The Claim (2000 film)

The Claim
Film poster
Directed byMichael Winterbottom
Written byFrank Cottrell Boyce
Based onThe novel The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Produced byAndrew Eaton
StarringPeter Mullan
Milla Jovovich
Wes Bentley
Nastassja Kinski
Sarah Polley
CinematographyAlwin H. Küchler
Edited byTrevor Waite
Music byMichael Nyman
Production
companies
Distributed byPathé Distribution (United Kingdom and France)
Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution (Canada)
Release date
  • 29 December 2000 (2000-12-29)
Running time
120 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Canada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20,000,000 (estimated)
Box office$669,258[1]

The Claim is a 2000 Western romance film directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Peter Mullan, Wes Bentley, Sarah Polley, Nastassja Kinski and Milla Jovovich.[2] The screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce is loosely based on the 1886 novel The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. The original music score is composed by Michael Nyman. The film did poorly at the box office and was received as an average film by critics.

  1. ^ The Claim at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ Films since 1967 Archived 3 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine Thomas Hardy Films