Quartet
Four Friends Looking For A Little Harmony
Country
Production
Budget
$11 000 000
Box office
$59 520 298
Director
Actors
Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon, Sheridan Smith, Jumayn Hunter, Shola Adewusi, Andrew Sachs, Trevor Peacock
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Finola Dwyer, Stewart Mackinnon, Dustin Hoffman, Jamie Laurenson, Xavier Marchand, Christoph Daniel, Marc Schmidheiny, Dario Suter, Thorsten Schumacher, Dickon Stainer
Camera operator
John de Borman
Composer
Artist
Andrew McAlpine
Audition
Editing
Short description
Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on, and it does.
What's left behind the scenes
- This was Dustin Hoffman's first completed project as a director. In 1978, he began directing the film 'Straight Time' (1978), but after a few days decided it was too difficult to be both an actor and a director on the same project, and invited Ulu Grosbard to take on the role of director.
- Maggie Smith had already starred in a film titled 'Quartet' (1981). However, the only similarity between these two films is the title and Smith herself.
- Most of the performers in supporting roles were former professional musicians.
- The main actors were specifically trained in singing, but the scene where they sing Giuseppe Verdi's 'Rigoletto' was ultimately cut from the film.
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