Beautiful Thing (1996) [R]

Release Date:
June 21, 1996

Original Title:
Beautiful Thing

Alternate Titles:
Csodálatos dolog
Die erste Liebe
Uma Bela Atracção

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Channel Four Films
World Productions

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  FR: U|16  GB: 15  NL: AL  SE: 11  US: R 

Runtime: 92

An urban fairytale.

Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

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Art Direction:
Chrysoula Sofitsi

Assistant Art Director:
Jane Henwood

Assistant Editor:
Kimaathi Spence

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Gilly Fiford

Best Boy Electric:
Billy Brooks
Dean Kennedy

Boom Operator:
June Prinz

Camera Trainee:
Duncan Scott

Casting:
Andy Pryor
Gail Stevens

Clapper Loader:
Oona Menges

Construction Manager:
Guy Hunt

Costume Designer:
Pam Tait

Director:
Hettie Macdonald

Director of Photography:
Chris Seager

Editor:
Don Fairservice

Electrician:
John Whickman

First Assistant Director:
Susie Liggat

Focus Puller:
Kim Seber

Gaffer:
John Haylen
Jim Beeby

Location Manager:
Jim Allan

Makeup Designer:
Elisa Johnson

Original Music Composer:
John Altman

Producer:
Tony Garnett
Bill Shapter

Production Accountant:
Paul Van Der Weele

Production Coordinator:
Danielle Brandon

Production Design:
Mark Stevenson

Production Runner:
Harry Teacher

Production Supervisor:
Nick O'Hagan

Property Master:
Mike Power

Props:
Nigel Salter

Scenic Artist:
Guy Rutter

Screenplay:
Jonathan Harvey

Script Supervisor:
Susanna Lenton

Second Assistant Director:
Jim Imber

Sound Editor:
Kevin Brazier
Wayne Brooks

Sound Mixer:
John Midgley

Steadicam Operator:
Alf Tramontin
Adrian Smith

Still Photographer:
Paul Chedlow

Stunt Coordinator:
David Cronnelly
Gabe Cronnelly

Theatre Play:
Jonathan Harvey

Third Assistant Director:
Victoria Goodall
Jim Wilkinson
Ben Johnson

Wardrobe Assistant:
Eleanor Appleby

Wardrobe Master:
Charlotte Couchman

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