The Draughtsman's Contract
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A cocky young artist is hired to draw twelve landscapes at a country estate, and the drawings begin to reveal clues to a murder that hasn't been discovered yet.
Why watch: The first BFI/Channel 4 co-production. Greenaway's breakthrough into international arthouse cinema.
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Cast
Anthony Higgins as Mr. Neville
Janet Suzman as Virginia Herbert
Dave Hill as Herbert
Anne-Louise Lambert as Sarah Talmann
Hugh Fraser as Mr. Talmann
Neil Cunningham as Thomas Noyes
David Meyer as Poulenc Brother
Tony Meyer as Poulenc Brother
Nicholas Amer as Mr Parkes
Suzan Crowley as Mrs Pierpont
Lynda La Plante as Mrs Clement
Michael Feast as The Statue
David Gant as Seymour
Alastair Cumming as Philip
Steve Ubels as Hoyten
Crew
Peter Greenaway — Director
Peter Greenaway — Screenplay
David Payne — Producer
Lucy Boulting — Casting
Curtis Clark — Director of Photography
John Wilson — Editor
Bob Ringwood — Art Direction
Sue Blane — Costume Design
Michael Nyman — Original Music Composer
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