The Four Feathers (2002)

Director:

Shekhar Kapur

Writers (WGA):

A.E.W. Mason (novel)
Michael Schiffer (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

20 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | War

Tagline:

Freedom. Country. Honor. Passion. To save his best friend, one man must risk everything he loves.

Plot:

A British officer resigns his post just before battle and subsequently receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they believe to be his cowardice.

Plot Keywords:

Remake | Cowardice | Army | British | Camel

Cast

Wes Bentley	...	Jack Durrance
Mohamed Bouich	...	Sudanese Storyteller
Campbell Brown	...	Dervish Ansar
Daniel Caltagirone	...	Gustave
James Cosmo	...	Col. Sutch
Andy Coumbe	...	Colonel Other Regiment
Angela Douglas	...	Aunt Mary
Karim Doukkali	...	Egyptian Orderly
Lucy Gordon	...	Isabelle
Megan Hall	...	Millie
James Hillier	...	Drunken Corporal
Nick Holder	...	British Lion
Djimon Hounsou	...	Abou Fatma
Kate Hudson	...	Ethne
Alex Jennings	...	Colonel Hamilton
Alexandra Kabi	...	Woman in Red Veil
Heath Ledger	...	Harry Feversham
Julio Lewis	...	Saadi
Craig McDonald	...	Wounded Captain
Lionel Mahop	...	Dervish Captain
Richard Manlove	...	British Corporal
Kris Marshall	...	Castleton
Manar Mohamed	...	Youssef
Marouazi Mohammed	...	Dervish Sniper
Nider Mohamed	...	Mullah
Anna Diafe Ndiaye	...	Dinka Slavegirl
Medoune Ndiaye	...	Gentle Faced Porter
Deobia Oparei	...	Idris-Es-Saier
Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni	...	Hassan (as Medhi Ouzzani)
Charles Pemberton	...	Impressario
Rupert Penry-Jones	...	Willoughby
Tim Pigott-Smith	...	General Feversham
Mohamed Quatib	...	Ibrahim (as Mohammed Quatib)
Laila Rouass	...	Maya
Hugh Ross	...	Regimental Priest
Thioumbe Samb	...	Dinka Slavegirl
Michael Sheen	...	Trench
Mark Tonderai	...	Egyptian Orderly
Alek Wek	...	Aquol
Alex Zorbas	...	Egyptian Orderly
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christian Coulson	...	Drummer Boy (uncredited)
James Embree	...	British Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
Hugo Hedley	...	British Troop (uncredited)
Bruce Lawrence	...	Sergeant of the Square (uncredited)
Ben Uttley	...	General Wolseley's Aide-de-Camp (uncredited)

Directed by
Shekhar Kapur

Writing credits (WGA)
A.E.W. Mason		(novel)
Michael Schiffer		(screenplay) and
Hossein Amini		(screenplay)

Produced by
Laurie Borg	....	co-producer
Paul Feldsher	....	executive producer
Paul Feldsher	....	producer
Julie Goldstein	....	executive producer
Robert Jaffe	....	producer (as Robert D. Jaffe)
Stanley R. Jaffe	....	producer
Marty Katz	....	producer
Allon Reich	....	executive producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Cinematography by
Robert Richardson

Film Editing by
Steven Rosenblum

Casting by
John Hubbard
Ros Hubbard

Production Design by
Allan Cameron

Art Direction by
Ahmed Abounouom
Zack Grobler
Paul Kirby
Keith Pain

Set Decoration by
Peter Howitt

Costume Design by
Ruth Myers

Makeup Department
Jo Allen	....	chief makeup artist: action unit
Zineb Bendoula	....	key hair stylist
Anita Burger	....	makeup artist
John Henry Gordon	....	hair stylist
John Henry Gordon	....	makeup artist
Caroline Hamilton	....	makeup artist
Annabel Hill	....	assistant makeup artist
Susan Howard	....	makeup artist
Sara Kramer	....	hair stylist
Sara Kramer	....	makeup artist
Natasha Nischol	....	assistant makeup artist
Sharon O'Brien	....	hair stylist
Sharon O'Brien	....	makeup artist
Daniel Phillips	....	hair stylist
Daniel Phillips	....	makeup artist
Katherine Rayner	....	makeup artist
Darren Robinson	....	prosthetics designer
Simon Rose	....	special makeup effects artist
John Schoonraad	....	prosthetics supervisor
Loulia Sheppard	....	hair stylist
Loulia Sheppard	....	wig stylist
Jenny Shircore	....	hair designer
Jenny Shircore	....	makeup designer
Christine Whitney	....	makeup artist
Roisin O'Reilly	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Stephen Barker	....	post-production supervisor
Tom Crooke	....	unit manager
Simon Crook	....	location unit manager
Peter Heslop	....	unit production manager: UK
Roberto Malerba	....	unit production manager
Neil Ravan	....	production manager: action unit
Kathy Sykes	....	production supervisor
Ninon Tantet	....	additional post-production supervisor: USA

