The End of the Affair (1999 film)

Infobox Film
name = The End of the Affair

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caption = Movie poster
director = Neil Jordan
producer = Neil Jordan
Stephen Woolley
writer = Graham Greene (novel)
Neil Jordan (screenplay)
narrator =
starring = Ralph Fiennes
Julianne Moore
Stephen Rea
music = Michael Nyman
cinematography = Roger Pratt
editing = Tony Lawson
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = December 2, 1999 (USA)
December 10 (Canada)
February 11 2000 (UK)
March 9 2000 (Australia)
March 9 2000 (New Zealand)
runtime = 102 min.
country = United Kingdom
United States
language = English
budget = $23,000,000 (estimated)
gross =
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amg_id = 1:181268
imdb_id = 172396

"The End of the Affair" is a 1999 drama film directed by Neil Jordan and starring Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore and Stephen Rea.

The film is based on "The End of the Affair", a 1951 novel by British author Graham Greene.

Plot

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) has a chance meeting with Henry Miles (Stephen Rea), husband of his ex-mistress Sarah (Julianne Moore), who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.

Cast

* Ralph Fiennes as Maurice Bendrix
* Stephen Rea as Henry Miles
* Julianne Moore as Sarah Miles
* Heather-Jay Jones as Henry's Maid
* James Bolam as Mr. Savage
* Ian Hart as Mr. Parkis
* Sam Bould as Lance Parkis
* Cyril Shaps as Waiter
* Penny Morrell as Bendrix's Landlady
* Simon Fisher Turner as Doctor Gilbert
* Jason Isaacs as Father Richard Smythe
* Deborah Findlay as Miss Smythe
* Nicholas Hewetson as Chief Warden
* Jack McKenzie as Chief Engineer
* Nic Main as Commanding Officer

Music

Infobox Album
Name = The End of the Affair
Type = soundtrack
Longtype =
Artist = Michael Nyman


Cover size = 200
Caption =
Released = December 7, 1999
Recorded = August 10-17, October 6, 1999, Whitfield Street Studios, London
Genre = Soundtrack, Contemporary classical, Minimalist music
Length = 46:41
Language =
Label = Sony Classical
Director =
Producer = Cameron Allen
Reviews = Movie Music UK Rating|3|5 [http://www.moviemusicuk.us/endaffcd.htm]
Compiler =
Chronology =
Last album = Nabbie's Love
(1999)
This album = The End of the Affair
1999
Next album = The Claim (2000)
Misc =

Michael Nyman would later use "Diary of Love" to open and close his solo album, "The Piano Sings" (2006). As with many of Nyman's 1990s scores, he incorporates material from his "String Quartet No.3", whcih was in turn based on a choral piece titled "Out of the Ruins".

Track listing

#Diary of Hate 2:38
#Henry 1:46
#The First Time 2:16
#Vigo Passage 1:04
#Jealous of the Rain 5:29
#The Party in Question 3:45
#Intimacy 3:04
#Smythe with a Y 1:55
#Dispossessed 3:22
#Love Doesn't End 4:31
#Diary of Love 5:16
#Breaking the Spell 1:20
#I Know your voice, Sarah 4:10
#Sarah dies 3:01
#The End of the Affair 2:59

Awards

Julianne Moore was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, and Roger Pratt was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. The film also got several nominations at the BAFTA awards, including Best Cinematography (Roger Pratt), Best Costume Design (Sandy Powell), Best Film(Stephen Woolley, Neil Jordan), Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Ralph Fiennes) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Julianne Moore). Neil Jordan won a BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay. Neil Jordan was nominated for Best Director (Motion Picture) Golden Globe and Julianne Moore was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama.Ralph Fiennes also won the best eyewear award at the GQ Men of 2000 Awards for the pair of National Health Service spectacles he sported in the film.

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