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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Mike Leigh |
| Stars: |
Jim Broadbent |
| Actors: |
Timothy Spall |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
696306001935 |
| Release Date: |
1999 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 40min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 2hr 40min
Release Company: USA Home Video (June 20, 2000)
UPC: 696306001928 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 40min
Release Company: USA Home Video (June 06, 2000)
UPC: 696306001935 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Mike Leigh |
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Professional Reviews
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(12/17/1999, p.10E, Mike Clark): "...What a merry revelation -- one of the year's best movies and certainly its most delightful screen surprise..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Director Mike Leigh's high-minded telling of the story of legendary musical team Gilbert & Sullivan is one of the director's most thorough, highly ambitious efforts. Concentrating mainly on the tumultuous period just before the conception and production of the pair's THE MIKADO (first staged in 1885), Leigh's film rings true with an authenticity that transports the audience back to Victorian England with remarkable ease. Leigh, who comes from an extensive theater background, researched this period in English history exhaustively, from etiquette to the costumes to the production numbers. Both Jim Broadbent (as the negative-minded William Schwenk Gilbert) and Allan Corduner (as the "genius," Arthur Sullivan) deliver impassioned, entirely believable performances, as do the supporting players--particularly Kevin McKidd, Lesley Manville, and Leigh regular Timothy Spall. Notably different from the director's previous brutally realistic, modern day examinations (such as NAKED and SECRETS AND LIES), Leigh's film... |
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