The Duchess
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- Synopsis
- Director Saul Dibb takes the helm for this period drama adapted from Amanda Foreman's best-selling novel Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, documenting the romantic entanglements of Georgiana Cavendish (Keira Knightley), a beautiful and clever woman ......
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- Director(s)
- Saul Dibb
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Vantage
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 109 min.
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Critic Reviews
This is not one of those delightful movies based on a Jane Austen novel. It is about hard realists, constrained in a stifling system and using whatever weapons they can command.Read the full review
Thoroughly populist and middlebrow, full of all the high wigs, thick powder, perfect diction, and straightforward dialogue that define bodice-ripping prestige pictures about silently suffering souls.Read the full review
Even surrounded by all this quality work, Ralph Fiennes, who plays William Cavendish, the fifth duke of Devonshire, the most powerful man in England next to the king, walks off with the picture.Read the full review
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08/31/09 Voting for the European Film Academy's People's Choice Award kicked off on Tuesday with audience favorites "Let the Right One In" and "Transporter 3" taking on the likes of "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Baader Meinhof Complex." | Variety -
EFA's People's Choice goes mainstream
08/31/09 Compared to the high-brow tastes otherwise represented in the European Film Awards, the nominees in the EFA's People's Choice category are refreshingly mainstream. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Director Dibb Not Doing The Spider Dance
07/02/09 The Duchess director Saul Dibb has brushed off reports he's heading Down Under to take charge of upcoming period drama Spider Dance. | The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) -
Lajos Koltai fills 'Dance' card
07/01/09 Lajos Koltai has come on board to helm "Spider Dance," a period drama set in 19th century Australia. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Saul Dibb fills 'Dance' card
06/30/09 "The Duchess" director Saul Dibb is entering the court of 19th century Australia. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Keira Knightley gets wigged out in "The Duchess"
04/02/09 Trend-setting British actress Keira Knightley talks about playing the real-life 18th century trendsetter Georgiana Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire, in the stunning new period romance, "The Duchess." | Styles & Scenes -
Keira Knightley gets wigged out in "The Duchess"
02/11/09 Trend-setting British actress Keira Knightley talks about playing the real-life 18th century trendsetter Georgiana Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire, in the stunning new period romance, "The Duchess." | Styles & Scenes