Quartet (2012 film)

2012 British comedy-drama film directed by Dustin Hoffman QuartetFilm posterDirected byDustin HoffmanScreenplay byRonald HarwoodBased onQuartetby Ronald HarwoodProduced byStewart MackinnonFinola DwyerStarringMaggie SmithTom CourtenayBilly ConnollyPauline CollinsMichael GambonCinematographyJohn de BormanEdited byBarney PillingMusic byDario MarianelliProductioncompaniesDCM ProductionsHeadline PicturesFinola Dwyer ProductionsBBC FilmDistributed byMomentum PicturesRelease dates 9 September 2012 (2012-09-09) (TIFF) 1 January 2013 (2013-01-01) (UK) Running time98 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishBudget$11 millionBox office$59.5 millionQuartet is a 2012 British comedy-drama film based on the play Quartet by Ronald Harwood that ran in London's West End from September 1999 until January 2000. It was filmed in late 2011 at Hedsor House, Buckinghamshire. The film was actor Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut. Plot In Beecham House, a retirement home for former professional musicians patterned after the real-life Casa di Riposo per Musicisti founded by Giuseppe Verdi, Reg, Wilf and Cissy are retired opera singers who had often worked together. Among other residents are Cedric Livingst