Vanity Fair
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Cast & Crew
Mira Nair
Andrew Price
Sean Mckenzie
Tim Seely
Tony Maudsley
K. Knight
Film Details
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Synopsis
The daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl, Becky is orphaned at a young age. Even as a child, she yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises. As she leaves Miss Pinkerton's Academy at Chiswick, Becky resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. She deploys all of her wit, guile, and sexuality as she makes her way up into high society during the first quarter of the 19th century. Becky's ascension to the heights of society commences when she gains employment as governess to the daughters of eccentric Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky wins over the children, and the Crawley family's rich spinster Aunt Matilda as well. The rural Hampshire household comes to find her indispensable, and Matilda comes to confide in the bright young woman. But Becky knows that she cannot be a true part of English society until she moves to the city. When Matilda invites her to come live in London, Becky eagerly accepts. There, Becky is reunited with her best friend Amelia Sedley, who-having grown up comfortably--does not share Becky's more brazen ambitions. Hewing close to the family she already knows so well, Becky secretly marries dashing heir Rawdon Crawley but when Matilda discovers their union, she casts the newlyweds out. When Napoleon invades Europe, Rawdon bravely reports to the front lines. Pregnant Becky stands by distraught newlywed Amelia, whose own husband George Osborne is also called to fight. When George does not survive the Battle of Waterloo, Becky's friendship with Amelia is strained beyond repair. Becky is reunited with Rawdon and gives birth to a boy, but, post-war, money and comforts are sparse for the trio. More intent than ever on gaining acceptance into London society and living well, Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne. Steyne's whims enable Becky to realize her dreams, but the ultimate cost may be too high for her.
Director
Mira Nair
Cast
Andrew Price
Sean Mckenzie
Tim Seely
Tony Maudsley
K. Knight
Kate Fleetwood
Thomas Grant
John Franklyn-robbins
Eileen Atkins
Stephanie Mcmillan
Ruth Sheen
Jonny Phillips
Kelly Hunter
Geraldine Mcewan
Roma Edmonds
Reese Witherspoon
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Brian Pettifer
Gabriel Byrne
James Purefoy
John Woodvine
Nial O'brien
Richard Mccabe
Natasha Little
Bruce Mackinnon
Paul Bentall
Emilie Richardson
Jim Broadbent
Timothy Bentinck
Tom Beard
David Sterne
Louise Weekley
Camilla Rutherford
Nicholas Jones
Deborah Findlay
Matthew Horne
Virendra Saxena
Tom Sturridge
Sophie Hunter
Alexandra Staden
Roger Lloyd Pack
Meg Wynn Owen
William Melling
Angelica Mandy
Charles Beall
Gledis Cinque
Gabrielle Lloyd
Georgina Edmonds
Sian Thomas
Anu Gopalakrishnan
Rhys Ifans
Trevor Cooper
Lillete Dubey
Kathryn Drysdale
Sandy Borne
Romola Garai
Tracey Lushington
Barbara Leigh-hunt
Sylvano Clarke
Amanda Courtney-davies
Tim Preece
Daniel Hay
Lene Langgaard
Suzanne Thomas
Mari Baade
Helen Coker
Stefane Sauer
Bob Hoskins
Steven Elder
Douglas Hodge
Chloe Treend
Nicole Forbes
Sarah Mogg
Crew
Rajeev Acharya
Richard Ackland
John Adefarasin
Javed Akhtar
S M Ferozeuddin Alameer
Imtiaz Amir
Divya Anand
Ray Angelic
Steve Anthony
Beulah Baptist Archer
