| Empire of Light | |
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| Directed by | Sam Mendes |
| Written by | Sam Mendes |
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| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Edited by | Lee Smith |
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| Distributed by | Searchlight Pictures |
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Running time | 115 minutes[1] |
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| Language | English |
| Box office | $11.4 million[3] |
Empire of Light is a 2022 British-American romantic drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Sam Mendes. Set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, the film is about the power of human connection during turbulent times. It stars Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Monica Dolan, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones and Colin Firth.
The film had its world premiere at the 49th Telluride Film Festival on 3 September 2022, and was released by Searchlight Pictures through a limited theatrical release in the United States on 9 December 2022 and theatrically in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2023. At the 80th Golden Globe Awards, Colman was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, while Ward received a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 76th British Academy Film Awards. Deakins was a nominee for Best Cinematography at the 95th Academy Awards.
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- ^ "Empire of Light (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 26 January 2023.