Vanity Fair (2004 film)
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| Directed by | Mira Nair |
| Produced by | Janette Day |
| Written by | William Thackeray (novel), Julian Fellowes |
| Starring | Reese Witherspoon, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Gabriel Byrne, Eileen Atkins, Bob Hoskins, Romola Garai, Jim Broadbent |
| Distributed by | Focus Features |
| Release date(s) | 1 September 2004 (USA) |
| Running time | 135 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~ US$23,000,000 |
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- Tagline: All's fair in love & war.
Vanity Fair is a 2004 drama/romance film, directed by Mira Nair. It is based on the William Makepeace Thackeray novel entitled Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero but with substantial changes, including a happy ending (see Thackery article for plot summary). It stars Reese Witherspoon as Becky Sharp.
The film was nominated for "Golden Lion" Award in 2004 Venice Film Festival.
Cast
- Reese Witherspoon - Rebecca 'Becky' Sharp Crawley
- Romola Garai - Amelia Sedley Osborne
- James Purefoy - Colonel Rawdon Crawley
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers - George Henry Osborne
- Rhys Ifans - Major William Dobbin
- Eileen Atkins - Miss Matilda Crawley
- Geraldine McEwan - Lady Southdown
- Gabriel Byrne - Marquess of Steyne
- Kelly Hunter - Lady Steyne
- Bob Hoskins - Sir Pitt Crawley Sr.
- Douglas Hodge - Pitt Crawley Jr.
- Natasha Little - Lady Jane Sheepshanks Crawley
- Jim Broadbent - Mr. Osborne
- Tony Maudsley - Joseph 'Jos' Sedley
- John Franklyn-Robbins - Mr. Sedley
- Deborah Findlay - Mrs. Mary Sedley
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt - Lady Bareacres
- Tom Sturridge - Young Georgy
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Categories
2004 films | Drama films | Films based on fiction books | Romantic period films | Films shot in Super 35 | Focus Features films