An Inspector Calls (2015 TV film)
| An Inspector Calls | |
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An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley |
| Screenplay by | Helen Edmundson |
| Directed by | Aisling Walsh |
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| Composer(s) | Dominik Scherrer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Cinematography | Martin Fuhrer |
| Editor(s) | Alex Mackie |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
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| Distributor | BBC |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 13 September 2015 |
An Inspector Calls is a 2015 British thriller television film written by Helen Edmundson, based on the J. B. Priestley play of the same title. It is directed by Aisling Walsh, produced by Howard Ella and stars David Thewlis as the titular character. The story is centred on a mysterious inspector, who investigates the socially ambitious Birling family and a dinner guest following the suicide of a young woman. The film was first broadcast on 13 September 2015 on BBC One.
The film is set in 1912, and follows the events of a single evening on which the wealthy Birling family is holding a dinner party to celebrate the engagement of their daughter. The festivities are interrupted by a visit from what is taken to be a policeman, Inspector Goole, who is investigating the recent suicide of a local young woman. Goole’s interrogations of each member of the dinner party makes it clear that all of them have contributed to the tragedy through individually unjust, selfish or exploitative behavior.
In February 2015, filming began in Saltaire, West Yorkshire. Although the exterior shots of the mill were filmed at Saltaire, the interior shots of the mill were filmed at Queen Street Mill on the outskirts of Burnley, Lancashire . A full sized office was built in the middle of the Weaving Shed for this production and was dismantled once filming was completed. A large number of scenes were also filmed at Scampston Hall, near Malton, and in the market town of Malton.
Like the 1954 version, this adaptation employs flashbacks to the events described (allowing some dialogue to be eliminated), as well as additional scenes showing more of the life and death of Eva, and the Inspector after he leaves the Birlings' home. Additionally, like the 1954 film, Goole's implied supernatural aspect is more explicit than in the play: he is seen staring up at Eva's window, as she seemingly looks down on him, but from her point of view the street is empty. In the hospital, Eva sees the Inspector as she convulses from the swallowed disinfectant and has her stomach pumped. After she has died, Goole sits by Eva's body and gently cradles her lifeless hand, but when the shot switches to the viewpoint of a nurse and a police constable he is not there. This adaptation seems to set Goole as an 'avenging angel' representing a higher authority than the Yorkshire Constabulary.
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