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RUNTIME
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Clocks in at 155 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
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Hemingway & Gellhorn
"We were good in war. And when there was no war, we made our own."
2012 2h 35m EN
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★6.1TMDB · 195
DramaRomance
Synopsis
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Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
“We were good in war. And when there was no war, we made our own.”
Cast
Nicole Kidman
Martha Gellhorn
Clive Owen
Ernest Hemingway
David Strathairn
John Dos Passos
Rodrigo Santoro
Paco Zarra
Molly Parker
Pauline Hemingway
Parker Posey
Mary Welsh Hemingway
Tony Shalhoub
Mikhail Koltsov
Santiago Cabrera
Robert Capa
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Philip Kaufman
- Writers
- Jerry Stahl, Barbara Turner
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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Released 14 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Philip Kaufman, shot by Rogier Stoffers. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Javier Navarrete. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Walter Murch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen and David Strathairn carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "We were good in war. And when there was no war, we made our own.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0423455 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Philip Kaufman directs. Rogier Stoffers behind the camera. Javier Navarrete scores. Walter Murch cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Clocks in at 155 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
- 2Released 14 years ago.
- 3Directed by Philip Kaufman, shot by Rogier Stoffers. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Javier Navarrete. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Walter Murch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen and David Strathairn carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "We were good in war. And when there was no war, we made our own.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0423455 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 10 themes, including "infidelity", "journalist", "spanish civil war (1936-39)", "biography".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Rogier Stoffers
- Original score
- Javier Navarrete
- Editing
- Walter Murch
- Production design
- Geoffrey Kirkland
- Costume design
- Ruth Myers
- Makeup / hair
- Kazu Hiro
- VFX supervisor
- Chris Morley
- Runtime
- 155 min · 2h 35m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $19,500,000
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Philip Kaufman
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
HBO
US
- AT
Attaboy Films
US
- FO
For Whom Productions
Key crew
- Executive ProducerBarbara Turner
- Executive ProducerPeter Kaufman
- Costume DesignRuth Myers
- Executive ProducerTrish Hofmann
- Associate ProducerMike Topoozian
- Executive ProducerJames Gandolfini
- Executive ProducerAlexandra E. Ryan
- Co-ProducerChrista Vausbinder
- Co-Executive ProducerNancy Sanders
- CastingVictoria Thomas
- Production DesignGeoffrey Kirkland
- EditorWalter Murch
- Production SupervisorVieve Haag
- Special Effects Makeup ArtistKazu Hiro
- Makeup ArtistAndrea Pino
- Makeup ArtistKaren Bradley
- Makeup ArtistNancy J. Hvasta Leonardi
- Makeup ArtistAurora Bergere
- CompositorShelley Campbell
- CompositorSatish Ratakonda
- Visual Effects EditorShannon Gerardin
- Compositing SupervisorNathan Abbot
- Visual Effects Production ManagerAdrienne Anderson
- Visual Effects ProducerKip Larsen
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- infidelity
- journalist
- spanish civil war (1936-39)
- biography
- europe
- love
- writer
- divorce
- ernest hemingway
- 1930s
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV2012-05-28· HBO
Also known as
International titles
- Hemingway und GellhornDE
