Denial (2016 film)

Denial
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMick Jackson
Screenplay byDavid Hare
Based onHistory on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier
by Deborah Lipstadt
Produced by
  • Gary Foster
  • Russ Krasnoff
Starring
CinematographyHaris Zambarloukos
Edited byJustine Wright
Music byHoward Shore
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 11 September 2016 (2016-09-11) (TIFF)
  • 30 September 2016 (2016-09-30) (United States)
  • 27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) (United Kingdom)
Running time
110 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[2]
Box office$9.2 million[3]

Denial is a 2016 biographical film directed by Mick Jackson and written by David Hare, based on Deborah Lipstadt's 2005 book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier. It dramatises the Irving v Penguin Books Ltd case, in which Lipstadt, a Holocaust scholar, was sued by David Irving, a Holocaust denier, for libel. It stars Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Jack Lowden, Caren Pistorius and Alex Jennings.

Denial premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2016.[4] It was theatrically released in the United States by Bleecker Street on 30 September 2016,[5] and in the United Kingdom by Entertainment One on 27 January 2017.

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  2. ^ "Denial". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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  4. ^ Raup, Jordan (26 July 2016). "TIFF 2016 Line-Up includes 'Nocturnal Animals,' 'La La Land,' 'American Pastoral,' and more". The Film Stage. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (1 June 2016). "Rachel Weisz-Timothy Spall holocaust denier drama 'Denial' plots September release". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.