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Stage Beauty
2004
In the seventeenth century the roles of women in live theatre are played by men and one of the most famous is Ned Kynaston. When Charles II tires of the same old faces he decides to allow real women on the stage. Overnight Ned becomes a nobody and heads towards suicide until an actress named Maria decides to rescue him. Read more
| Starring | Claire Danes, Billy Crudup, Rupert Everett, Ben Chaplin |
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| Director | Richard Eyre |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Stage Beauty
In the seventeenth century the roles of women in live theatre are played by men and one of the most famous is Ned Kynaston. When Charles II tires of the same old faces he decides to allow real women on the stage. Overnight Ned becomes a nobody and heads towards suicide until an actress named Maria decides to rescue him.
| Starring | Claire Danes, Billy Crudup, Rupert Everett, Ben Chaplin, Zoe Tapper, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Griffiths |
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| Director | Richard Eyre |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES HOME ENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2004 To Rent: DVD: 27 Dec 2004 |
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Weak and miscast drama of gender confusion that rewrites theatrical history to suggest the triumphant arrival of a modern and naturalistic style of acting to replace what had gone before.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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Identity, insecurity and indecision
Comparisons to Shakespeare in Love are justified, but this film is darker, saucier, with more fluid identities and romantic attachments. Ned Kynaston is the man... read more »
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- Sam
- Midlands, UK
- 05 Jan 2005 at 20:03
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Sumptuous entertainment.
A great cast, marvelous acting, superbly detailed sets, gorgeous colour and lighting, and a great story. A fabulous film portraying life, stage and personal, on... read more »
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- 26 Nov 2011 at 00:28
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A PURE STAGE BEAUTY
i love this Richard Eyre film and its one of my favorite films. Wonderful cast and sets. Beautifully performed and obviously a lot of research had gone in to ... read more »
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- Em1981
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A complete surprise!!
A well made well acted little movie- not great but certainly worth a try on a wet boring Sunday afternoon- you wont be sorry!
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- 23 Apr 2011 at 12:23
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Notes on a Scandal: Cate Blanchett interview, with Richard Eyre and Patrick Marber
- 29 Jan 2007
With both Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench picking up award-nominations left, right and centre, for their performance in this gripping drama. We caught up with Oscar-winner Blanchett and film-makers Richard Eyre and screenwriter Patrick Marber, just before Christmas to get the low-down on the making of this Oscar-nominated movie… LOVEFiLM: Adapting Zoe Heller's work must have been a challenge? Patrick Marber: It was very hard to adapt, I read the book many times and underlined all the things I... Read more
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Stage Beauty
In the seventeenth century the roles of women in live theatre are played by men and one of the most famous is Ned Kynaston. When Charles II tires of the same old faces he decides to allow real women on the stage. Overnight Ned becomes a nobody and heads towards suicide until an actress named Maria ...
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