Vanity Fair PG-13
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 2 hours, 21 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 1, 2005
- Originally Released: 2004
- Label: Focus Features
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Reese Witherspoon & James Purefoy | |
Performer: | Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Romola Garai, Gabriel Byrne, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, Geraldine McEwan & Douglas Hodge | |
Directed by | Mira Nair | |
Screenwriting by | Mark Skeet, Julian Fellowes & Matthew Faulk | |
Composition by | Mychael Danna | |
Produced by | Janette Day, Lydia Dean Pilcher & Donna Gigliotti | |
Director of Photography: | Declan Quinn | |
Executive Production by | Pippa Cross, Howard R. Cohen & Jonathan Lynn |
Entertainment Reviews:
Nair's treatment is exotic and full of color...
USA Today
Witherspoon could have made something of Vanity Fair if Nair had reinvented the novel the way the makers of Clueless reinvented Emma. Instead, she exploited it.
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The New York Review of Books
Witherspoon holds her own against these lions of British cinema....The actress has the requisite wit and smarts...
Movieline's Hollywood Life
Scene by scene and moment to moment, it's a woeful misreading of the book.
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Salon.com
It's lavish but lulling, and at two hours and 18 minutes, it's something of a bore.
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Observer
Olivia Cooke's interpretation is probably the best Becky Sharp yet: She's intensely charismatic, with a little more bite, and toes the line between being faithful to the book and teasing out more modern feminist themes a little more smoothly.
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Refinery29
[B]y the final scene, you feel as though lives have been lived.
Film Comment
Product Description:
Reese Witherspoon is surprisingly effective as Becky Sharp in Mira Nair's lush adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel of Victorian England, VANITY FAIR. Nair, known for such films as SALAAM BOMBAY!, MISSISSIPPI MASALA, and MONSOON WEDDING, tells the compelling story of a young orphan girl, Sharp, who attempts to rise above her station in very class-conscious British society. Sharp enters this very rich and rigid world as a governess who captures the heart of Rawdon Crawley (James Purefoy), who chooses love over the family fortune, a financial decision that could potentially doom the relationship. Meanwhile, her best friend, Amelia Sedley (Romola Garai), lets true love slip right through her fingers. As war rages on against Napoleon and the French, Sharp continues her ascension, though she's met by naysayers and gossipmongers every step of the way.
Nair has put together a terrific cast, including Gabriel Byrne, Bob Hoskins, Jim Broadbent, Douglas Hodge, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, and Rhys Ifans. Natasha Little, who played Becky Sharp in a 1999 BBC miniseries, appears here as Lady Jane, and British favorite Eileen Atkins is hysterical as Miss Matilda Crawley. Splendid costumes, beautiful locations (including Hampton Court Gardens and India), high-quality acting, and gorgeous music combine to make this a worthy version of a classic tale about a feminist ahead of her time.
Nair has put together a terrific cast, including Gabriel Byrne, Bob Hoskins, Jim Broadbent, Douglas Hodge, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, and Rhys Ifans. Natasha Little, who played Becky Sharp in a 1999 BBC miniseries, appears here as Lady Jane, and British favorite Eileen Atkins is hysterical as Miss Matilda Crawley. Splendid costumes, beautiful locations (including Hampton Court Gardens and India), high-quality acting, and gorgeous music combine to make this a worthy version of a classic tale about a feminist ahead of her time.
Keywords:
War
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Period Piece
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Marriage
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Theatrical Release
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England
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India
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Love
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Money
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Based On A Novel
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- Sales Rank: 41,196
- UPC: 025192500121
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