Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Scarlett Johansson
Griet
Colin Firth
Johannes Vermeer
Tom Wilkinson
Pieter Van Ruijven
Cillian Murphy
Pieter
Judy Parfitt
Maria Thins
Essie Davis
Catharina Bolnes Vermeer
Joanna Scanlan
Tanneke
Gabrielle Reidy
Griet's Mother
Chris McHallem
Griet's Father
Alakina Mann
Cornelia Vermeer
Rollo Weeks
Frans
Anna Popplewell
Maertge
Claire Johnston
White Haired Woman
John McEnery
Apothecary
Geoff Bell
Paul The Butcher
Gintare Parulyte
Model
Robert Sibenaler
Priest
Kate Evans
Editor
Cecile Heideman
Set Decoration
Peter Webber
Director
Christina Schaffer
Art Direction
Olivia Hetreed
Screenplay
Anand Tucker
Producer
Dien van Straalen
Costume Design
Eduardo Serra
Director of Photography
Leo Davis
Casting
Tracy Chevalier
Novel
Alexandre Desplat
Original Music Composer
Andy Paterson
Producer
Ben van Os
Production Design
Anita Burger
Makeup Artist
Aurélie Elich
Hairstylist
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 12, 2003
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Budget$10,500,000
Box Office$31,500,000
Filming LocationsAmsterdam, Netherlands
Genres
Wiki.
Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 2003 drama film directed by Peter Webber from a screenplay by Olivia Hetreed, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Tracy Chevalier. Scarlett Johansson stars as Griet, a young 17th-century servant in the household of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (played by Colin Firth) at the time he painted Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665) in the city of Delft in Holland. Other cast members include Tom Wilkinson, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis, and Judy Parfitt.
Hetreed read the novel before its publication, and her husband's production company convinced Chevalier to sell the film rights. Initially, the production was to feature Kate Hudson as Griet with Mike Newell directing. Hudson withdrew shortly before filming began, however, and the film was placed in hiatus until the hire of Webber, who re-initiated the casting process.
In his feature film debut, Webber sought to avoid employing traditional characteristics of the period film drama. In a 2003 interview with IGN, he said, "What I was scared of is ending up with something that was like Masterpiece Theatre, [that] very polite Sunday evening BBC kind of thing, and I [was] determined to make something quite different from that ...". Cinematographer Eduardo Serra used distinctive lighting and colour schemes similar to Vermeer's paintings.
Released on 12 December 2003 in North America and on 16 January 2004 in the United Kingdom, Girl with a Pearl Earring earned a worldwide gross of $31.4 million. It garnered a mostly positive critical reception, with critics generally applauding the film's visuals, musical score, and performances while questioning elements of its story. The film was subsequently nominated for ten British Academy Film Awards, three Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.