Salmon Fishing In The Yemen Receives 3 Golden Globe Nominations
13th Dec 2012
Shine Pictures, the feature film division of Shine Group, has received 3 Golden Globe® Award nominations for its 2011 film Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.
The film has picked up nominations for:
Best Motion Picture, Comedy
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Ewan McGregor
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Emily Blunt.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is directed by Lasse Hallström and produced by Lionsgate UK in association with Shine Pictures, BBC Films and the UK Film Council. Stephen Garrett is executive producer for Shine Pictures. Zygi Kamasa is executive producer for Lionsgate. Jamie Laurenson also serves as executive producer, Paul Webster is a producer and Nicky Kentish Barnes is coproducer.
Shine Pictures Executive Chairman Stephen Garrett said:
“It is a thrilling privilege to receive three nominations across such prestigious categories. It is a tribute to the extraordinary creative brilliance of everyone involved in the production and particularly to Simon Beaufoy’s beautifully crafted adaptation of Paul Thorday’s novel, which inspired such captivating performances.”
Shine Pictures, led by Stephen Garrett (Executive Chairman) and Ollie Madden (Head of Film) is the feature film division of the Shine Group. Shine Pictures’ aim is to produce intelligent, filmmaker driven, commercial films for the worldwide market. Past productions (under previous banner Kudos Pictures) include David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises, Brighton Rock, the Amy Adams and Frances McDormand comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day. Shine Pictures has a joint venture with New Regency, for whom they are producing The Gray Man, the Brad Pitt starring thriller directed by James Gray, and the feature version of bestselling Scandinavian thriller Three Seconds. Also upcoming is a sequel to Eastern Promises, once again written by Steven Knight and set up at Focus Features.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is directed by Lasse Hallström and stars Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas. Based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Paul Torday, and a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, the film is about a fisheries expert who is recruited by a consultant to help realize a sheikh’s vision of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the Yemen desert, initiating an upstream journey of faith to make the impossible possible. The film was shot on location in London, Scotland, and Morocco, premiering at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