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Armstrong	....	action unit second second assistant director
Vic Armstrong	....	second unit director: action unit
Tarik Ait Ben Ali	....	trainee assistant director
Ali Cherkaoui	....	second assistant director: Morocco
Ben Dixon	....	second second assistant director: reshoots
Spencer Dodd	....	third assistant director
Yann Mari Faget	....	second assistant director: Morocco (as Yann Marie-Faget)
Rachid Gaidi	....	assistant director
Richard Goodwin	....	third assistant director
Tommy Gormley	....	first assistant director
Richard Graysmark	....	second assistant director: action unit
Ahmed Hatimi	....	first assistant director: Morocco
Mira Husseini	....	dailies assistant director
Zinedine Ibnou Jabal	....	second assistant director: Morocco (as Zineddine Ibnoujabal)
Lisa Jones	....	second assistant director
Mark Layton	....	first assistant director: action unit
Sarah Purser	....	second assistant director
Aoife Thunder	....	third assistant director
Aidan Williams	....	crowd assistant director
Dan Knight	....	third assistant director: UK dailies (uncredited)
Alex Oakley	....	additional second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Ahmed Azig	....	construction supervisor
David Balfour	....	property master
Julian Caldow	....	storyboard artist
Alex Cameron	....	stand-by art director
Stuart Clarke	....	scenic artist
Gary Dawson	....	dressing props
Michael Finlay	....	painter
Katie Gabriel	....	art department coordinator
Saskia Green	....	art department assistant
Aziz Hamichi	....	assistant to art department
Aziz Hamichi	....	assistant to art director
Robert Hill	....	chargehand stand-by
Jonathan Holbrook	....	stand-by painter
Joe Monks	....	head painter
Aziz Rafiq	....	assistant art director
Amin Rharda	....	props buyer
Daniel E. Rogers	....	graphic designer: promotional material
John Shergold	....	painter
John Wells	....	locations property master

Sound Department
Christopher Atkinson	....	sound assistant
Chris Atkinson	....	sound assistant
Eddie Bydalek	....	sound mix technician
Mike Dowson	....	sound re-recording mixer: pre-mix
Steve Finn	....	daily boom operator
Diana Flores	....	adr mixer
Joe Gallagher	....	additional adr editor
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Matthew Gough	....	production sound mixer
Matthew Gough	....	sound re-recording mixer
Howard Halsall	....	additional sound editor
Steve Hancock	....	sound studio technician
Tim Hands	....	supervising sound editor
Andy Kennedy	....	additional sound editor (as Andrew Kennedy)
Daniel Laurie	....	additional sound editor
Daniel Laurie	....	adr editor
Daniel Laurie	....	dialogue editor
Peter Lindsay	....	production sound mixer
James Mather	....	foley editor
Michael Minkler	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Myron Nettinga	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Adrian Rhodes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Karym Ronda	....	second boom operator
Malcolm Rose	....	sound maintenance
Nigel Stone	....	principal dialogue editor
Ruth Sullivan	....	foley artist
Mark Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer: pre-mix
Richard Todman	....	additional sound editor
Jack Whittaker	....	assistant sound editor
Mike Wood	....	additional sound editor
Nourdine Zaoui	....	sound

