Nanny McPhee

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Nanny McPhee
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kirk Jones
Screenplay by	Emma Thompson
Story by	Christianna Brand
Based on	Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand
Produced by	Lindsay Doran Tim Bevan Eric Fellner
Starring	Emma Thompson Colin Firth Kelly MacDonald Derek Jacobi Celia Imrie Patrick Barlow Imelda Staunton Thomas Sangster Angela Lansbury
Cinematography	Henry Braham
Edited by	Justin Krish Nick Moore
Music by	Patrick Doyle
Production companies	StudioCanal[1] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures[1] Working Title Films[1] Three Strange Angels[1] Nanny McPhee Productions[1]
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (United States; International through United International Pictures) Mars Distribution (France)
Release dates	28 October 2005 (2005-10-28) (United Kingdom) 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) (United States)
Running time	99 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States France
Language	English
Budget	$25 million[2]
Box office	$123.3 million[2]

Nanny McPhee is a 2005 comedy drama fantasy film based on the Nurse Matilda character by Christianna Brand. It was directed by Kirk Jones, coproduced by StudioCanal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Working Title Films, Three Strange Angels, and Nanny McPhee Productions with music by Patrick Doyle, and produced by Lindsay Doran, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner. Set in Victorian England in the 1860s, the film stars Emma Thompson (who wrote the screenplay for the film) as Nanny McPhee, along with Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Derek Jacobi, Celia Imrie, Patrick Barlow, Imelda Staunton, Thomas Sangster and Angela Lansbury.

The film was theatrically released on 28 October 2005 in the UK by United International Pictures and on 27 January 2006 in the US by Universal Pictures. Thompson also scripted the film, which is adapted from Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda books. The filming location was Penn House Estate, Buckinghamshire. A sequel, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, was released in 2010.