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Screen cap from promotional trailer
Adaptation of
Wide Sargasso Sea
1966
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1993...
1993
Wide Sargasso Sea
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Film Details - Laughing Kookaburra Productions , 1993
Producers:
Jan Sharp (Producer)
Sara Risher (Executive Producer)
Production Companies:
Laughing Kookaburra
Sargasso Productions
Director of Photography:
Geoff Burton
Editors:
Anne Goursaud
Jimmy Sandovi
Production Designers:
Franckie Diago
Composer:
Stuart Copeland
Cast:
Incl. Karina Lombard (Antoinette Cosway), Nathaniel Parker (Edward Rochester), Rachel Ward (Annette Cosway), Michael York (Paul Mason), Martine Beswick (Aunt Cora - credited as Martine Beswicke), Claudia Robinson (Christophene), Huw Christie Williams (Richard Mason), Casey Berna (Young Antoinette), Rowena King (Amelie), Ben Thomas (Daniel Cosway), Paul Campbell (Young Bull), Audbrey Pilatus (Drummer), Ancile Gloudon (Nelson), Dominic Needham (Pierre), Kevin Thomas (Benbow), Aisha King (Myra), Anika Gordon (Hilda), Elfreida Reid (Rose), Bobby Smith (Machete Man), Suzanne McMannus (Florinda), Pat Gooden (Margaretta), Clifford Burt (Fraser), Naomi Watts (Fanny Grey), James Earl (Man with Torch), Kayarsha Russell (Cora's Maid), Jenny Wilson (Grace Poole), Helen Woods (Leah).
Release Dates:
1. 16 April 1993 (USA). Released in the UK on 4 June 1993, and in Germany on 10 June 1993.
2. Released in Australia on videocassette in 1993 by Roadshow Home Video and on DVD in 2003 by New Line Home Video (in the USA) and in 2007 by Roadshow Entertainment (in Australia).
Location:
- Jamaica
Notes:
Also known as Fiamme di Passione (Italy), Gran mar de los Sargazos, El (Spain), Kaukainen Sargassomeri (Finland), Llamaradas de pasión (Venezuela), Mar de Desejos (Portugal), Sargasso Sea - Im Meer der Leidenschaft (Germany), and Széles Sargasso-tenger (Hungary).
