Basic
Info
Title:
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Genre:
Drama
Country:
United Kingdom, United States, Luxembourg
Language:
English
Running
time: 100 minutes
Release
date: 31 August 2003 (Telluride), 16 January
2004 (United Kingdom), 30 January 2004 (United States)
Staff
Director:
Peter Webber
Producer:
Andy Paterson, Anand Tucker
Screenplay:
Olivia Hetreed
Music:
Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography:
Eduardo Serra
Editor:
Kate Evans
Cast
Colin Firth as Johannes Vermeer
Scarlett Johansson as Griet
Tom Wilkinson as Van Ruijven
Judy Parfitt as Maria Thins
Cillian Murphy as Pieter
Essie Davis as Catharina
Joanna Scanlan as Tanneke
Alakina Mann as Cornelia
Chris McHallem as Griet's Father
Gabrielle Reidy as Griet's Mother
Rollo Weeks as Frans
Anna Popplewell as Maertge
Summary
“Girl with a Pearl Earring”
is a 2003 drama film directed by Peter Webber. The scenario of the film is
based on the 1999 novel of the same name written by Tracy Chevalier, which was
adapted by screenwriter Olivia Hetreed.
In this film, Scarlett Johansson
appeared as a young servant, Griet, who worked at the house of Dutch painter Johannes
Vermeer at the time he painted “Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665).”
Girl with a Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer (c.1665)
Hetreed read
the novel before its publication, and her husband's production company convinced
Chevalier to sell the film rights. Initially, the production envisioned Mike
Newell as director and Kate Hudson as Griet. However, Hudson withdrew shortly
before filming began, and the film was suspended until Peter Webber was
selected as the director and he re-initiated the casting process.
The film has been well received by
critics and nominated for ten British Academy Film Awards, three Academy
Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.
Movie
Review
“A homage to 17th Century
Flemish painters (not just Vermeer)”
“The whole movie was like
a painting”
“Visually stunning, though
lacking in dramatic intensity”
“This is a visual treat”
“A film where art and
cinema blend”
“Colorful and splendid
picture upon the excellent Dutch painter and his model”
"The secret history of the
extraordinary masterpiece"
Interesting
stories about the film
1. Although Vermeer and the
painting are both true, the scenario of the film is based on the novels of Tracy
Chevalier and thus largely fictional or hypothetical. Currently, only 36 Vermeer
paintings are known to exist, and none of the models has ever been accurately
identified.
2. The painting that Griet inspired
Vermeer to paint while she is washing the window of his studio is "Woman
with a Water Jug." The painting is currently at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York, USA.
Woman with a Water Jug, Johannes Vermeer (1660–1662)
3. In the film, Vermeer is working
on the painting "The Concert", which was stolen in 1990 and is still
missing. The present value of this painting is over 200 million dollars and one
of the most famous stolen paintings in the world.
The Concert, Johannes Vermeer (c. 1664)
The girl with the wine glass, Johannes Vermeer (1659–1660)
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