Dolores Claiborne (1995)

Réalisateur:

Taylor Hackford

Scénaristes (WGA):

Stephen King (book)
Tony Gilroy (screenplay)

Date de sortie:

24 mars 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drame | Mystère | Thriller

Accroche:

Sometimes, an accident can be an unhappy woman's best friend

Intrigue:

A big-city reporter travels to the small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman that she works for as a maid.

Plot Keywords:

Reporter | Murder | Flashback | Maine | Well

Récompenses:

1 win & 6 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Very successful film

Ensemble

Kathy Bates	...	Dolores Claiborne
Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Selena St. George
Judy Parfitt	...	Vera Donovan
Christopher Plummer	...	Det. John Mackey
David Strathairn	...	Joe St. George
Eric Bogosian	...	Peter
John C. Reilly	...	Const. Frank Stamshaw
Ellen Muth	...	Young Selena
Bob Gunton	...	Mr. Pease
Roy Cooper	...	Magistrate
Wayne Robson	...	Sammy Marchant
Ruth Marshall	...	Secretary
Weldon Allen	...	Bartender
Tom Gallant	...	Searcher
Kelly Burnett	...	Jack Donovan
Matt Appleby	...	Kid on street
Thomas Skinner	...	Kid on street
Vernon Steel	...	Ferry vendor (as Vernon Steele)
Taffara Jessica Stella Murray	...	Young Selena (Age 5)
Susan Lane	...	Crying girl
Frank Adamson	...	Detective supervisor
Edward Rubin	...	Detective supervisor (as Ed Rubin)
Sandy MacDonald	...	Sheriff
Dean Eilertson	...	Moving man

Réalisé par
Taylor Hackford

Scénaristes (WGA)
Stephen King		(book)
Tony Gilroy		(screenplay)

Produit par
Gina Blumenfeld	....	associate producer
Taylor Hackford	....	producer
Michael Kelly	....	associate producer
Charles Mulvehill	....	producer

Musique originale
Danny Elfman

Image
Gabriel Beristain		(director of photography)

Montage
Mark Warner

Distribution des rôles
Nancy Klopper

Création des décors
Bruno Rubeo

Direction artistique
Dan Yarhi

Décorateur de plateau
Steve Shewchuk

Création des costumes
Shay Cunliffe

Maquillage
Réjean Goderre	....	hair stylist
Luigi Rocchetti	....	supervising makeup artist
Aldo Signoretti	....	hair stylist
Micheline Trépanier	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Joseph Boccia	....	production manager
Jeffrey Stott	....	unit production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Christopher Ball	....	second assistant director
Josh McLaglen	....	first assistant director
Kayla Popp	....	third assistant director
Kristie Sills	....	second second assistant director
Lars P. Winther	....	third assistant director
Kerric Macdonald	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)

