The Painted Veil (2006 film)

The Painted Veil
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Curran
Screenplay by	Ron Nyswaner
Based on	The Painted Veil 1925 novel by W. Somerset Maugham
Produced by	Sara Colleton Jean-François Fonlupt Bob Yari Edward Norton Naomi Watts
Starring	Naomi Watts Edward Norton Liev Schreiber Toby Jones Diana Rigg Lü Yan
Cinematography	Stuart Dryburgh
Edited by	Alexandre de Franceschi
Music by	Alexandre Desplat
Production companies	Bob Yari Productions The Mark Gordon Company The Colleton Company Class 5 Films Dragon Studios Warner China Film HG
Distributed by	China Film Group Corporation (China)[1] Warner Independent Pictures (United States) Belga Film (Belgium)[1]
Release dates	December 20, 2006 (2006-12-20) (US) December 29, 2006 (2006-12-29) (China) April 27, 2007 (2007-04-27) (UK & IRL)
Running time	125 minutes
Countries	China United States Canada Belgium
Languages	English Chinese French
Budget	$19.4 million[2]
Box office	$26.9 million[1]

The Painted Veil is a 2006 American drama film directed by John Curran. The screenplay by Ron Nyswaner is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham. Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong Chau Sang and Liev Schreiber appear in the leading roles.

This is the third film adaptation of the Maugham book, following a 1934 film starring Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall and a 1957 version called The Seventh Sin with Bill Travers and Eleanor Parker, both of these aforementioned are originally produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (since WB's sister company, Turner Entertainment currently owns the rights for the first 2 film adaptations, based on the original novel of the same name).