TOPSY-TURVY (CRITERION)

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• Release Year: 1999
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
• Plot: The world of Gilbert and Sullivan comes to vivid life in director Mike Leigh’s extraordinary dramatization of the staging of the duo’s legendary 1885 comic opera The Mikado. Jim Broadbent and Allan Corduner brilliantly inhabit the roles of the world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, who, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production. A lushly produced epic about the harsh realities of creative expression, featuring bravura performances and Oscar-winning costume design and makeup, Topsy-Turvy is an unexpected period delight from one of contemporary cinema’s great artists.
• Cast: Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith, Roger Heathcott, Wendy Nottingham, Stefan Bednarczyk, Geoffrey Hutchings, Timothy Spall, Francis Lee, William Neenan, Adam Searle, Martin Savage, Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Kate Doherty, Kenneth Hadley, Keeley Gainey, Ron Cook, Eleanor David, Gary Yershon, Katrin Cartlidge, Julia Rayner, Jenny Pickering, Kevin McKidd, Sam Kelly, Charles Simon, Philippe Constantin, David Neville, Matthew Mills, Shirley Henderson, Nicholas Woodeson, Nick Bartlett, Gary Dunnington, Dorothy Atkinson, Amanda Crossley, Kimi Shaw, Toksan Takahashi, Akemi Otani, Kanako Morishita, Theresa Watson, Lavinia Bertram, Togo Igawa, Eiji Kusuhara, Naoko Mori, Eve Pearce, Neil Humphries, Vincent Franklin, Michael Simkins, Alison Steadman, Cathy Sara, Angela Curran, Millie Gregory, Jonathan Aris, Andy Serkis, Mia Soteriou, Louise Gold, Shaun Glanville, Julian Bleach, Neil Salvage, Matt Bardock, Brid Brennan, Mark Benton, Heather Craney, Julie Jupp, John Warnaby, Kacey Ainsworth, Ashley Artus, Richard Attlee, Paul Barnhill, Nicholas Boulton, Lorraine Brunning, Simon Butteriss, Wayne Cater, Rosie Cavaliero, Michelle Chadwick, Debbie Chazen, Richard Coyle, Monica Dolan, Sophie Duval, Anna Francolini, Teresa Gallagher, Sarah Howe, Ashley Jensen, Gemma Page, Paul Rider, Mary Roscoe, Steve Speirs, Nicola Wainwright, Angie Wallis, Kevin Walton, Tatyana Lavrentyeva, Lance Patrick, Mike Leigh
• Director: Mike Leigh
• Runtime: 2:40
• Company: Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie