"Vanity Fair" (1998) (mini)TV mini-series

Regisseur:

Marc Munden

Drehbuchautoren:

Andrew Davies (writer)
William Makepeace Thackeray (novel)

Premierendatum:

24. Oktober 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Piano | Social Class | Rags To Riches | England | Estate

Filmpreise:

5 wins & 8 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Brilliant lead role

Besetzung

Danielle Hawley	...	Little Becky Sharp
Paul Brightwell	...	Sharp
Natasha Little	...	Becky Sharp
Sara Powell	...	Miss Swartz
Frances Grey	...	Amelia Sedley
Pat Keen	...	Miss Pinkerton
Charlotte West-Oram	...	Jemima Pinkerton
Felix Dexter	...	Samuel
Michele Dotrice	...	Mrs Sedley
Carol Ann Crawford	...	Mrs Blenkinsop
Dean Bardini	...	Sedley's Footman
Jeremy Swift	...	Jos Sedley
David Ross	...	Mr Sedley
Tom Ward	...	George Osborne
Philip Glenister	...	William Dobbin

Länge:

50 Min (6 episodes)

Produktionsland:

UK | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Stereo

Altersfreigabe:

Singapore:PG | UK:PG | USA:Not Rated

Drehorte:

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Firma:

A&E Television Networks

Dies und das:

The green striped gown with velvet Spencer jacket Vicki Pepperdine (Ann Dobbin) wears in the park is the same costume previously worn by Anna Chancellor (Caroline Bingley) at Netherfield Hall in "Pride and Prejudice" (1995) (mini).

Dialogzitate:

Rawdon Crawley: You don't mind the smell of my cigar, I hope?
Becky Sharp: No, I love it. I wonder if I might...
Rawdon Crawley: Yes?
Becky Sharp: You... wouldn't tell?
Rawdon Crawley: What, me? No! Never, damn it! ...Ah, what?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Neufassung von Vanity Fair (1922)

Soundtrack:

Savez-vous Planter Les Chous?

Brilliant lead role

I haven't seen the new version (it's not out in the theaters yet here), but the fuss led me to re-watch the DVD of the mini-series. I agree with the comments that this is not the top-of-the-drawer BBC miniseries, although there are some very dramatic scenes, particularly as the venue of the film shifts to Brussels in the lead-up to Waterloo. Natasha Little is indeed bewitching as Becky Sharp, a slippery character if ever there was one, and it will be interesting to see how Reese Witherspoon will cope with this role. Perhaps since Ms. Little is much less well-known than Ms. Witherspoon, she has more scope for creating a unique image of the ambitious Becky Sharp. I look forward to the comparison.