Asylum (film)
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| Asylum | |
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| Directed by | David Mackenzie |
| Produced by | Mace Neufeld David E. Allen Laurie Borg |
| Written by | Patrick Marber Chrysanthy Balis |
| Starring | Natasha Richardson Marton Csokas Ian McKellen |
| Music by | Mark Mancina |
| Cinematography | Giles Nuttgens |
| Editing by | Colin Monie Steven Weisberg |
| Distributed by | Paramount Classics |
| Release date(s) |  11 February 2005 (Berlin Film Festival) 12 August 2005 |
| Running time | 99 min |
| Country | UK/Ireland |
| Language | English |
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Asylum is a 2005 drama film directed by David Mackenzie and made by Mace Neufeld Productions, Samson Films, Seven Arts Productions, Zephyr Films Ltd and released by Paramount Classics. It is based on the novel Asylum by Patrick McGrath and was adapted for the screen by Patrick Marber and Chrysanthy Balis.
It stars Natasha Richardson, Marton Csokas, Ian McKellen and Hugh Bonneville with a cast also including Joss Ackland, Wanda Ventham, Maria Aitken and Judy Parfitt. .
[edit] Plot summary
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Asylum is the story of the bored and unfulfilled wife of a psychiatrist working at a remote mental asylum (in Britain in the very early 1960s), who starts a passionate but dangerous affair with one of the inmates, a jealous psychopath.
[edit] Cast
- Natasha Richardson as Stella Raphael
- Marton Csokas as Edgar Stark
- Ian McKellen as Dr. Peter Cleave
- Hugh Bonneville - Dr. Max Raphael
- Judy Parfitt - Brenda Raphael
- Gus Lewis - Charlie
- Wanda Ventham - Mrs. Straffen
- Joss Ackland - Dr. Jack Straffen
