Sweeney Todd: Benjamin Barker was living a simple, happy life as a barber with his wife Lucy (Laura Michelle Kelly) and their baby daughter when the lust of Judge Turpin resulted in Benjamin being deported to Australia on a trumped-up charge. Years later Benjamin, now calling himself Sweeney Todd, returns illegally to England. When Mrs Lovett tells him that Turpin raped Lucy, who then poisoned herself in despair, Sweeney goes on a murderous rampage. Too late he learns that Mrs Lovett misled him and that Lucy survived the poison to become an addled beggar. Peter Owen was makeup & hair designer; Ivana Primorac was key makeup artist & key hair stylist; Neal Scanlan was responsible for prosthetics.
Danika: Danika (Marisa Tomei) is – apparently – a thirty-five-years-old overprotective mother, on the edge of a breakdown, suffering terrifying nightmares and daydreams. Eleanor Sabaduquia was key makeup artist; Kate Lee was makeup artist (Marisa Tomei); Maryann Marchetti was makeup artist (Marisa Tomei, additional photography); Patrick McGee (McGee FX) was special makeup effects artist.
Chromophobia: As a bourgeois family slowly comes apart at the seams we see their fractured interactions with each other and with others – including Gloria Ramirez de Arroyo (Penélope Cruz), a seriously ill Spanish single mother who survives through prostitution and exotic dancing. Darren Evans was makeup & hair designer; Whitney James was makeup artist (Penélope Cruz); Sara Raeburn was makeup & hair stylist supervisor; Martin Samuel was hair stylist (Penélope Cruz).
21 Grams: Christina Peck (Naomi Watts) was a happily married upper-middle-class suburban housewife until a tragic accident turned her into a grieving mother. Luisa Abel was makeup department head; Vivian Baker was key makeup artist.
Cold Mountain: A wounded Confederate soldier struggles on a perilous journey to get back home to Cold Mountain and Ada, the woman he left behind before going off to fight in the Civil War. Meanwhile back at Cold Mountain, Ruby (Renée Zellweger), a scrappy drifter, helps Ada to learn to manage the farm. Paul Engelen and Ivana Primorac were hair & makeup designers.
Life Stinks: A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for thirty days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with the homeless Molly (Lesley Anne Warren). Fred Blau was head makeup artist.