Making up... James McAvoy and Keira Knightley in Atonement. Photograph: Alex Bailey
There have been half a dozen films based on the work of Ian McEwan over the past couple of decades, with mixed results. The Cement Garden, from 1993, was a huge critical hit, despite failing to ignite the box office, while the same year's McEwan-scripted The Good Son, with its Macaulay-Culkin-goes-nuts schtick, put a reasonable number of bums on seats despite getting a mauling from reviewers.
Up next, on September 7 to be precise, is the long-awaited Atonement, directed by Pride and Prejudice's Joe Wright, and with a stellar British cast which includes Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Vanessa Redgrave. It's a second world war era period piece charting the ongoing effects of a young girl's false accusation on the lives of her elder sister and the man with whom she has embarked on a nascent love affair.
We have the latest trailer exclusively on our Trailer Park page, so go check it out (scroll down to the Coming Attractions section).
Our own Xan Brooks caught a four-minute section of the film at the Hay festival earlier this year and was blown away by an extended tracking shot.
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