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When Did You Last See Your Father?
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Led by Media
Partner Martin Haines and assisted by Margaret
Parvin, Davenport Lyons acted for Number 9 Films in connection
with the production of the feature film And When Did You
Last See Your Father? based upon British poet Blake Morrison’s
award-winning memoir. The film is produced by Stephen Woolley
(The Company of Wolves, The Crying Game, Interview with
the Vampire, and The End of the Affair) and Elizabeth
Karlsen (Sixty-Six, Ladies in Lavender and Little Voice)
both of Number 9 Films. The impressive cast includes Colin
Firth (as Morrison), Jim Broadbent (as Morrison’s dad)
and Juliet Stevenson. The film is directed by the BAFTA winning
director Anand Tucker (Hilary and Jackie and Shopgirl)
and the memoir was adapted for the screen by Starter For
Ten author David Nicholls.
Davenport Lyons advised Number 9 Films in relation to all
aspects of the production of the film from talent agreements
to the multi-party production financing and distribution of
the film. The film was developed by the UK Film Council’s
Development Fund and slate initiative in association with
Film4, Intandem Films, EM Media and the Irish Film Board and
was the first project to be produced under this development
franchise. As the film qualifies as a Schedule 1 Film, it
has attracted the new tax credit which was discounted by Future
Films. The Royal Bank of Scotland GAP financed the film and
discounted pre-sales with the following distributors: Sony
Pictures Classics, Icon, Lusomundo, and Buena Vista International
U.K., a Division of The Walt Disney Company Limited.
The film was shot entirely in the UK and is due for release
in the summer of 2007.
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