Beulah Baptist Archer
John Arnold
Robyn Aronstam
Pablo Arraya
Matthew Baker
Joaquin Ballabriga
Abigail Barbier
Ben Battersby
Kenny Becker
Klemens Becker
Yoel Ben-simhon
Christine Bergren
Lucy Bevan
Raghu Bharadwaj
Arjun Bhasin
Maria Bisset
Saakshi Biswas
James Blackwell
Andy Bradford
Perry Brahan
Edmund Broad
Christian Brockey
Richard Broome
John Brown
Zoe Brown
Zoe Brown
John Burden
Anita Burger
Arjun Burji
Tony Burnes
Lord George Gordon Byron
David Cadwallader
Suzanne Caplan Merwanji
Stephanie Carrol
Gilly Case
Chang Su Chan Shiu
Sunil Chhabra
Luke Chisholm
Freddie Chiverton
Phil Clark
Mike Clark-hall
Howard Cohen
Hannah Collett
Yana Collins Lehman
Frank Connor
Marko Constanzo
David Cozens
Barney Crocker
Pippa Cross
Chris Cull
Bob Curly
Belinda Cusmano
Steve Cussell
Gene D'cruze
Richard Dalton
Mychael Danna
Mychael Danna
Kalpa Dave
Terry Davies
James Davis
Janette Day
Len Day
Mulchand Dedhia
Rick Derby
Peter Devlin
Nrinder Dhudwar
Heather Dixon
Maria Djurkovic
Nicholas Dodd
Nicholas Dodd
Tony Driver
Blanka Dudas
Jennifer Dunnington
Steve Dyke
Kevin Early
Dan Edelstein
Louis Elman
Hassan Esh Esh
Hassan Esh Esh
Glyn Evans
Gillian Farr
Matthew Faulk
Matthew Faulk
Julian Fellowes
Robert Fernandez
Gary Fisher
Micky Fisher
Ian Franklin
Vic Fraser
Jane Frazer
Jennifer Freed
Giles Gale
Selva Ganesh
Jim Gardner
Justin Garner
Charlie Gaynor
Donna Gigliotti
Craig Gilbert
Peter Gleaves
Martin Goddard
Hugh Goodbody
Anu Gopalakrishnan
Jon Henry Gordon
Jon Henry Gordon
Ray Greenhill
John Grey
Chris Hammond
Ben Harrington
Tim Harrison
Steve Hart
Jenny Hawkins
Joseph Haydn
John Haynes
John Heayn
Annabel Hill
Daniel Hillsdon
Andrew Hinch
Amy Hollaway
Dennis Holliday
Virginia Holmes
Mark Holt
Jo Hopker
Jo Hopker
Kevin Hopkins
Greg Howard
Craig Humphries
Susan Ignatius
Susan Ignatius
Megan Inglesent
Shernaz Italia
Jason Jalloul
Ali James
Allyson C Johnson
Lee Jones
Sally Jones
Reema Kagti
Simrun Kalra
Geeta Kapoor
Debbie Kaye
Norman Kaye
Amanda Keable
Max Keene
Fred Kelly
Ned Kelly
Nick Kenealy
Ashraf Khan
Farah Khan
Sameer Khan
Stuart King
Dan Korintus
G Monic Kumar
Drew Kunin
Rebecca Lafford
Paul Laffy
Clyde Lane
John Lane
George Lara
Custer Larue
Micky Law
Richard Law
Terry Law
Mai Layton
Mai Layton
Richard Lindsay
Marissa Littlefield
Rita Lunn
Sadie Lunn
Sadie Lunn
Emily Lutyens
Jonathan Lynn
Hayley Lyon
Tatiana Macdonald
Christine Mack
Lorna Mackay
Dean Macy
Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan
John Malham
Steve Malin
Miranda Marks
Candy Marlowe
Gary Martin
Tony Martinez
Eric Mcallister
Jill Mccullough
Danny Mcgrath
David Mcguinness
David Mcguinness
Dean Moran
Kate Morath
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Winner of the 2004 Satellite Award for Best Costume Design by the International Press Academy (IPA).
Released in United States on Video February 1, 2005
Released in United States September 2004
Released in United States Summer September 1, 2004
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) September 1-11, 2004.
This is the fifth feature film adaptation of William Thackeray's novel, "Vanity Fair." Previous features include a 1932 adaptation directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Myrna Loy.
Feature screenwriting debut for both Matthew Faulk and Mark Skeet.
Released in United States on Video February 1, 2005
Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) September 1-11, 2004.)
Released in United States Summer September 1, 2004
