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Director:
Christopher Miles
Writers:
Trevor Bentham (writer)
George Coleman (play)
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Release Date:
12 November 1999 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A mishandled piece of Restoration fluff more

Cast

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Nigel Hawthorne ... Lord Ogleby

Joan Collins ... Mrs. Heidelberg

Timothy Spall ... Sterling

Tom Hollander ... Sir John Ogelby
Paul Nicholls ... Richard Lovewell
Natasha Little ... Fanny
Emma Chambers ... Betsy
Cyril Shaps ... Canton
Ray Fearon ... Brush
Mark Burns ... Capstick
Timothy Bateson ... Gaoler
Craster Pringle ... Ruben
Lara Harvey ... Lucy
Jenny Galloway ... Mrs Trusty
Philippa Stanton ... Chamber
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | UK:15

Fun Stuff

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Nigel Hawthorne and 'Joan Collins (I)' used their own cash to fund the film when financial difficulties arose during production. more
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2 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
A mishandled piece of Restoration fluff, 31 August 2002
5/10
Author: mr_impossible from London, England

Garrick and Coleman's play on which this is based really isn't all that good, but it's a harmless enough bit of period fun and so making this film wasn't a bad idea in itself. Making it like this however, displays very little of anything regarding talent in either its director or writer. The original doesn't have any sparkling lines and the screenwriter also appears too lazy to insert any. The shooting is similarly undistinguished and the soundtrack, over-intrusive and devoid of anything resembling a good idea.

The poor cast struggle manfully to keep the viewer interested, with particularly charismatic performances from Timothy Spall, the late great Sir Nigel Hawthorne and even the often disappointing Tom Hollander and Paul Nicholls clown and smoulder respectively. Joan Collins just struggles. There is little any of them can do, however, with this pretty dire succession of period drama cliches and falling-over gags. This film would be just about watchable if it wasn't such a waste of talent.

The costumes and locations are pretty though.

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