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The Constant Gardener
Synopsis
When a British diplomat's wife -- a socially-conscious lawyer -- turns up dead in Kenya, he sets out to find the truth surrounding her murder. In the process, he finds out that his wife had been compiling data against a multinational drug company that uses helpless Africans as guinea pigs to test a tuberculosis remedy with unfortunately fatal side effects. Therefore, those who may have had the most reason to silence her are closer to home than he ever imagined.
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Fernando Meirelles,
  • Writer:
    Jeffrey Caine,
  • Producer:
    Simon Channing Williams, Tracey Seaward, Henning Molfenter, Mike Newell, Thierry Potok,
  • Cinematographer:
    César Charlone,
  • Editor:
    Claire Simpson,
  • Executive Producer:
    Mario Zvan, Jim Shamoon, Gail Egan, Julia Blackman, Robert Jones, Donald Ranvaud, Jeff Abberley,
  • Cast:
    Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sumpter, Bill Nighy, Danny Huston, Rachel Weisz, Archie Panjabi, Pete Postlethwaite,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Konga Mbandu, Richard Styles,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Thorne Mutert, Carlos Fidel, Wambui Kairo,
  • Co-Producer:
    Thierry Potok, Henning Molfenter, Tracey Seaward,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Joakim Sundström,
  • Camera Operator:
    Ergun Cankaya, Alastair Rae, Diego Quemada-Diez,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Susanna Lenton,
  • Visual Effects Editor:
    Roz Lowrie,
  • Accountant:
    Steffi Hiller,
  • Boom Operator:
    Matthias Richter, Orin Beaton, Mark Kihara,
  • Colorist:
    Lorraine Lydon, Asa Shoul, Adam Glasman,
  • Location Manager:
    Christopher Doll, John Chavanga, Bernard Gathogo, Alex Gladstone, Jonah Coombes,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Kate Penlington, Alison Ngibuini, Anne Helmer, Janine Abery, Dylan Voogt,
  • Production Sound Mixer:
    Stuart Wilson,
  • Property Master:
    Arwel Evans, Nick Thomas, Joey Weber, Chris Lightburn-Jones, Brian Lofthouse,
  • Set Dresser:
    Florian Speidel, Lisa Loher, Uli Passauer,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    Nick Adams,
  • Standby Carpenter:
    Cathal MacIlwaine, Samson Maitemi,
  • Still Photographer:
    Jaap Buitendijk,
  • Makeup Trainee:
    Zara Pasha, Julius Goosen,
  • Key Grip:
    Steve Obunde, Paul Hatchman,
  • Production Manager:
    Nick Laws, Sonja B. Zimmer, Lisa Parker, Nicci Perrow,
  • Transportation Coordinator:
    Jens Enderling, Waseem Barlas,
  • Second Company Grip:
    Tony Turner,
  • First Assistant Editor:
    Keith Mason,
  • Wardrobe Assistant:
    Liza Brzonskalla, Sparka Lee Hall,
  • Pilot:
    Daniel Barton, Andrew Cliff, Simon Everett, Victor Chege,
  • Production Executive:
    Brock Norman Brock, Philip Key, Nicole Carmen-Davis,
  • Electrician:
    Paul Molloy, Robert Rabson, Thomas Gosda, Florian Niedermeier, Martin König, Benjamin Dreythaller, Saul Ogada, Peter Njogu Kamau, George K. Kahura, Francis Wanyandeh Ouma, Sven Trebus, Ezekiel Andika, André Schwemmin,
  • Costume Assistant:
    Sharon Long, Charlotte Wiseman, Lou Durkin, Katy Hackney, Laurie Saint-Hillier, Colin May, Cristy Watson,
  • Casting Assistant:
    Mwakalafu Muniafu,
  • Construction Manager:
    Rob Brown, Graham Cole,
  • Title Designer:
    Ally Mee, Richard Morrison,
  • Wardrobe Supervisor:
