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Release Date:
1 September 2004 (USA)
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Tagline:
In a time of social climbers, Becky Sharp is a mountaineer. more
Plot:
Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp (Witherspoon) defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win
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3 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(12 articles)
Depp Lines Up Nair To Direct New Film
(From WENN. 9 February 2007)
'Evil' Residing at No. 1 at Box Office
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 14 September 2004)
(From WENN. 9 February 2007)
'Evil' Residing at No. 1 at Box Office
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 14 September 2004)
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Vanity Fair without the Vanita, Vanitatas
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gabriel Byrne | ... | The Marquess of Steyne | |
| Angelica Mandy | ... | Young Becky Sharp | |
| Roger Lloyd-Pack | ... | Francis Sharp (as Roger Lloyd Pack) | |
| Ruth Sheen | ... | Miss Pinkerton | |
| Kate Fleetwood | ... | Miss Pinkerton's Crone | |
| Reese Witherspoon | ... | Becky Sharp | |
| Lillete Dubey | ... | Ms. Green (as Lillette Dubey) | |
| Romola Garai | ... | Amelia Sedley | |
| Tony Maudsley | ... | Joseph Sedley | |
| Deborah Findlay | ... | Mrs. Mary Sedley | |
| John Franklyn-Robbins | ... | Mr. Sedley | |
| Paul Bazely | ... | Biju | |
| Rhys Ifans | ... | William Dobbin | |
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | ... | George Osborne | |
| Charlie Beall | ... | Gambler |
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Also Known As:
Vanidad (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Ярмарка тщеславия (Russia) [ru]
Edevuse laat (Estonia) [et]
Fåfängans marknad (Sweden) (TV title) [sv]
Feira das Vaidades (Brazil) [pt]
Gurur dünyasi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
La feria de las vanidades (Spain) [es]
La fiera della vanità (Italy) [it]
La foire aux vanités (Canada: French title) [fr]
To paihnidi tou erota (Greece) [el]
Turhuuden turuilla (Finland) [fi]
Vanity fair, la foire aux vanités (France) [fr]
Vasar tastine (Serbia) [sr]
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Ярмарка тщеславия (Russia) [ru]
Edevuse laat (Estonia) [et]
Fåfängans marknad (Sweden) (TV title) [sv]
Feira das Vaidades (Brazil) [pt]
Gurur dünyasi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
La feria de las vanidades (Spain) [es]
La fiera della vanità (Italy) [it]
La foire aux vanités (Canada: French title) [fr]
To paihnidi tou erota (Greece) [el]
Turhuuden turuilla (Finland) [fi]
Vanity fair, la foire aux vanités (France) [fr]
Vasar tastine (Serbia) [sr]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sensuality/partial nudity and a brief violent image.
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Runtime:
141 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Taiwan:PG-12 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) |
Argentina:13 |
Brazil:12 |
Finland:K-7 |
Hungary:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Iceland:10 |
South Korea:15 |
Australia:PG |
Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia) |
Germany:6 |
Ireland:12 |
Singapore:PG |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:PG |
USA:PG-13
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Continuity: The arrangement and number of gold jewels around Becky's eyes change between shots
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Rawdon Crawley:
She talks like Oliver Cromwell and thinks like Charles I.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)
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Soundtrack:
The Mermaids Song
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I was very disappointed with this adaptation of Thackeray's masterpiece. When this movie first came out I was very excited to see it and read the book in preparation. Now I wish I had just left it at the novel. Mira Nair's vision of Becky Sharp and the hypocrisy of Regency Britain is so far off the mark, she should be ashamed of herself for even using the title 'Vanity Fair.' All of Becky's backstabbing guiles have been down-graded to a form of pluckiness that completely fails to hit any mark of truth or irony... the two pillars of the original work. It saddens me to know that a generation of young people will watch this film and assume that Nair's vision of the story is a correct one. It also upsets me that several of the most entertaining scenes in the novel were altered or completely left out for the sake of forcing us to endure Reese Witherspoon's mediocre lip syncing in at least three separate musical numbers. Sure, in the novel, Becky could sing... but she was also a heartless sociopath who would do anything to get ahead. Out of the two personality traits, I believe Thackeray would rather us know the latter instead of the former. 'Vanity Fair,' the novel, is a sharp and often hilarious social commentary. 'Vanity Fair,' the 2004 movie, is a dull and often intellectually insulting piece of weepie dreck. Trust me, folks, spend your money on the book, or at least check out the far superior BBC version, which is twice as long but never quite as plodding as this mock-up of an adaptation.