Nine

Cast & Crew

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Director
Rob Marshall
Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Producer
John DeLuca
Producer
Marc Platt
Producer
Rob Marshall

Cast View all

Guido Contini
Daniel Day-Lewis
Luisa Contini
Marion Cotillard
Carla
Penelope Cruz
Lilli
Judi Dench
Claudia Jenssen
Nicole Kidman

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Production Designer
John Myhre
Director of Photography
Dion Beebe
Costume Designer
Colleen Atwood
Hairstylist
Peter King
Key Makeup Artist
Peter King

Synopsis

Genre: Musical | Romance

NINE is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), a young American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson) and his mother (Sophia Loren). The original 1982 Broadway production of “NINE,” nominated for twelve Tony Awards and winning five, including Best Musical, was directed by Tommy Tune, choreographed by Thommie Walsh, starred Raúl Juliá with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Arthur Kopit. The 2003 Broadway revival of “NINE” received eight Tony Award nominations and won two, including Best Revival of a Musical.

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A First Look At Rob Marshall's 'Nine'

Published on: May 24, 2009

Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Fergie, and Penelope Cruz, Nine is a musical about film director, "Guido Contini" (Daniel Day-Lewis) who is trying to finish a movie but has to many women in his life. There's Luisa, his lovely wife (played by Marion Cotillard), Carla his sizzling mistress (Penelope Cruz, who else?), and Claudia his muse (Nicole Kidman)

Harvey Weinstein is producing the film version of Nine, which is based on a musical originally written by Arthur Kopit and Mary Yeston and inspired by Federico Fellini's autobiographical movie, 8 ½. Raul Julia headlined the original 1982 Broadway production. In 2003, Antonio Banderas played the same role in the Broadway revival, which also featured Chita Rivera, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jane Krakowski, and Laura Benanti.

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By: Jeffrey James Keyes

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