The Girl (2012) [NR]

Release Date:
October 22, 2012

Original Title:
The Girl

Alternate Titles:
A Garota 2012
La Ragazza

Genres:
Drama | TV Movie

Production Companies:
BBC
HBO
Moonlighting Films
Wall to Wall
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
Germany | South Africa | United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
IE: 12A  US: NR 

Runtime: 91

He made her his star. And his darkest obsession.

Director Alfred Hitchcock is revered as one of the greatest creative minds in the history of cinema. Known for his psychological thrillers, Hitchcock’s leading ladies were cool, beautiful and preferably blonde. One such actress was Tippi Hedren, an unknown fashion model given her big break when Hitchcock’s wife saw her on a TV commercial. Brought to Universal Studios, Hedren was shocked when the director, at the peak of his career, quickly cast her to star in his next feature, 1963’s The Birds. Little did Hedren know that as ambitious and terrifying as the production would be to shoot, the most daunting aspect of the film ended up coming from behind the camera.

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Art Direction:
Di Sole

Book:
Donald Spoto

Casting:
Christa Schamberger
Mito Skellern
Gail Stevens

Co-Producer:
Genevieve Hofmeyr
Marvin Saven
Christian Assange

Costume Design:
Diana Cilliers

Director:
Julian Jarrold

Director of Photography:
John Pardue

Editor:
Andrew Hulme

Executive Producer:
Lucy Richer
Leanne Klein
Alex Graham

Key Hair Stylist:
Francesca Van Der Feyst

Line Producer:
Dianne Beatty

Makeup & Hair:
Nadine Prigge

Original Music Composer:
Philip Miller

Producer:
Amanda Jenks

Production Design:
Darryl Hammer

Prosthetic Designer:
Neill Gorton

Prosthetic Makeup Artist:
Daleen Badenhorst
Clinton Smith

Prosthetics:
Rob Mayor

Script Supervisor:
Aparna Jayachandran

Set Decoration:
Ashleigh Tobias

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Chris Lyons

Writer:
Gwyneth Hughes

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