Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair is a 2004 historical drama film directed by Mira Nair and adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name. The novel has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. Nair's version made notable changes in the development of the main character Becky Sharp, played by Reese Witherspoon.
Plot
In 1802 UK, Becky Sharp, the orphaned daughter of a poor painter, has finished her studies and offered to be a governess to Sir Pitt Crawley's daughters. Before starting, she travels to London with her close friend Amelia Sedley and her family. While there she begins a campaign to charm Amelia's awkward and overweight brother "Jos" Sedley, a wealthy trader living in India. Smitten with Becky, he almost proposes, but is dissuaded by Amelia's snobbish fiancé George Osborne, reminding him that Becky has no dowry.
Awards
Cast
- Angelica Mandy
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt
- Bob Hoskins
- Brian Pettifer
- Bruce Mackinnon
- Camilla Rutherford
- David Sterne
- Deborah Findlay
- Douglas Hodge
- Eileen Atkins
- Gabriel Byrne
- Geraldine McEwan
- Gledis Cinque
- Jade Ramsey
- James Purefoy
- Jim Broadbent
- John Franklyn-Robbins
- John Woodvine
- Jonathan Phillips
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers
- Kate Fleetwood
- Kathryn Drysdale
- Kelly Hunter
- Lillete Dubey
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- Mathew Horne
- Meg Wynn Owen
- Natasha Little
- Niall O'Brien
- Nicholas Jones
- Nikita Ramsey
- Paul Bazely
- Reese Witherspoon
- Rhys Ifans
- Richard McCabe
- Robert Pattinson
- Roger Lloyd-Pack
- Romola Garai
- Ruth Sheen
- Sian Thomas
- Sophie Irene Hunter
- Stephenie McMillan
- Steven Elder
- Tim Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland
- Tim Preece
- Tim Seely
- Tom Beard
- Tom Sturridge
- Tony Maudsley
- Trevor Cooper
- Vijay Raaz
- Virendra Saxena
- William Melling
More details
| author | Julian Fellowes |
|---|---|
| award | Satellite Award for Best Costume Design |
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Mira Nair |
| editor | Allyson C. Johnson Nishikesh Mehra |
| genre | drama historical romance social |
| keywords | army captain arrest attack baden-baden battle of waterloo belgium brussels card dealer elba grown son high society horrify india kill king george iv malaria napoleon new life older brother orphan paint rich husband tropical island wait widow |
| musicBy | Mychael Danna |
| nomination | Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design Satellite Award for Best Costume Design |
| producer | Janette Day |
| productionCompany | Granada Productions |
| publisher | Focus Features Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | London |
| theme | romantic drama |