Special Effects by
Alistair Anderson	....	special effects technician
Caimin Bourne	....	special effects technician
Neil Corbould	....	special effects consultant
Neil Corbould	....	special effects coordinator
Pascal Declercq	....	senior special effects technician
Grégoire Delage	....	senior special effects technician
Jabin Dickins	....	special effects technician
Paul Dunn	....	special effects
Wilma Dunn	....	special effects
Ryan Hartnett	....	special effects technician
Mark Howard II	....	special effects technician
Danielle McAulay	....	special effects
Mark Meddings	....	special effects coordinator
Tim Mitchell	....	special effects technician
James Murrell	....	special effects technician
Roger Nichols	....	senior technician
Simon Quinn	....	special effects technician
Shaun Rutter	....	special effects senior technician
Mustapha Steila	....	special effects coordinator
Cliff Wallace	....	special effects makeup
Barry Whitrod	....	special effects floor supervisor
Andy Williams	....	special effects coordinator (as Andrew Williams)
Janek Zabielski	....	special effects technician
Stefan Zabielski	....	special effects technician
Clive R. Kay	....	special effects contact lenses (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Mark Bakowski	....	digital compositor
Angus Cameron	....	digital effects supervisor
Antony Hunt	....	visual effects supervisor
Brian Jochum	....	visual effects producer
Daniel Pettipher	....	2D digital supervisor
John Schoonraad	....	prosthetic designer
Brian Smallwood	....	digital effects artist
Dave Smith	....	visual effects producer
Andy Stevens	....	visual effects cameraman
Roland Stevenson	....	prosthetics sculptor
Matt Welford	....	digital compositor: Mill Film
Kurt Wiley	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Sean Adames	....	stunts
Boubker Ahmed	....	stunts
Jean-Charles Andrieux	....	stunts
Antonio Arnalte	....	stunts
Faycal Attougui	....	stunts
Ivan Baena	....	stunts
Ferenc Berecz	....	stunts
Csaba Bordan	....	stunts
Jorge Casares	....	stunt coordinator
Gary Connery	....	stunts
Eric Etje	....	stunts
Angel Gomez Fernandez	....	stunts
Othman Ilyassa	....	stunts
Rowley Irlam	....	stunts
Tidd James	....	stunts
Bela Kasi	....	stunts (as Bèla Kasi)
Derek Lea	....	stunts
Guy List	....	stunts
Philippe Losson	....	stunts
Attila Mora	....	stunts
Daniel Naprous	....	stunts
Louis-Marie Nyee	....	stunts
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	stunts
Brice Parfait	....	stunts
Justin Pearson	....	stunts
Gábor Piroch	....	stunt arranger
Gábor Piroch	....	stunts (as Gabor Piroch)
Cedric Proust	....	stunts
Luis Manuel Gutierrez Santos	....	stunts
Camilo Vila Novoa	....	stunts
Shaun Wallace	....	stunts
Raliegh Wilson	....	stunts (as Raleigh Wilson)
Ben Cooke	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paul Hornsby	....	stunt rider (uncredited)
Mauricio Pedroza	....	stunt department assistant (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Alex Bailey	....	still photographer
Darren Bailey	....	remote camera technician
Robert Binnall	....	first assistant camera
Kevin Brookner	....	video assist
Jonathan Brown	....	director of photography: second unit
Jaap Buitendijk	....	still photographer
James Devis	....	director of photography: action unit
Danny Espey	....	electrician
Kate Filby	....	central loader
Chuck Finch	....	gaffer
John Gamble	....	first assistant camera
Pat Garrett	....	key grip: second unit
Martin Kenzie	....	camera operator
Brad Larner	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Billy Merrell	....	best boy
Richard Merrell	....	electrician
Simon Mills	....	focus puller: "a" camera, action unit
Merrick Morton	....	special still photographer
Philip Murphy	....	grip
Robert Palmer	....	second assistant camera
Jamie Stephens	....	assistant camera
Gregor Tavenner	....	key first assistant camera
Alf Tramontin	....	steadicam operator
Michael White	....	electrician

Casting Department
Brendan Donnison	....	voice casting
Omar Tisli	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Abdelkrim Akallach	....	crowd wardrobe supervisor
Dave Croucher	....	costumes
Gordon Harmer	....	costume supervisor: military costumes
Otmane Khammari	....	wardrobe assistant
Neil Murphy	....	key costumer
Steve O'Sullivan	....	costume assistant
Stephanie Paul	....	costume assistant
Abdelfattah Qzaibar	....	costume assistant
Rebeka L. Roberts	....	costume ager/dyer
Dana Schondelmeyer	....	costumes
Timothy Shanahan	....	costume breakdown
Sammy Sheldon	....	assistant costume designer (as Sammy Howarth-Sheldon)
Nicole Young	....	dresser: Ms. Hudson
Lucy Denny	....	costumes (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Lisa Clifford-Owen	....	assistant editor
Mike Fraser	....	negative cutter
Emma Gaffney	....	assistant editor
Lalit Goyal	....	assistant film editor
Andrew Haigh	....	assistant editor
Catherine Liu	....	post-production assistant
Yvan Lucas	....	color timer
Lea Morement	....	second assistant editor
Tania Reddin	....	assistant editor
Saska Simpson	....	first assistant editor
Matthew Streatfield	....	trainee assistant editor
Cynthia E. Thornton	....	associate editor

Music Department
Nancy Fogarty	....	assistant music editor
Vic Fraser	....	music preparation
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Roland Heap	....	assistant scoring engineer
Jim Henrikson	....	supervising music editor
Tony Hinnigan	....	coordinator: ethnic musicians
James Horner	....	conductor
James Horner	....	orchestrator
Gerard McCann	....	music editor: temp track
Barbara McDermott	....	assistant music editor
Julyce Monbleaux	....	music supervisor
Joe E. Rand	....	music editor
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer
Roger White	....	music consultant

