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Directed by | John Curran |
Screenplay by | Ron Nyswaner |
Based on | The Painted Veil 1925 novel by W. Somerset Maugham |
Produced by | Sara Colleton Jean-François Fonlupt Bob Yari Edward Norton Naomi Watts |
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Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh |
Edited by | Alexandre de Franceschi |
Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Countries | China United States Canada Belgium |
Languages | English Chinese French |
Budget | $19.4 million[3] |
Box office | $26.9 million[1] |
The Painted Veil is a 2006 American drama film directed by John Curran. The screenplay by Ron Nyswaner is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham. Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong Chau Sang and Liev Schreiber appear in the leading roles.
This is the third film adaptation of the Maugham book, following a 1934 film starring Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall and a 1957 version called The Seventh Sin with Bill Travers and Eleanor Parker, both of these aforementioned are originally produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (since WB's sister company, Turner Entertainment currently owns the rights for the first 2 film adaptations, based on the original novel of the same name).