Département Art
Lorne Armstrong	....	set dresser
Art Baxter	....	construction manager
David Baxter	....	head carpenter
Stephan Bernier	....	head carpenter
Malcolm Callaway	....	stand-by painter
Keith Currie	....	prop person
Dean Eilertson	....	assistant property master
Tricia Fish	....	art department coordinator
Elinor Rose Galbraith	....	set decorator: additional Toronto crew (as Elinore Galbraith)
Mark Goodwin	....	stand-by carpenter
Robert Grani	....	set dresser
Randy Hardy	....	stand-by painter
David Hopkins	....	set dresser
Denis Kirkham	....	assistant set decorator
Mark Laing	....	draftsman
Patricia Larman	....	assistant set decorator
Barbara Luxton	....	prop person
Scott MacFarlane	....	head carpenter
Fritz McEvoy	....	assistant head carpenter
Angela Murphy	....	first assistant art director
Dan Owens	....	set dresser
Raymond Prado	....	storyboard artist
Bruno Robotti	....	key scenic artist
Paul Robotti	....	scenic painter
Cassandra Saulter	....	scenic painter
Kathie Shaw	....	art department runner
Darlene Sheils	....	art department trainee
Mary Steckle	....	sets buyer
Grant Swain	....	property master
Karen Toole	....	art department runner
David Sutherland	....	co-head carpenter (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Roberta Alstadter	....	foley recordist
Vanessa Theme Ament	....	foley artist
Vanessa Theme Ament	....	supervising foley editor
John H. Arrufat	....	dialogue editor
Mike Beaudry	....	adr engineer
Denise Bell	....	sound recordist
Michael J. Benavente	....	sound effects editor
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ed Callahan	....	foley editor
Paul Timothy Carden	....	sound effects editor
Scott Clements	....	cable person
Scott Clements	....	second boom operator
Richard Corwin	....	dialogue editor
Greg Dennen	....	stage manager
Mark Eshelman	....	stage manager
Julia Evershade	....	adr editor
John Fundus	....	boom operator
Glen Gauthier	....	production sound mixer
Marilyn Graf	....	foley mixer
Hilda Hodges	....	foley artist
William Jacobs	....	sound effects editor (as Bill Jacobs)
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Elliott Koretz	....	sound effects editor
Stephanie D. Krivacek	....	assistant adr editor
Courtenay Marvin	....	assistant sound editor
Susan McLean	....	sound recordist
Oscar Mitt	....	assistant sound editor
Bruce Moffitt	....	boom operator
Tom Newbon	....	stage engineer
Mark Peterson	....	digital sound assistant
Sonny Pettijohn	....	assistant sound editor
Jeena M. Phelps	....	assistant adr editor
Ken Porter	....	boom operator
Richard Portman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Potter	....	field sound effects
Curt Schulkey	....	sound effects editor
David E. Stone	....	supervising sound editor
Bill Talbott	....	technical engineer
J.D. Ward	....	machine operator
Bob Weitz	....	stage engineer (as Robert Weitz)
Thomas Whiting	....	adr editor
Christian T. Cooke	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Colin Jones	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Effets spéciaux
Dan Purdy	....	special effects assistant
Ted Ross	....	special effects coordinator
Lawrence Willett	....	special effects assistant
Jim Meisner	....	special effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Richard Bain	....	visual effects digital designer
David Fuhrer	....	digital artist: CFC
Rob Hodgson	....	visual effects digital designer
Richard E. Hollander	....	additional visual effects
Stuart McAra	....	visual effects producer
Janek Sirrs	....	visual effects
Janet Yale	....	visual effects producer
Bryan Hirota	....	CG artist: VIFX (uncredited)
Michele Maples	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)

Cascadeur
Shelley Cook	....	stunts
Shannon Millen	....	stunts
Sammy Thurman	....	stunts
Tye Tyukodi	....	stunts
Ron Van Hart	....	stunts

Caméra et Département Electrique
Jeff Adams	....	grip
John R. Adamsom	....	electrician
Neil Andrews	....	rigging electrician
Steven Bernstein	....	director of photography: additional Toronto crew (as Steve Bernstein)
Scott Brooke	....	dolly grip
Scott Brooke	....	key grip
Craig Bulmer	....	electrician
Allen Cheng	....	electrician
Andy Chmura	....	camera operator: additional Toronto crew
Jake Clarke	....	rigging electrician
John Clifford	....	still photographer
Jayson Clute	....	video assist operator
Freddie Cooper	....	camera operator
Ciaran Copelin	....	second assistant camera (as Ciarán Copelin)
Bob Dalton	....	generator operator
Steve Demeter	....	camera remote operator
Sean Doran	....	grip
Eric Emery	....	electrician
Bryan Forde	....	rigging gaffer
Rick Gillis	....	rigging grip
Dan E. Grady	....	electrician
Tony Guerin	....	first assistant camera
Michael Hall	....	first assistant camera
Michael Hall	....	first assistant camera: additional Toronto crew
Jim Holmes	....	crane grip
David Kellner	....	best boy electric (as Dave Kellner)
Mike Kirilenko	....	key grip: additional Toronto crew
Terry Leger	....	rigging grip
Mick Lipohar	....	camera loader
Kevin MacNeil	....	rigging electrician
Jeff Mart	....	Steadicam operator
Vojislav Mikulic	....	gaffer (as Voya Mikulic)
Paul Mitcheltree	....	grip
Roy Mombourquette	....	rigging electrician
Scott Nicol	....	camera trainee
Matthew Pill	....	key rigging grip
Herb Reischl Sr.	....	generator operator
Rob Rice	....	lighting grip
Ross Sangster	....	electrician
Mark Simkins	....	electrician
Paul Sweeney	....	assistant rigging gaffer
Fabian Walsh	....	generator operator
Renny Williams	....	rigging grip
Keith Adams	....	grip (uncredited)
Richard Brooks Burton	....	gyrosphere technician: aerial unit (uncredited)
Michael Kelem	....	aerial camera operator (uncredited)
H. Mark Vuille	....	gaffer: second unit (uncredited)