Transportation Department
Said Andam	....	transportation coordinator
Gary Birmingham	....	transportation coordinator
Arthur Dunne	....	transportation captain
Simon Hudnott	....	unit driver
Rob MacKnight	....	driver: unit minibus
Hicham Regragui	....	transportation coordinator
Matthew Strange	....	vehicles: 4x4
Glen Carroll	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Mohamed Essaghir Aabach	....	crowd marshall
Ngadi Abdeslam	....	assistant location manager
John Adams	....	special military background
Mustapha Adidou	....	location assistant
Armando Amador	....	location accountant
Damian Anderson	....	assistant production coordinator
Liz Ayres	....	stand-in: Ms. Hudson
Jules Baker-Smith	....	assistant to director
Erica Bensly	....	production coordinator
Jinane Ben Zaida	....	assistant production coordinator
Barbara Berkery	....	dialogue coach: Ms. Hudson
Karen Birtchnell	....	assistant accountant
Terry Blyther	....	location manager: London
Charles Bodycomb	....	armorer
Karla Braun	....	assistant to director: Mr. Kapur
Henry Camilleri	....	military coordinator
Jorge Casares	....	horse master
Gilly Case	....	assistant location manager
Gilles Castera	....	executive location manager
Rachel Cooper	....	assistant: Mr. Reich
Shelley Crawford	....	script supervisor
Clifford De Spenser	....	dialogue coach (as Clifford De Spencer)
Colonel El Jaouhari	....	military advisor: Morocco
Sana El Kilali	....	accountant: Morocco
Dave Evans	....	senior armorer
Mike Fraser	....	rushes transfer
Marco Giacalone	....	location manager
Gerry Grennell	....	voice coach: Mr. Ledger and Mr. Bentley
Rachelle Hallett	....	assistant: Mr. Kapur
Tanya Hempenstall	....	assistant to executive producer
Lil Heyman	....	production coordinator
Martin Joy	....	assistant location manager
Campbell Katz	....	assistant: Mr. Katz
Joe Lacey	....	utility stand-in
Sue Lefton	....	choreographer
Sharon Mansfield	....	script supervisor: second unit
Miranda Marks	....	assistant production coordinator: London
Lulu Morgan	....	assistant production coordinator
Grégoire Mouveau	....	facilities manager
Gerard Naprous	....	horse master: UK
Abdessalam Ngadi	....	assistant location manager
Frédéric North	....	helicopter pilot
Peggy Pere	....	aerial coordinator
Harriet Perry	....	assistant: Mr. Kapur
Justin Pollard	....	research consultant
Iona Price	....	production staff
Jean Michel Proust	....	assistant horse master: Morocco
Joel Proust	....	horse master: Morocco
Ben Rimmer	....	location manager
Eugene Rizzo	....	unit publicist (as Gene Rizzo)
David Ryan	....	special military background
Diana Scrivener	....	assistant choreographer
Brett Sills	....	assistant: Mr. Feldsher, USA
Zoe Stewart	....	assistant: Mr. Katz, UK
Phil Stoole	....	assistant: Mr. Ledger
Mark Sugden	....	rider
Tiffany Tiesiera	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Tony Tucker	....	marine coordinator
Paul Warwick	....	utility stand-in
Sue Wood	....	crowd coordinator: UK
Michelle Wraight	....	sculptor
Paul Hornsby	....	assistant military advisor (uncredited)
Dan Huber	....	assistant: Julie Goldstein (uncredited)
Lucy Williams	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Belhaven Limited
• Dune Films
• Jaffilms
• Marty Katz Productions

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• Miramax Films (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film Distributors (2003) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Paramount Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2005) (Finland) (VHS)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Amuse Pictures (????) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (????) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (????) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Eagle Pictures (????) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (????) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (????) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (200?) (Netherlands) (video)
• RCV Film Distribution (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• TFM Distribution (????) (France) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Mill Films (I) (visual effects) (as Mill Film Ltd.)
• Moving Target (visual effects)
• Visual Concept Engineering (VCE) (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• Abbey Road Studios  score recording (as Abbey Road Studios, London)
• Angels & Bermans  costume supplier (as Angels and Bermans)
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Crown Tower Ltd.  armouring
• Cutting Edge  negative cutting
• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  audio post-production (as De Lane Lea)
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color timing (as Deluxe)
• Dune Films  production company: Morocco
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Global Music Service  music copyist
• Imaginary Forces  main titles
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  editing equipment
• Mike Fraser  telecine rushes transfers
• North Africa Horses and Camels  camels supplied by
• North Africa Horses and Camels  horse master
• North Africa Horses and Camels  horses supplied and trained by
• On Set Location Services  facility trucks
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Reel Skill  negative cutting
• Set Meals  catering: UK
• Shepperton Studios  pre-mixing
• Sony Classical  soundtrack
• Todd-AO Studios  additional re-recording facility
• Wavevend Communications  walkie talkies

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense battle sequences, disturbing images, violence and some sensuality.

Runtime:

131 min | Canada:125 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 (original rating) | Iceland:14 | Australia:M (TV rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:12 | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:1