Atonement (2007 film)

Atonement
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoe Wright
Screenplay byChristopher Hampton
Based onAtonement
by Ian McEwan
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySeamus McGarvey
Edited byPaul Tothill
Music byDario Marianelli
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 29 August 2007 (2007-08-29) (Venice)
  • 7 September 2007 (2007-09-07) (United Kingdom)
  • 7 December 2007 (2007-12-07) (United States)
  • 9 January 2008 (2008-01-09) (France)
Running time
123 minutes[3]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million [6]
Box office$131 million[2]

Atonement is a 2007 romantic war drama film directed by Joe Wright and starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, and Vanessa Redgrave. It is based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Ian McEwan. The film chronicles a crime and its consequences over six decades, beginning in the 1930s. It was produced for StudioCanal and filmed in England. Distributed in most of the world by Universal Studios, it was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2007 and in North America exactly three months later on 7 December 2007.

Atonement opened both the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival and the 64th Venice International Film Festival, making Wright, at age 35, the youngest director ever to open the Venice event. The film was a commercial success and earned a worldwide gross of approximately $129 million against a budget of $30 million. Critics praised its acting, emotional depth, Wright's direction, Dario Marianelli's score, the cinematography, editing, visuals, and the film's incorporation of real-life events.

Among numerous accolades, Atonement was nominated in seven categories at the 80th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (for Ronan), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score, which it won;[7] and also garnered fourteen nominations at the 61st British Academy Film Awards, winning both Best Film and Production Design; and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama.[8]

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  4. ^ "Atonement (2007)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  5. ^ "LUMIERE : Film: Atonement". Lumiere. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  6. ^ Gritten, David (24 August 2007). "Joe Wright: 'I said I needed $4m more for Dunkirk, they said no'". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Academy Award nominations for 'Atonement'". Oscar.com. 23 January 2008. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  8. ^ "BAFTA Awards for 'Atonement'". BAFTA.org. 10 February 2008. Archived from the original on 11 February 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2008.

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