Département Casting
Ross Clydesdale	....	casting: Toronto
John Dunsworth	....	extras casting
Stacey Rosen	....	casting associate

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Patricia Cowmeadow	....	wardrobe runner (as Tisha Cowmeadow)
Roberta Palmer	....	wardrobe assistant
Karen Renaut	....	wardrobe mistress
Robert Roberts	....	wardrobe master
Rhea Theriault	....	seamstress
Georgina Yarhi	....	costume ager (uncredited)

Dpartement Editorial
Vaune Kirby Frechette	....	assistant film editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Bob Kaiser	....	color timer
Chris Maybach	....	assistant film editor
Ray Neapolitan	....	assistant film editor
Steven Ramirez	....	assistant film editor

Département Musique
Steve Bartek	....	orchestrator
Andy Bass	....	score recordist
Danny Elfman	....	music producer
Robert Fernandez	....	orchestra recordist
Arlene Fishbach	....	music consultant
Christopher Kennedy	....	score editor: temporary score
David Marquette	....	score recordist
Hendrik Meurkens	....	composer: song "Night in the Afternoon"
Shawn Murphy	....	score mixer
Edgardo Simone	....	additional orchestrator
Curt Sobel	....	music editor
Richard Stone	....	conductor
Patti Zimmitti	....	music contractor
Richard Ziegler	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)

Département Transport
John Allen	....	picture vehicle coordinator
Robert Bennett	....	head driver
William M. Corkum	....	production driver
Gary Duncan	....	driver: camera car
Gert Gielen-MacGregor	....	production driver
Rob 'Huck' Hovis	....	production driver
Jannette Joudrey	....	production driver
Rick Leger	....	driver: camera car
Forbes MacDonald	....	production driver
Paul MacEachern	....	production driver
Bob MacIsaac	....	production driver
Dave Marwick	....	production driver
Stuart Mitchell	....	production driver
Steve Murphy	....	production driver
Donnie Ongo	....	production driver
Kelly Peterson	....	production driver
James Ritchie	....	production driver
Gordie Roberts	....	production driver
Gib Russell	....	production driver
Rohan Singh	....	production driver
Kimberly Smith	....	production driver
Nick Sweetman	....	transportation coordinator
Emmanuel 'Manny' Taylor	....	transportation captain
Grant Volkers	....	production driver

Divers
Leslie J. Adamson	....	accommodation manager
Greg Allen	....	craft service
Diana Alvarez	....	assistant coordinator
Christopher Archibald	....	craft service
Debra Beers	....	location manager
Dave Bennett	....	post-production accountant
Lynne Birdt	....	assistant production accountant
Peter Brenders	....	security wrangler
Kathryn Buck	....	script supervisor: additional Toronto crew
Doug Caron	....	film assistant: Toronto
Christopher Comrie	....	assistant production accountant
Shelley Crawford	....	script supervisor
Rita Davis	....	accounting assistant
James Donlon	....	movement coach
Gina Fowler	....	production coordinator
Alex Hackford	....	gull wrangler
John Hencher	....	office production assistant
Elizabeth Himelstein	....	dialect coach
Alan Jacques	....	projectionist
Leo Jones	....	safety officer
K. Lenna Katich	....	production accountant
Missy Kelly	....	assistant: Taylor Hackford
Beverley Kolbe	....	assistant: Taylor Hackford
Nancy Lohnes	....	stand-in
Charles N. Love	....	technical advisor
Barbara MacDonald	....	stand-in
Anne MacPherson	....	craft service
Andrew McInnes	....	assistant location manager
Dawn McKelvie Cyr	....	stand-in
Stephen Moore	....	dailies projectionist
Bettina Tendler O'Mara	....	product promotions coordinator (as Bettina Tendler-O'Mara)
Rae V. O'Neil	....	office receptionist
Franco Pante	....	film assistant: Toronto
Susan Pile	....	production publicity
Scott Pritchett	....	production assistant
Diane Ray	....	craft service
Robin M. Reelis	....	office production assistant
Kim Smith	....	boat wrangler
Blake Starratt	....	office production assistant
Gary Swim	....	location manager
Tavin Marin Titus	....	assistant: Charles Mulvehill (as Tavin Marin)
Jacqueline Wechselberger	....	assistant production accountant
Linda L. Wehbi	....	assistant: Ms. Bates
Suzanne De Grandis	....	first assistant production accountant: prepartion only, Los Angeles (uncredited)
Derek Filiatrault	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Eric Von Arx	....	location scout (uncredited)

