Vanity Fair (2004)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 17 mins | Period, Adaptation, Remake | Released: 9/1/2004 |Box Office Total: $16.1M

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The daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl, Becky is orphaned at a young age. Even as a child, she yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises. As she leaves Miss Pinkerton's Academy at Chiswick, Becky resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. She deploys all of her wit, guile, and sexuality as she makes her way up into high society during the first quarter of the 19th century. Becky's ascension to the heights of society commences when she gains employment as governess to the daughters of eccentric Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky wins over the children, and the Crawley family's rich spinster Aunt Matilda as well. The rural Hampshire household comes to find her indispensable, and Matilda comes to confide in the bright young woman. But Becky knows that she cannot be a true part of English society until she moves to the city. When Matilda invites her to come live in London, Becky eagerly accepts. There, Becky is reunited with her best friend Amelia Sedley, who-having grown up comfortably--does not share Becky's more brazen ambitions. Hewing close to the family she already knows so well, Becky secretly marries dashing heir Rawdon Crawley but when Matilda discovers their union, she casts the newlyweds out. When Napoleon invades Europe, Rawdon bravely reports to the front lines. Pregnant Becky stands by distraught newlywed Amelia, whose own husband George Osborne is also called to fight. When George does not survive the Battle of Waterloo, Becky's friendship with Amelia is strained beyond repair. Becky is reunited with Rawdon and gives birth to a boy, but, post-war, money and comforts are sparse for the trio. More intent than ever on gaining acceptance into London society and livingwell, Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne. Steyne's whims enable Becky to realize her dreams, but the ultimate cost may be too high for her.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
9/1/2004

Studio	Credit
Focus Features	Studio
Director	Credit
Mira Nair	Director
Cast	Credit
Reese Witherspoon	Becky Sharp
James Purefoy	Rawdon Crawley
Natasha Little	Lady Jane Sheepshanks
Eileen Atkins	Aunt Matilda
Jim Broadbent	Mr Osborne
Gabriel Byrne	Marquess of Steyne
Bob Hoskins	Sir Pitt Crawley
Rhys Ifans	William Dobbin
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	George Osborne
Romola Garai	Amelia Sedley
Geraldine McEwan	Lady Southdown
Angelica Mandy	Young Betty
Roger Lloyd Pack	Francis Sharp
Ruth Sheen	Miss Pinkerton
Kate Fleetwood	Miss Pinkerton's Crone
Lillete Dubey	Ms. Green
Tony Maudsley	Joseph Sedley
Deborah Findlay	Mrs. Sedley
John Franklyn-Robbins	Mr. Sedley
Paul Bazely	Biju
Charles Beall	Gambler
David Sterne	Queen's Crawley Mail Coach Driver
Douglas Hodge	Pitt Crawley
Meg Wynn Owen	Lady Crawley
Georgina Edmonds	Young Rose Crawley
Emilie Richardson	Young Ceila Crawley
Tim Preece	Horrocks
Helen Coker	Firkin
Tim Seely	Doctor
Sophie Hunter	Maria Osborne
Paul Bentall	Coalman
Kathryn Drysdale	Rhoda Swartz
Sean McKenzie	Auctioneer
John Woodvine	Lord Bareacres
Barbara Leigh-Hunt	Lady Bareacres
Sian Thomas	Lady Darlington
Nicholas Jones	Lord Darlington
Trevor Cooper	General Tufto
Brian Pettifer	Mr. Raggles
Steven Elder	Curzon Street Footman
Gabrielle Lloyd	Nursemaid
William Melling	Rawdy
Daniel Hay	Georgy
Niall O'Brien	Mr. Moss
Anu Gopalakrishnan	Desert Beauty
Tom Beard	Officer
Roma Edmonds	Rose Crawley
Gledis Cimque	Celia Crawley
Thomas Grant	Little Pitt
Kelly Hunter	Lady Steyne
Camilla Rutherford	Lady Gaunt
Alexandra Staden	Lady George
Jonny Phillips	Mr. Wenham
Richard McCabe	The King
Virendra Saxena	Coventry Island Man
Bruce MacKinnon	Casino Boy
Matthew Horne	Casino Boy
Timothy Bentinck	German Official
Tom Sturridge	Young Georgy
Andrew Price	Casino Stranger
