Goltzius and the Pelican Company explained
Goltzius and the Pelican Company |
Director: | Peter Greenaway |
Producer: | - Kees Kasander
- Catherine Dussart
- Mike Downey
- Sam Taylor
- Igor Nola
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Music: | Marco Robino |
Cinematography: | Reinier van Brummelen |
Editing: | Elmer Leupen |
Distributor: | - Kasander Film Company
- Film and Music Entertainment
- Catherine Dussart Productions
- MP Film
- Nederkands Fonds voor de Film
- Rotterdam Film Fund
- Centre National du Cinéma
- Eurimages
- Head Gear Films
- Metrol Technology
- Bankside Films[1]
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Language: | English |
Budget: | €2,05 million[2] |
Goltzius and the Pelican Company is a 2012 historical film by writer-director Peter Greenaway.[3] [4] [5]
Plot
The film is based on the life of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. He seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. Goltzius promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of the Old Testament Biblical stories. Erotic tales of the temptation of Adam and Eve, Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Samson and Delilah, and John the Baptist and Salome. To tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius and his printing company will offer to perform dramatizations of these erotic stories for his court.
Goltzius and the Pelican Company is the second feature in Greenaway's film series "Dutch Masters", which includes the previous film Nightwatching.[6] The third entry in the series was to focus on Hieronymus Bosch and its release was planned to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Bosch's death in 2016.[7] [8]
Cast
- Ramsey Nasr as Hendrick Goltzius
- F. Murray Abraham as The Margrave of Alsace
- Goran Bogdan as Gottlieb
- Truus de Boer as Sophie
- Nada Abrus as Marie
- Duško Valentić as Priest
- Milan Pleština as Priest 3
- Enes Vejzović as Churchman 1
- Vedran Živolić as Joachim
- Katija Zubčić as Beatrice Fereres
- Boris Bakal as Messenger
- Vedran Komerički as Churchman
- Samir Vujčić as Priest 2
- Tvrtko Jurić as Priest 4
- The Pelican Company:
- The Margrave's family and court:
Release
Goltzius and the Pelican Company[9] was released on 17 September 2012.[10]
Awards
Greenaway won the FICE Award for Best European Director at the FICE- Federazione Italiana Cinema d’Essai in 2014. He was also nominated for the New Visions Award for Best Motion Picture at the Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival[11] in 2013.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Bankside slate adds Peter Greenaway, Famke Janssen, Antonia Bird films . Geoffrey . Macnab . 6 October 2011 . . 13 May 2010 .
- Web site: Greenaway readies Goltzius, Eisenstein projects . Geoffrey . Macnab . 6 October 2011 . . 13 February 2011 .
- News: Child. Ben. Peter Greenaway to receive Bafta for outstanding British contribution to cinema. 26 March 2015. The Guardian.
- Web site: Rosser. Michael. BAFTA to honour Peter Greenaway. Screen Daily. 26 March 2015.
- Web site: Kemp. Stewart. British Director Peter Greenaway to Receive BAFTA Honor. 13 February 2014 . The Hollywood Reporter. 26 March 2015.
- Morgan . Nesta . Nightwatching . . 2 . 2 . 5 . Wallflower Press, Film Culture Ltd. . United Kingdom . 1755-5485 .
- http://www.nu.nl/film/2775693/greenaway-maakt-film-jeroen-bosch-.html "greenaway maakt film jeroen bosch..."
- http://kasander.blogspot.ie/2012/03/greenaway-makes-film-about-jheronimus.html "greenaway makes film about jheronimus..."
- News: Robbey. Tim. Goltzius and the Pelican Company, review: frisky and witty. 26 March 2015. The Telegraph.
- News: Bradshaw. Peter. Goltzius and the Pelican Company review – Peter Greenaway's modern court masque. 26 March 2015. The Guardian.
- Web site: Goltzius & The Pelican Company. sitgesfilmfestival. 31 March 2015.