonald & Rutter Publicist
Richard Street Re-Recording Mixer
Robin O'Donoghue Re-Recording Mixer
John Bateman Recording
Steven Sallybanks Scenic Artist
Jez Butterworth Screenwriter
Tom Butterworth Screenwriter
Lisa Vick Script Supervisor
Adrian Toynton Second Unit Director
Christopher Newman Second Unit Director
Simon Hinkly Second Unit Director
Tanya Jackson Vaughn Second Unit Director
Peter J. Robertson Second Unit Director Of Photography
Arabella Lockhart Set Designer
Linda Wilson Set Designer
Verity Roberts Set Designer
Helen Matttocks Set Dresser
Pride Studios Special Effects
Derek Lomas Special Effects Editor
Graham Longhurst Special Effects Supervisor
Martin Lee Steadicam Operator
Peter J. Robertson Steadicam Operator
Robert Agganis Steadicam Operator
Liam Daniel Still Photographer
Adam Brockbank Storyboard Artist
Glyn Dillon Storyboard Artist
Julian Calde Storyboard Artist
Tony James Chance Storyboard Artist
Analie Whitfield Stunts
Andy Bennett Stunts
Dominic Freece Stunts
Jamie Millington Stunts
Levan Doran Stunts
Peter Miles Stunts
Ray De Haan Stunts
Sy Hollands Stunts
Guy Norris Stunts Coordinator
Nicholas Powell Stunts Coordinator
Eddie Joesph Supervising Sound Editor
Eddy Joseph Supervising Sound Editor
Ian Fuller Supervising Sound Editor
General Screen Enterprises Title Design
Brad Roberts Unit Production Manager
Joel Beckett Unit Production Manager
Claudia Kalindjian Unit Publicist
Maria Farmer Unit Publicist
Jim Henson's Creature Shop Visual Effects
Nick Drew Visual Effects
Val Wardlow Visual Effects
Louis Elman Voice Casting
Year: 2002
Runtime: 93
Country: Australia
MPAA Rating: R
for sexuality and language
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy Drama

Produced by
Film Four International
Mirage Enterprises
Miramax
Portobello Pictures

Release
February 01, 2002 (USA)
by FilmFour
HAL Films