Chloe Treend	Dancer
Nicole Forbes	Dancer
Stefane Sauer	Dancer
Amanda Courtney Davies	Dancer
Louise Weekley	Dancer
Lene Langgaard	Dancer
Sarah Mogg	Dancer
Tracey Lushington	Dancer
Sandy Borne	Dancer
Stephanie McMillan	Dancer
Suzanne Thomas	Dancer
K. Knight	Dancer
Mari Baade	Dancer
Sylvano Clarke	Danceer
Production Credits	Credit
Pippa Cross	Executive Producer
Jane Frazer	Co-Producer
Janette Day	Producer
Matthew Faulk	Associate Producer
Mark Skeet	Associate Producer
Donna Gigliotti	Producer
Jonathan Lynn	Executive Producer
Howard Cohen	Executive Producer
Ray Angelic	Associate Producer (India)
Lydia Pilcher	Producer
Dinaz Stafford	Associate Producer (India)
Feroze Alameer	Producer - Line Producer (India)
Production Companies	Credit
Tempesta Films	Production Company
Granada Film	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Granada Film	Worldwide Distribution Rights
Focus Features	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Music and Video Distribution	Video Distributor Video Distributor
Locations
London, England, United Kingdom
Writer	Credit
William Makepeace Thackeray	Source Material
Julian Fellowes	Screenplay
Mark Skeet	Screenplay
Matthew Faulk	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Imtiaz Amir	Assistant Production Accountant (India)
Alistair Thompson	Production Accountant
Jane Trower	Assistant Accountant
Kevin O'Shea	Production Insurance - Insurance Services Provider
Trevanna Post	Post-Production Accountant
Michelle Sarama	Post-Production Accountant
Rajeev Acharya	Production Accountant (India)
Daniel Hillsdon	Assistant Accountant
Hayley Lyon	Assistant Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Cindy Newman	Animal Trainer - Dog Handler
Debbie Kaye	Animal Wrangler - Horse Master
Maria Bisset	Animal Wrangler - Assistant Horse Master
Pam Weaver	Animal Trainer - Farm Animals Handler
John Rose	Animal Wrangler - Master Coachmen
Peter Munt	Animal Wrangler - Master Coachmen
John Grey	Animal Wrangler - Master Coachmen
Norman Kaye	Animal Wrangler - Master Coachmen
Richard Ronane	Animal Wrangler - Master Coachmen
John Brown	Animal Wrangler - Master Coachmen
Tony Smart	Animal Wrangler - Master Coachmen
John Whinnett	Animal Wrangler - Master Coachmen
Art Department	Credit
Tatiana Macdonald	Set Decorator
John Haynes	Painter
Nick Palmer	Art Director
Emily Lutyens	Graphics Coordinator - Graphic Artist
Hattie Storey	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Maria Djurkovic	Production Designer
Suzanne Caplan Merwanji	Production Designer - Production Design Supervisor (India)
Glynn Evans	Painter
Lucinda Thomson	Art Director
Belinda Cusmano	Set Decorator
Amy Hollaway	Art Department - Art Department Runner
Sam Stokes	Art Director
Kevin Hopkins	Painter
Robin Thomas	Set Decorator (India)
Kalpa Dave	Set Decorator (India)
Sarah Stuart	Art Director
John Malham	Painter
Eddie Wolstonecroft	Painter - Stand-by Painter
Casting	Credit
Mary Selway	Casting
Lucy Bevan	Casting Assistant
Loveleen Tandan	Casting (India)
Craft Services	Credit
Clyde Lane	Catering
Steve Dyke	Catering
Rita Lunn	Catering
Bob Curly	Catering
John Lane	Catering
Film Camera	Credit
Nick Kenealy	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist Operator
Umesh Bhimalu	Loader - Clapper Loader (India)
Brian Strange	Camera Trainee
Kenny Becker	Color - Color Grader
Klemens Becker	Camera Operator
Declan Quinn	Director of Photography
Frank Connor	Photography - Unit Photographer
David Cozens	Assistant Camera
John Adefarasin	Assistant Camera
Barny Crocker	Camera Trainee - Camera Trainee "B" Camera
Milan Moudgill	Photography - Stills Photographer
Jay J Odedra	Director of Photography - Second Unit Director of Photography
Ben Battersby	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant "B" Camera
Richard Ackland	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant "B" Camera
Heather Norton	Assistant Camera (India)
Ed Nessen	Assistant Camera (India)
G Monic Kumar	Assistant Camera - First Assistant (India)
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Focus Features	Film Financier
