Wit | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Wit by Margaret Edson |
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Directed by | Mike Nichols |
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Music by | Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Simon Bosanquet |
Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey |
Editor | John Bloom |
Running time | 98 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | March 24, 2001 |
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Wit is a 2001 American television drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The teleplay by Nichols and Emma Thompson is based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same title by Margaret Edson.
The film was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 9, 2001 before being broadcast by HBO on March 24. It was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival and the Warsaw Film Festival later in the year.