Topsy-turvy

Channing-Williams, Simon. (Added Author). Leigh, Mike, 1943- (Added Author). Broadbent, Jim (Added Author). Corduner, Allan (Added Author). Spall, Timothy, 1957- (Added Author). Davis, Carl, 1936- (Added Author). October Films. (Added Author). Thin Man Films (Firm) (Added Author). Greenlight Fund (Firm) (Added Author). Newmarket Capital Group LP. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook, Wendy Nottingham, Kevin McKidd, Shirley Henderson, Dorothy Atkinson, Martin Savage, Eleanor David. (Cast).

Summary: The world of Gilbert and Sullivan comes to vivid life in this extraordinary dramatization of the staging of their legendary 1885 comic opera The Mikado. Jim Broadbent and Allan Corduner brilliantly inhabit the roles of the world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, respectively, who, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production.

Item details

ISBN: 9781604653960
ISBN: 1604653965
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet.
Edition: Director approved blu-ray special ed.
Publisher: [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2011.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Title from container. Originally produced in 1999. Release date: Mar. 29, 2011. Special features: audio commentary featuring director Mike Leigh, video conversation between Leigh and musical director Gary Yershon, Leigh's 1992 short film A sense of history, deleted scenes, featurette from 1999, theatrical trailer and TV spots, and a booklet featuring film critic Amy Taubin.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Casting, Nina Gold ; costume designer, Lindy Hemming ; music from Arthur Sullivan, Carl Davis ; editor, Robin Sales ; cinematography, Dick Pope.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook, Wendy Nottingham, Kevin McKidd, Shirley Henderson, Dorothy Atkinson, Martin Savage, Eleanor David.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: R; for a scene of risque nudity.
System Details Note:	Blu-ray.
Language Note:	Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.