Possession

Overview

Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 16, 2002

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom, United States of America

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures,Focus Features,Baltimore Pictures,Baltimore Spring Creek Productions,USA Films,Contagious Films,Spring Creek Pictures

Cast

Graham Crowden,Jeanne Marine,Meg Wynn Owen,Craig Crosbie,Gwyneth Paltrow,Jennifer Ehle,Aaron Eckhart,Lena Headey,Kate O'Toole,Tom Hickeyand 12 more

Director

Neil LaBute

Writer

Neil LaBute,Laura Jones,David Henry Hwang,A.S. Byatt

Producer

Len Amato,David Barron,Barry Levinson,Paula Weinstein

Cinematography

Jean-Yves Escoffier

Music

Gabriel Yared

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$10,113,733

IMDb

tt0256276