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3 October 2003 (UK) moreTagline:
Sex... Scandal... Celebrity... Some things never change.Plot:
An adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies," is a look into the lives of a young novelist, his would-be lover, and a host of young people who beautified London in the 1930s. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
10 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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tMF Oscarwatch: Will James McAvoy finally gets an Oscar nom? (From The Movie Fanatic. 16 October 2009, 3:29 AM, PDT)
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A pretty good first stab more (59 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Simon McBurney | ... | Sneath (Photo-Rat) | |
| Michael Sheen | ... | Miles | |
| Emily Mortimer | ... | Nina Blount | |
| James McAvoy | ... | Simon Balcairn | |
| Stephen Campbell Moore | ... | Adam Fenwick-Symes | |
| Stockard Channing | ... | Mrs. Melrose Ape | |
| Adrian Scarborough | ... | Customs Officer | |
| Jim Carter | ... | Chief Customs Officer | |
| Fenella Woolgar | ... | Agatha | |
| Dan Aykroyd | ... | Lord Monomark | |
| Julia McKenzie | ... | Lottie Crump | |
| Bruno Lastra | ... | Basilio | |
| David Tennant | ... | Ginger Littlejohn | |
| Jim Broadbent | ... | The Drunken Major | |
| John Franklyn-Robbins | ... | Judge |
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Rated R for some drug use.Parents Guide:
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106 min | Canada:105 min (Toronto International Film Festival)Country:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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The film is produced by Doubting Hall Productions, reflecting Colonel Blount's (resident of Doubting Hall) foray into film-making in Evelyn Waugh's "Vile Bodies", the book on which the film is based. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: A television aerial can be seen on the right hand rooftops in the external shot of the hotel that Adam and Nina stay at. moreQuotes:
Simon Balcairn: [Telling his fake news story] The most shocking orgy since the days of Sodom and Gomorrah rocked society last night.Typist: Hold the presses, get down to compositing. Now.
Simon Balcairn: The vulgar evangelist, Mrs. Melrose Ape, proudly revealed that her angels were no more than underage adornments on sale to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, tears coursing down her face, the honorable Agatha... , whose repulsive liason with the Prime Minister shocked the nation this week, bewailed her, quote: "Ruined, bogus, vapid, bogus, and worthless life," unquote.
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Stephen Fry is such a prodigious polymath that it's no surprise what a good fist he's made of his directorial debut. That's not to say it's wholly successful; the characters are so shallow that it is hard to warm to them, although it should be pointed out that this is not necessarily a fault. Indeed, it's refreshing these days to find a film in which characters are not trying to ingratiate themselves. Emily Mortimer is exempt from this observation in any case, as she's just so adorable - and is it just me or does she look a dead spit for the young Mary Steenburgen?
I found not only the camerawork but the lighting extremely gaudy, sometimes offputtingly so. However, Fry is admirably adventurous in some of his camera sweeps, not playing it safe as some inexperienced directors do.
As to the performances, it is true that Simon Callow hams it up quite outrageously (although he still wrung a couple of chuckles out of me), and I found Michael Sheen's uber-camp queen rather wearing, until his scene at the end which I thought he handled well. I know I'm not the first person to say this, but it bears repetition: Fenella Woolgar is a revelation in this film, conveying the insouciance of the upper class effortlessly (and the scene after the "orgy" with the stern family is priceless). James McEvoy was excellent too.
Oh, and by the way, to whomever described Evelyn Waugh as "herself one of the beauties of the age" - you may have been joking, but in case not, Evelyn Waugh was in fact a curmudgeonly man who would no doubt have snorted to hear himself thus described!