    Elizabeth Glaysher,
  • Dialogue Coach:
    Sandra Butterworth, Clifford De Spenser, Sandra Frieze,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Gillianne Obaso,
  • Art Direction:
    Denis Schnegg,
  • Standby Painter:
    Tom Roberts, Lawrence Wathiga,
  • Musician:
    Chris Laurence,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Alberto Iglesias,
  • Costume Standby:
    Caroline McCall, Kate Chilcott, John Denison,
  • Music Supervisor:
    Karen Elliott, Becca Gatrell,
  • Casting:
    Leo Davis, Emily Mabonga,
  • Production Design:
    Mark Tildesley,
  • Grip:
    Peter Kioko, Paul Antoni,
  • Production Assistant:
    Shiv Mandavia, Laura Tatton, Muthoni Ngacha, Angela Kombu, Consolata Karani, Phylis Andika,
  • Supervising Art Director:
    Chris Lowe,
  • Compositor:
    Corrina Wilson,
  • Rigging Gaffer:
    Peter Fritscher, William Tracey, Gary Donoghue,
  • Digital Intermediate Producer:
    Maria Stroka,
  • Compositors:
    Adrian Metzelaar,
  • Focus Puller:
    Telfer Barnes, Franz-Xaver Kringer, Nicole Dierken, Birgit Dierken, Olly Tellett, Mark Milsome,
  • Assistant Sound Editor:
    Richard Kondal,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Coralie Lew, Dale Manning,
  • Graphic Designer:
    Carol Kupisz,
  • Steadicam Operator:
    Alastair Rae,
  • Music Editor:
    Tony Lewis,
  • Visual Effects Producer:
    Charles Howell, Michael Davis,
  • ADR Editor:
    Paul Wrightson,
  • Makeup & Hair:
    Lesa Warrener,
  • Researcher:
    Alex Moreno,
  • Makeup & Hair Assistant:
    Nuria Mbomio, Kirstin Chalmers,
  • Animal Wrangler:
    Wachira Muiragania,
  • Set Production Assistant:
    Nicola Kelly Hütter, Sara Bungartz,
  • Camera Trainee:
    John Peter Mungai, Sebastian Gross,
  • Negative Cutter:
    Kerri Aungle, Veronica Marcarno,
  • Clapper Loader:
    John Evans, Peter Byrne, Harry Bowers, Chris Summers, Ole Ziesemann,
  • Foley Artist:
    Nicolas Becker,
  • Head Carpenter:
    Evans Gitau,
  • Screenplay:
    Jeffrey Caine,
  • Aerial Camera:
    Harmon Cusack,
  • Foley Mixer:
    Anthony Faust,
  • Dressing Prop:
    Eddie Baker,
  • Extras Casting:
    Iris Müller,
  • Foley Editor:
    Sam Southwick,
  • Costume Design:
    Odile Dicks-Mireaux,
  • Set Decoration:
    Michelle Day,
  • Assistant Costume Designer:
    Jane Petrie,
  • Art Department Assistant:
    Teresia Mwangi,
  • Armorer:
    Ben Pont,
  • Gaffer:
    Andy Long,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Roly Jansen, Armin Sauer,
  • Painter:
    James K. Kuria, Daniela von Waberer, John Ogutu Radol, Sylvester Otieno, Lawrence Wambu,
  • Hair Designer:
    Christine Blundell,
  • Assistant Property Master:
    Oliver Rose,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Sven Taits, Mike Prestwood Smith,
  • Novel:
    John le Carré,
  • Casting Director:
    Annette Borgmann,
  • Prosthetics:
    Matthew Smith,
  • Leadman:
    Christian Ehlert,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Robert Wedemeyer,
  • Draughtsman:
    John Stephen Forrest Smith,
  • Special Effects Supervisor:
    Cordell McQueen,
  • Digital Supervisor:
    Adrian De Wet,
  • Makeup Designer:
    Christine Blundell,

Technical specifications

  • Rating:R
  • Country:United Kingdom, United States, China, France, Germany
  • Language:English, Deutsch, italiano, Kiswahili
  • Release:August 31, 2005
  • Duration:129 min
  • Genres:Drama, Suspense/Thriller
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