Weekend: The Space Between Two People
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Film Info
- United Kingdom
- 2011
- 97 minutes
- Color
- 1.85:1
- English
- Spine #622
This sensual, remarkably observed, beautifully acted wonder is the breakout feature from British writer-director-editor Andrew Haigh. Rarely has a film been as honest about sexuality—in both depiction and discussion—as this tale of a one-night stand that develops into a weekend-long idyll for two very different young men (exciting screen newcomers Tom Cullen and Chris New) in the English Midlands. It’s an emotionally naked film that’s at once an invaluable snapshot of the complexities of contemporary gay living and a universally resonant portrait of a love affair.
Cast
| Russell | Tom Cullen |
| Glen | Chris New |
| Jamie | Jonathan Race |
| Jill | Laura Freeman |
| Cathy | Loretto Murray |
| Johnny | Jonathan Wright |
| Helen | Sarah Churm |
| Damien | Vauxhall Jermaine |
| Justin | Joe Doherty |
| Sam | Kieran Hardcastle |
| Straight men in bar | Mark Devenport |
| Straight men in bar | Steve Blackman |
| Paul | Julius Metson Scott |
| Martin | Martin Arrowsmith |
| House party girls | Caroline Woolley |
| Caroline Cawley |
Credits
| Director | Andrew Haigh |
| Written by | Andrew Haigh |
| Producer | Tristan Goligher |
| Editor | Andrew Haigh |
| Executive producer | Anna Seifert-Speck and Suzanne Alizart |
| Line producer | Rachel Dargavel |
| Coproducer | Claire Mundell |
| Director of photography | Ula Pontikos |
| Production design | Sarah Finlay |
| Sound | Tim Barker |
| Casting | Kahleen Crawford |
| Production manager | Yuen-Wai Liu |
| Assistant camera | Ed Cooper and David Agha-Rafei |
| Makeup artist | Jo Way |
| First assistant director | Alex Mercer |
| Assistant editor | Yichen Wu |
| Sound effects editor | Grant Bridgeman |
| Stills photography | Colin Quinn and Oisín Share |
Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION
- High-definition digital master, approved by director Andrew Haigh and director of photography Ula Pontikos, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New program featuring interviews with Haigh, Pontikos, producer Tristan Goligher, and actors Tom Cullen and Chris New
- New interview with Haigh on the film’s sex scenes
- On-set video footage shot by New and others
- Two scenes from Cullen and New’s audition
- Video essay on the film’s set photographers, Oisín Share and Colin Quinn
- Cahuenga Blvd. (2003) and Five Miles Out (2009), two short films by Haigh
- Trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Dennis Lim
New cover by Jason Hardy
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Weekend: The Space Between Two People
By August 21, 2012
Andrew Haigh’s boy-meets-boy story reminds us that the biggest pleasures of falling in love . . . Read more »
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Weekend: The Space Between Two People
By August 21, 2012
Andrew Haigh’s boy-meets-boy story reminds us that the biggest pleasures of falling in love . . . Read more »
