The Claim | |
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Directed by | Michael Winterbottom |
Written by | Frank Cottrell Boyce |
Based on | The novel The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy |
Produced by | Andrew Eaton |
Starring | Peter Mullan Milla Jovovich Wes Bentley Nastassja Kinski Sarah Polley |
Cinematography | Alwin H. Küchler |
Edited by | Trevor Waite |
Music by | Michael Nyman |
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Distributed by | Pathé Distribution (United Kingdom and France) Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution (Canada) |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom Canada |
Language | English |
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.