---
title: 'Dean Spanley (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Toa Fraser'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dean-spanley-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135968/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dean Spanley (2008)

2008 · 100 min · Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Dean Spanley is a 2008 New Zealand/British comedy drama film, with fantastic elements, directed by Fijian New Zealander Toa Fraser. Set in Edwardian England, the film is based on an Alan Sharp adaptation of Irish author Lord Dunsany's 1936 novella My Talks with Dean Spanley. It stars Sam Neill as the Dean, Jeremy Northam and Peter O'Toole as Fisk Junior and Fisk Senior respectively and Bryan Brown as Wrather.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Alan Sharp](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-sharp)
- **Director:** [Toa Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/toa-fraser)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Don McGlashan](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-mcglashan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leon Narbey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-narbey)
- **Editor:** [Chris Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-plummer)

## Cast

- [Judy Parfitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-parfitt)
- [Bryan Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-brown)
- [Peter O'Toole](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-o-toole)
- [Sam Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-neill)
- [Dudley Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-sutton)
- [Jeremy Northam](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-northam)

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