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The Duchess is a 2008 biographical drama directed by Saul Dibb, who co-wrote the screenplay with Anders Thomas Jensen, based on a work by Amanda Foreman about Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Produced by Gabrielle Tana for Paramount Vantage, with cinematography by Gyula Pados and music by Rachel Portman, it stars Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell, and Charlotte Rampling. Filmed in Bristol and set in England, the film received the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, designed by Michael O'Connor, and was also nominated for Best Production Design. It was released on 5 September 2008 and runs 110 minutes.
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7.0A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Cast
- Keira Knightley as Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
- Ralph Fiennes as Duke of Devonshire
- Charlotte Rampling as Lady Spencer
- Dominic Cooper as Charles Grey
- Hayley Atwell as Bess Foster
- Simon McBurney as Charles Fox
Themes
- adultery
- infidelity
- london, england
- husband wife relationship
- politics
- marriage crisis
- gambling debt
- duke
- biography
- based on true story
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
90,188 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
62%
Metacritic
62/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 21 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Saul Dibb
- Screenplay by
- Jeffrey Hatcher Anders Thomas Jensen Saul Dibb
- Based on
- Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire , by Amanda Foreman
- Produced by
- Gabrielle Tana Michael Kuhn
- Starring
- Keira Knightley Ralph Fiennes Charlotte Rampling Dominic Cooper Hayley Atwell Simon McBurney Aidan McArdle John Shrapnel
- Cinematography
- Gyula Pados
- Edited by
- Masahiro Hirakubo
- Music by
- Rachel Portman
- Production companies
- BBC Films Qwerty Films Magnolia Mae Films
- Distributed by
- Pathé Distribution (France and United Kingdom) BIM Distribuzione (Italy) Paramount Vantage (United States)
- Release dates
- 5 September 2008 ( 2008-09-05 ) (United Kingdom) 10 October 2008 ( 2008-10-10 ) (United States) 12 November 2008 ( 2008-11-12 ) (France) 23 December 2008 ( 2008-12-23 ) (Italy)
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Countries
- France Italy United Kingdom United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- £13.5 million
- Box office
- $43.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
- Director
- Saul Dibb
- Screenwriter
- Saul Dibb
- Composer
- Rachel Portman
- Producer
- Gabrielle Tana
- Production company
- Paramount Vantage
- Cinematographer
- Gyula Pados
- Narrative location
- England
- Filming location
- Bristol
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 200234
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.theduchessmovie.com
- Image
- The duchess.svg
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- publication date
- 2009-03-26
- title
- The Duchess
- costume designer
- Michael O'Connor
- after a work by
- Amanda Foreman
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 62%
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Encyclopedic overview
The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Saul Dibb, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen, based on the 1998 book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, about the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. She was a distant relation of Diana, Princess of Wales, from whom the quote "There were three people in her marriage" on the promotional poster comes from. The Duchess was the older sister of Lady Diana's great-great-great-grandfather, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer.
The Duchess was released on 5 September 2008 in the United Kingdom. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It won the Best Costume Design and was nominated for Best Art Direction at the 81st Academy Awards.
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