Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

1h 46m 2003

Brief Synopsis

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Harbour has spent his whole life trying to take care of his motherless and suicidal little brother, Wilbur. The brothers are inseparable. In their thirties, they lose their father and inherit his second-hand bookshop. One day Alice enters the shop with her little daughter. Alice is a cleaning lady a

Cast & Crew

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Lone Scherfig

Director

Jamie Sives

Wilbur

Adrian Rawlins

Harbour

Shirley Henderson

Alice

Lisa Mckinlay

Mary

Julia Davis

Moira

Film Details

Also Known As
Wilbur, Wilbur Commits Suicide
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2003
Production Company
Danish Film Institute (Dfi); Glasgow Film Fund; Les Films Du Losange; Palisades Tartan; Scottish Screen; Trust Film Sales; Tv2 (Norway); Zentropa Entertainment
Distribution Company
OTTFILM/THINKFILM; A-Film Distribution; Alfa Films; CinTart; Cts; Filmladen Gmbh; Golem Distribution; Icon; Icon Uk Group; Les Films Du Losange; Nordisk Film; Nordisk Film Tv; Ottfilm; Pandora Film Produktion; StudioCanal; Studiocanal; Thinkfilm

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 46m

Synopsis

Harbour has spent his whole life trying to take care of his motherless and suicidal little brother, Wilbur. The brothers are inseparable. In their thirties, they lose their father and inherit his second-hand bookshop. One day Alice enters the shop with her little daughter. Alice is a cleaning lady at the nearby hospital and she sells the books that the patients leave behind. The daughter Mary yearns for a home where the books don't always get sold. Harbour falls in love with Alice, and soon all four of them are closely intertwined in each other's lives--and deaths.

Director

Lone Scherfig

Director

Cast

Jamie Sives

Wilbur

Adrian Rawlins

Harbour

Shirley Henderson

Alice

Lisa Mckinlay

Mary

Julia Davis

Moira

Susan Vidler

Sophie

Mads Mikkelsen

Horst

Robert Mcintosh

Lorraine Mcintosh

Gordon Brown

Mhairi Steenbock

Andy Townsley

Coral Preston

Colin Mcallister

Owen Gorman

John Yule

Anne Marie Timoney

Chun-wah Tsang

Des Hamilton

Jazmin Fraser

Rory Elrick

Lloyd Butler

Olivia Calder

Samantha Mcniven

Crew

Anne Katrine Andersen

Post-Production Coordinator

Karsten Sand Andersen

Storyboard Artist

Christine Bechameil

Set Decorator

Emma Bedford

Assistant Director

Karen Bentzon

Line Producer

Gillian Berrie

Co-Producer

Asser Borgen

Foley Editor

Dirk Bruel

Photography

Tine Buch

Makeup Designer

Marissa Carrara

Assistant Director

Anthony Castle

Assistant Director

Niels Valentin Dal

Compositing Supervisor

Lars Dela

Consultant

Neil Finnighan

Stunt Coordinator

Mikkel Groos

Sound Effects Editor

Mikkel Groos

Music Editor

Des Hamilton

Casting Director

Kahl Henderson

Adr/Dialogue Editor

Peter Hjorth

Visual Effects Supervisor

Joachim Holbek

Music

Anders Thomas Jensen

Screenwriter

Peter Aalbaek Jensen

Executive Producer

J°rgen Johansson

Director Of Photography

Sisse Graum Jorgensen

Producer

William Knuttel

Art Department

Ingrid Kofoed

Assistant Director

Rasmus Lange

Compositing Supervisor

Mark Leese

Art Director

Jette Lehmann

Production Designer

Donald Mackinnon

Location Manager

Michael Mackinnon

Foley Artist

Ursula Riis Moller Nielsen

Set Decorator

Francoise Nicolet

Costumes

Pia Nielsen

Post-Production Supervisor

Jim O'donnell

Set Decorator

Rune Palving

Sound Designer

Angus Pigott

Production Coordinator

Mike Ross-trevor

Music

Lone Scherfig

Screenwriter

Dave Soutar

Adr

Ib Tardini

Associate Producer

Gerd Tjur

Editor

Anders Valbro

Music Supervisor

Paul Wilson

Titles

Paul Wilson

Graphic Designer

Film Details

Also Known As
Wilbur, Wilbur Commits Suicide
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2003
Production Company
Danish Film Institute (Dfi); Glasgow Film Fund; Les Films Du Losange; Palisades Tartan; Scottish Screen; Trust Film Sales; Tv2 (Norway); Zentropa Entertainment
Distribution Company
OTTFILM/THINKFILM; A-Film Distribution; Alfa Films; CinTart; Cts; Filmladen Gmbh; Golem Distribution; Icon; Icon Uk Group; Les Films Du Losange; Nordisk Film; Nordisk Film Tv; Ottfilm; Pandora Film Produktion; StudioCanal; Studiocanal; Thinkfilm

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 46m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2003

Released in United States February 2003

Released in United States March 26, 2004

Released in United States on Video December 28, 2004

Released in United States Spring March 12, 2004

Shown at Berlin Film Festival February 6-16, 2003.

Shown at London Film Festival October 22-November 6, 2003.

Released in United States 2003 (Shown at London Film Festival October 22-November 6, 2003.)

Released in United States February 2003 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival February 6-16, 2003.)

Released in United States Spring March 12, 2004

Released in United States March 26, 2004 (Los Angeles)

Released in United States on Video December 28, 2004

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