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Birthday Girl (2001) [R]

Release Date:
September 6, 2001

Original Title:
Birthday Girl

Alternate Titles:
Birthday Girl - Braut auf Bestellung
Birthdaygirl
On-lány
Oscura seducción
生日女郎

Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Film4 Productions
HAL Films
Mirage Enterprises
Miramax

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 12+  DE: 12  FR: TP  GB: 15  HU: 18  IE: 15  JP: R15+  KR: 18  PL: 12  RU: 16+  US: R 

Runtime: 93

Be careful what you wish for

Overview from TheMovieDB

John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russian mail-order bride arranged via the Internet, where he is introduced to Nadia. John's fondness for Nadia grows... until the sudden arrival of Nadia's gregarious cousins makes John realize that he's in over his head.

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Art Department Coordinator:
Anthea Hodge

Art Direction:
Diann Wajon
Rebecca Holmes

Assistant Camera:
Adrien Seffrin

Camera Operator:
Robert Agganis

Casting:
Jina Jay

Clapper Loader:
Sarah Bartles-Smith
Michi Marosszeky
Barney Piercy

Costume Design:
Phoebe De Gaye

Director:
Jez Butterworth

Director of Photography:
Oliver Stapleton

Editor:
Christopher Tellefsen

Executive Producer:
Julie Goldstein
Colin Leventhal
Sydney Pollack
Rick Schwartz
Paul Webster

Extras Casting:
Kelly Marshall

Focus Puller:
David Bryant
Sam Garwood
Zac Nicholson

Hairstylist:
Noriko Watanabe
Erica Wells

Line Producer:
Donna Grey
Vicki Popplewell

Makeup Artist:
Noriko Watanabe
Vivien Mepham

Music:
Stephen Warbeck

Original Music Composer:
Stephen Warbeck

Producer:
Steve Butterworth
Diana Phillips
Eric Abraham

Production Design:
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski

Script Supervisor:
Lisa Vick

Set Decoration:
Verity Roberts
Linda Wilson

Special Effects:
Graham Hills

Special Effects Coordinator:
Graham Longhurst

Steadicam Operator:
Martin Lee

Still Photographer:
Liam Daniel

Wigmaker:
Peter Owen

Writer:
Tom Butterworth
Jez Butterworth

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