Companies de production

• Castle Rock Entertainment
• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributeurs

• Columbia Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• Concorde-Castle Rock/Turner (1995) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (1995) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (1995) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (1995) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (1995) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (1996) (Finland) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Filmayer Vídeo (Spain)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2000) (2006) (Finland) (TV)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2000) (Finland) (DVD)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Cinesite (Hollywood)
• Computer Film Company, The (CFC) (digital compositing, tracking)
• Video Image

Autres Companies

• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

MPAA:

Rated R for language and domestic abuse.

Durée:

132 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:12 | USA:R (certificate #33558) | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 (bw) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Lieux de tournage:

Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Société:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Anecdotes:

Author Stephen King wrote the character of Dolores with Kathy Bates in mind. Bates had impressed the author after meeting him on the set of Misery (1990).

Goofs:

Erreurs factuelles: The eclipse is dated early in the movie as occurring in 1975. However, according to the NASA Sunsearch database records, there were no solar eclipses (total or annular) on Earth in all of 1975. Additionally, from 1961 to 1980 there were no total eclipses visible in the filming locations. The closest was visible only in the Pacific Northwest in February of 1979.

Guillemet:

Vera Donovan: Sometimes you have to be a high-riding bitch to survive. Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hold onto.

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'The Green Mile' (2006) (V)

Bande son:

Night in the Afternoon

Very successful film

Kathy Bates made quite an impact, so to speak, on the movie-going public with her bravura performance in another Stephen King adaptation, 'Misery.' But showy (and fun) as that role was, it wasn't really much of an acting part--the real heavy lifting in that film was done by James Caan in his quieter, subtler role as the object of Bates's affection.

In 'Dolores Claiborne,' Bates finally gets a King role fully worthy of her range and subtlety. She pulls off the age transformations beautifully--I actually wondered at times whether young Dolores or old Dolores was closer to her real age. She still gets to have fun with King's trademark Maine dialect ('Now you listen to me, Mr. Grand High Poobah of Uppah Buttcrack!' is a line that gets me every time), but she never goes too far, and her every gesture tells of her great loves for her daughter and her friend, without ever exaggerating or sentimentalizing them. It's a remarkable performance, and the actress is probably right to remember it as her best role.

The rest of the film into which the performance fits creaks a bit in places (the final melodramatic scene at the hearing is pretty hokey), and it's complicated somewhat by Jennifer Jason Leigh's performance, which may be *too* good--her Selena comes off as so angry and selfish that we don't particularly *want* her to reconcile with her mother. But overall, the film's an artistic success, done in a classic American style, and using the simple but effective device of changing the color scheme to ease us from the present to the past.

The supporting cast more than stands up to Bates, too. Judy Parfitt is all too believable as Vera Donovan, especially in her younger incarnation--those of us who grew up in tourist towns are very familiar with this kind of harpy queen who comes to town and sets up shop for good. But the part isn't a simple caricature--those tears of anger and pride that Vera cries for Dolores and her daughter feel very real indeed. Christopher Plummer, with his mushy red nose and schoolteacher's diction, overdoes it a bit, perhaps, but it basically goes with the character he's been given. And David Strathairn's Joe St. George surely deserves a high place in the canon of Stephen King movie villains. Strathairn makes him as bad as can be, and yet there's occasionally a playful touch that *almost* makes us see why Dolores married him in the first place.

In the end, a rather underrated film, successful on many levels. 8.5. out of 10.