Suffragette (film)

Suffragette
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySarah Gavron
Written byAbi Morgan
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEduard Grau
Edited byBarney Pilling
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox (United Kingdom)
Pathé (France)
Focus Features (United States)
Release dates
  • 4 September 2015 (2015-09-04) (Telluride)
  • 12 October 2015 (2015-10-12)
Running time
106 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$14 million[2]
Box office$38 million[3]

Suffragette is a 2015 British historical drama film about women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, directed by Sarah Gavron and written by Abi Morgan. The film stars Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw, and Meryl Streep.[4]

Filming began on 24 February 2014. It is the first feature film to be shot in the Houses of Parliament. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 12 October 2015 by the French film company Pathé through its British distributor 20th Century Fox. Originally scheduled to be released by Relativity Media, the film was ultimately released in a limited release in North America on 23 October 2015 by Focus Features.

  1. ^ "SUFFRAGETTE (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 27 March 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. ^ Riley, Jenelle (6 October 2015). "Meet the Women Who Finally Brought Meryl Streep's 'Suffragette' to the Big Screen". Variety. Penske Business Media. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Suffragette (2014)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Meryl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).