Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Vanity Fair
- Commentary: Under construction.
Well, this one's a surprise that jumped right out at me. I've been scouting this out for some years, now, and have been unsuccessful at finding it for a ridiculously cheap price. But, tonight, just as I was about to close down my movie journal labors, perusing some unrelated stuff by Mira Nair, pop, up this came for a more than reasonable price, widescreen to boot, with bonus content. I had to grab it before someone had the sense to take it off the shelf.
Back when it was released, I saw this in the theater by mistake. I went to the theater with a friend who was in to hard core horror. I wasn't, really, but it was interesting to watch her watching these movies. As well, I learned enough about horror to develop an appreciation for some of it, the better stuff, not the spear-through-the-belly-on-the-bed stuff my friend loved. Anyway, one evening we both thought she was ushering us into yet another horror flick. This is the movie that was playing, instead. Luckily, my friend took an immediate interest in it because of its lavishness. I did because, well, it was a historical drama, it starred Reese Witherspoon, it was based on a book I had read years previous and I had just about come to the end of my dour-shitty-horror-films rope. Sad to say, this did not turn my friend's interest away from horror, but it allowed me to slink away from indulging her interest. Did our friendship survive? No, but it wasn't a sour break up, either. She simply found someone else to haul to horror flicks. Which pleased me, and, I'm sure, her, as well.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Reese Witherspoon Rebecca Sharp Crawley James Purefoy Col Rawdon Crawley Rhys Ifans Major Dobbins Geraldine McEwan Countess of Southdown Gabriel Byrne Marquess of Steyne Bob Hoskins Sir Pitt Crawley the Elder Jim Broadbent Mr. Osborne Sian Thomas Lady Darlington
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 2004
Directed by Mira Nair.
Labels: dramaF, historical5, reese-witherspoon
