Empire of Light

Empire of Light (R)

Movie |

England | Love

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  • Genre(s): Romance, Drama
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Sam Mendes, Nicoletta Mani, Cristina Pagani, Louis Clark, Sam Neale See all Crew
  • Cast(s): Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, Colin Firth, Tom Brooke See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 53min
  • Music: Trent Reznor,Atticus Ross,Chris Burdon,William Miller,Rachael Tate
  • Award(s): CinEuphoria 2024 (Won)
    Oscar 2023 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Eternity, People We Meet on Vacation
  • Story:
    "Empire of light" is a drama about a man who is struggling with his mental health and works in a seaside cinema as a duty manager. Later forms a connection during turbulent times with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
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6.6/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
"Empire of light" is a drama about a man who is struggling with his mental health and works in a seaside cinema as a duty manager. Later forms a connection during turbulent times with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
Ratings

6.6/10

IMDb

45%

Rotten Tomatoes

AWARDS

Won
CinEuphoria Award

Best Cinematography International Competition | 2024 | Roger Deakins

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Nominations
Oscar Award

Best Achievement in Cinematography | 2023 | Roger Deakins

Golden Globe Award

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama | 2023 | Olivia Colman

BAFTA Film Award

Outstanding British Film of the Year | 2023 | Pippa Harris

Best Cinematography | 2023 | Roger Deakins

ALFS Award

BritishIrish Actress of the Year | 2023 | Olivia Colman

BritishIrish Actress of the Year For and | 2023 | Olivia Colman

Sierra Award

Best Actress | 2022 | Olivia Colman

Best Cinematography | 2022 | Roger Deakins

CinEuphoria Award

Best Actress International Competition | 2024 | Olivia Colman

Best Film International Competition | 2024 | Pippa Harris

Best Director International Competition | 2024 | Sam Mendes

NTFCA Award

Best Actress | 2022 | Olivia Colman

Best Cinematography | 2022 | Roger Deakins

COFCA Award

Best Lead Performance | 2023 | Olivia Colman

WFCC Award

Best Screen Couple | 2022 | Olivia Colman

Golden Frog Award

Main Competition | 2022 | Roger Deakins

Aurora Award

2023 | Sam Mendes

FFCC Award

Best Score | 2022 | Atticus Ross

Best Cinematography | 2022 | Roger Deakins

SFC Award

Best Score | 2022 | Atticus Ross

Best Cinematography | 2022 | Roger Deakins

HMMA Award

Best Original Score Feature Film | 2022 | Atticus Ross

HFCS Award

Best Original Score | 2023 | Atticus Ross

Satellite Award

Best Cinematography | 2023 | Roger Deakins

Best Costume Design | 2023 | Alexandra Byrne

EDA Award

Best Cinematography | 2023 | Roger Deakins

ASC Award

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Feature Film | 2023 | Roger Deakins

WAFCA Award

Best Cinematography | 2022 | Roger Deakins

OAFFC Award

Best Cinematography | 2022 | Roger Deakins

Critics Choice Award

Best Cinematography | 2023 | Roger Deakins

Golden Reel Award

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing Feature Motion Picture DialogueADR | 2023 | Rachael Tate

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing Feature DialogueADR | 2023 | Rachael Tate

BOX OFFICE

Budget 13,500,000 USD

Box Office Collection 11,395,604 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Although this is Sam Mendes' ninth film as a director, "Empire of Light" marks the first time he directed from a screenplay he had written entirely himself. All of his other films, including a co-writing credit for the film "1917 (2019)," were directed from scripts by other screenwriters.

The actual Dreamland cinema in Margate (which stood in for the Empire cinema in this film) was opened in 1923. It changed hands several times during its lifetime and finally closed for good in 2007. It still stands, although empty, because it is a listed building and so cannot be demolished without parliamentary approval. The block of flats where Steven lives with his mother is not an optical effect: it is really is that close to the building (with Margate railway station being just 100 yards up the road).

The film is bookended with poems. Near the start of the film. T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" is used, a poem which claims that spring proves that humans are profoundly dead. At the end of the film, a poem by Philip Larkin claims that May leaf growth shows the previous year's gross is dead but this year brings a fresh start.

The film makes reference to the terms 'rude boy' and '2 tone', terms from a period in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The terms refer to some young musicians (both black and white) who were born and raised in the UK and who started to adopt the dress sense and musical influence of ska-based Jamaican dance hall music but with a British spin on it. The movement is thought to have originated in the city of Coventry; it's most famous proponents included bands like The Selecter, The Beat, The Specials and Bad Manners. The most internationally successful of these bands was 'Madness', whose earlier hits were considered to be heavily influenced by the 2 tone movement.

Sam Mendes' first solo screenplay and his second screenplay overall after the film "1917 (2019)."

Popular Dialogues

"Hilary: All these people. I'm the only one who knows the truth. Do you understand me? I'm the only one!"

"Norman: ...there's a little flaw in our optic nerve so if I run the film at 24 frames per second, you don't see the darkness... viewing static images rapidly in succession creates an illusion of motion, illusion of life.."