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Vanity Fair (2004)
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Ratings: 6.1/10 from 11,829 users
Metascore:
53/100
Reviews: 139 user | 114 critic | 41 from Metacritic.com Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp (Witherspoon) defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia. Director:Mira Nair |
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Roger Lloyd-Pack | ... |
Francis Sharp
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Kate Fleetwood | ... |
Miss Pinkerton's Crone
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Ms. Green
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John Franklyn-Robbins | ... | |
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Storyline
The British Empire flowers; exotic India colors English imaginations. Becky Sharp, the orphaned daughter of a painter and a singer, leaves a home for girls to be a governess, armed with pluck, a keen wit, good looks, fluent French, and an eye for social advancement. Society tries its best to keep her from climbing. An episodic narrative follows her for 20 years, through marriage, Napoleonic wars, a child, loyalty to a school friend, the vicissitudes of the family whose daughters she instructed, and attention from a bored marquess who collected her father's paintings. Honesty tempers her schemes. No aristocrat she, nor bourgeois, just spirited, intelligent, and irrepressible. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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On September 1st, a heroine will rise. See more »Genres:
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Rated PG-13 for some sensuality/partial nudity and a brief violent image See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Focus Features [United States] | Pandasia Entertainment [Taiwan] | Add/edit official sites »Release Date:
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Vanidad See more »Box Office
Budget:
$23,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$6,268,925 (USA) (5 September 2004) (1051 Screens)Gross:
$19,247,496 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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Becky Sharp: I do.
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Urdu script. Beneath it is the following dedication:
for our beloved Ammy
Kulsum Alibhai
1927-2003 See more »
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In the early 1970s Stanley Kubrick wanted to direct an adaptation of this book, but found it to be too big to make it into a three-hour film. He instead made Barry Lyndon. See more »Goofs
Continuity: While dancing, Becky wears dark black makeup on her eyes, streaked back almost to her temple. When the whole group reaches and looks up, the dark make-up is gone. See more »Quotes
The Marquess of Steyne: They'll bully you and patronize you. But that's what you want I suppose?Becky Sharp: I do.
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Crazy Credits
Before the credits start rolling the word "Alvida" (goodbye) appears inUrdu script. Beneath it is the following dedication:
for our beloved Ammy
Kulsum Alibhai
1927-2003 See more »
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