The Dark |
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| London, the Isle of Man and North Devon provide the backdrop to the $12 million indie thriller The Dark. |
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Based on the novel "Sheep," by Simon Maginn, The Dark stars Sean Bean and Maria Bello. In a last-ditch attempt to pull her family back together, New Yorker ADELLE travels with young daughter SARAH to Wales – to see Sarah’s father JAMES and try and patch their lives back together in the surroundings of an old cliff-top farmhouse. But Adelle’s worst nightmares are realized when, days into the trip, Sarah is tragically swept out to sea, pulled into the dark depths despite Adelle’s desperate attempts to save her. While James leads the search for Sarah’s body, a guilt-ridden Adelle is haunted by visions and traces of her daughter - its almost as if Sarah is trapped somewhere in the house itself. |
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| Learning of an ancient local legend of a place called THE DARK – an ethereal land of the dead that is a distorted mirror image of the real world – Adelle becomes convinced that Sarah is trying to communicate to her from THE DARK. |
| When she finds a strange, scared little girl in Sarah’s bed, Adelle is sure this girl EBRILL is the key to getting her daughter back. For the legend dictates that the dead can be returned from THE DARK if a sacrifice is made – one of the living for one of the dead. And if this girl is who she says she is, she died over 60 years before.. |
| Unfortunately, all James can see in his wife is a woman on the very edge of sanity – to him, the girl Ebrill is a runaway, nothing more. |
 Port Erin Beach, Isle of Man (08 July 2004) (Click on pic for larger version) (Thanks Pam!) |
However, when local farmer LEWYN recognizes Ebrill from his childhood 60 years before, Adelle knows her suspicions are true. She makes the ultimate leap of faith – throwing herself into the ocean, and into THE DARK itself, to get her daughter back. The Dark is directed by Canadian John Fawcett (Ginger Snaps) and produced by Jeremy Bolt and Paul Anderson’s Impact Pictures, and financed by Constantin Film in Germany. Rehearsals began June 14, 2004 for one week, with principal photography beginning June 21, for 10 weeks, at London's Ealing Studios, on location in the Isle of Man at Eary Cushlin, Ballahowlin, and White Beach, and in North Devon at Hartland Quay. Principal photography finished on Sunday, August 8. |
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| PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS: |
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Sean Bean |
James Adelle Ebrill Sarah Dafydd Rowan |
| PRODUCTION CREDITS: |
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Psychological chiller Impact Pictures Constantin Film |
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International Sales |
Constantin Film, Summit Entertainment |
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Production Company |
Impact Pictures / Constantin Film |
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Producer |
Jeremy Bolt Robert Kulzer Robert How |
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Directed by |
John Fawcett Stephen Massicotte, Paul Tamasy Simon Maginn |
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Casting Director |
Robin Ray Christian Sebaldt Eve Stewart Ffion Elinor Suzanne Smith Sarah Monzani John Rodda Chris Gill 93 minutes DVD Region 1 (11 April 2006 25 & 26 Aug 2005 (Edinburgh Film Festival) October 9th to 18th, 2005 (Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia) |
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