W.E.

W.E.
W.E.
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Madonna
Written by	Madonna; Alek Keshishian
Produced by	Madonna; Kris Thykier
Starring	Abbie Cornish; James D'Arcy; Andrea Riseborough; Oscar Isaac; Haluk Bilginer;
Cinematography	Hagen Bogdanski
Edited by	Danny B. Tull
Music by	Abel Korzeniowski
Production; companies	Semtex Films; IM Global
Distributed by	StudioCanal (United Kingdom); The Weinstein Company (United States)
Release dates	September 1, 2011 (Venice); December 9, 2011 (United States); January 20, 2012 (United Kingdom);
Running time	119 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States;
Languages	English; French;
Budget	£11 million ($17.62 million)
Box office	$2 million

W.E. (stylised W./E.) is a 2011 historical romantic drama film written and directed by Madonna and starring Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, Oscar Isaac, Richard Coyle, and James D'Arcy.^[4] The screenplay was co-written by Alek Keshishian, who previously worked with Madonna on her 1991 documentary Truth or Dare and two of her music videos. Although the film was panned by critics and was a box office bomb, it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. This marked Isaac's and Cornish's second role together, the first being Sucker Punch.

The film tells the story of two women separated by over six decades. In 1998, lonely New Yorker Wally Winthrop is obsessed with Edward VIII's abdication of the British throne so he could marry American Wallis Simpson. But Wally's research, including several visits to Sotheby's auction of the Windsor estate, reveals that the couple's life together was not as perfect as she thought. Traveling back and forth in time, W.E. intertwines Wally's journey of discovery in New York with the story of Wallis and Edward from the early days of their romance to the unraveling of their lives over the following decades.

^ "W.E. (2012) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^ ^a ^b W.E. at Box Office Mojo
^ Cite error: The named reference wein was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Sharkey, Betsy (December 9, 2011). "Madonna directs 'W.E.,' which clumsily contrives parallel stories about Wallis Simpson and a modern Manhattanite named Wally". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 13, 2018.

[1] "W.E. (2012) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved March 12, 2021.

[mojo-2] W.E. at Box Office Mojo

[wein-3] Cite error: The named reference wein was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Sharkey, Betsy (December 9, 2011). "Madonna directs 'W.E.,' which clumsily contrives parallel stories about Wallis Simpson and a modern Manhattanite named Wally". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 13, 2018.

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