Legal	Credit
Olswang	Legal Services (UK)
Tariq Mirza	Legal Services (UK)
Katharine Otway	Legal Services (UK)
Charles Moore	Legal Services (UK)
Music	Credit
Brad Haehnel	Music Recording Facilities - Music Recorded & Mixed
Terry Davies	Music Arranger
Jennifer Dunnington	Music Editor
Nicholas Dodd	Music Conductor
Pablo Arraya	Music Engineer
Lord George Gordon Byron	Song
Philharmonic Orchestra	Music Performer - Music Performed by
Sissel	Song Performer
Javed Akhtar	Lyrics
Mychael Danna	Orchestrations - Music Orchestra
Mychael Danna	Music
Joseph Haydn	Music Arranger
Amal El Taer	Song
Custer LaRue	Song Performer
Nicholas Dodd	Orchestrations - Music Orchestra
Vic Fraser	Music - Music Copyist
Paul Talkington	Music Conductor - Musicians' Contractor
Lowell Pickett	Music - Digital Media Assistance
David McGuinness	Music Arranger
Hassan Esh Esh	Song
Hakim	Song Performer
David McGuinness	Music - Pianoforte and Piano
Shankar Mahadevan	Song Performer
Alfred Lord Tennyson	Song
Richa Sharma	Song Performer
V. Selva Ganesh	Music - Percussion
Yoel Ben-Simhon	Music - Oud Player
Christine Bergren	Music - Music Legal and Clearance
Hummel	Music
Hassan Esh Esh	Music
Amal El Taer	Music
Shanker Ehsaan Loy	Music
Physical Effects	Credit
Andy Bradford	Stunt Coordinator
Nrinder Dhudwar	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
David Seaton	Unit Manager
Rupert Ryle-Hodges	Production Supervisor
David Pinnington	Location Manager
Hermione Ninnim	Production Coordinator
Jennifer Freed	Post-Production Supervisor
Miranda Marks	Assistant Production Coordinator
Max Keene	Assistant Director
Sally Jones	Script Supervisor
Jim Gardner	Production Manager - Studio Manager
Ali James	Location Assistant
Richard Lindsay	Assistant Location Manager
Gipsy Ringham	Location Coordinator - Location Runner
Gilly Case	Location Scout
Robyn Aronstam	Script Supervisor
Steve Hart	Location Manager
Yasmine Stafford	Production Coordinator (India)
Pramod Singh	Unit Manager (India)
Phil Clark	Location Scout
Candy Marlowe	Assistant Director
Kevin Early	Location Assistant
Christian Brockey	Production Coordinator - NY Production Coordiantor (India)
Suzanne Vennard	Location Assistant
Matt Baker	Assistant Director
Raghu Bharadwaj	Unit Manager (India)
Danny McGrath	Assistant Director
Shernaz Italia	Production Coordinator - Permissions Coordinator (India)
Stuart Renfrew	Assistant Director (India)
Reema Kagti	Assistant Director (India)
Akshay Roy	Assistant Director (India)
Publicity	Credit
Claudia Kalindjian	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Luke Neumann	Sound - Sound Assistant
Marissa Littlefield	ADR Editor
George Lara	Foley Mixer
Louis Elman	ADR Voice Casting
Peter Gleaves	ADR Mixer
Eric Strausser	Sound Editor
William Sweeney	Foley Editor
Dominick Tavella	Rerecording Mixer
Mary Ellen Porto	Sound Effects Editor
Warren Shaw	Supervising Sound Editor
Drew Kunin	Sound Mixer
Katherine Morath	Boom Operator
Marko Constanzo	Foley Artist
Stephen Schwartz	Sound Editor
Robert Fernandez	Rerecording Mixer
Dan Edelstein	Foley Editor
Ashraf Khan	Boom Operator (India)
Tony Martinez	Supervising Sound Editor
Abigail Barbier	ADR Voice Casting
Eric McAllister	Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Mark Holt	Special Effects Supervisor
James Davis	Special Effects Technician - Special Effects Senior Technician
Hugh Goodbody	Special Effects Technician
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Frances Needham	Hair - Hair Artist
Sadie Lunn	Makeup - Makeup Trainee
Jackie Simpson	Seamstress Supervisor - Seamstress
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor	Costume Designer
Loulia Sheppard	Hairdresser
Giles Gale	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Amanda Keable	Costume Supervisor
Rebecca Lafford	Makeup Artist
Jenny Shircore	Makeup Designer - Makeup & Hair Designer
Urmila Lal Motwani	Wardrobe Supervisor (India)
Divya Anand	Assistant Costume Designer (India)
Marie Anne Ross	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Anita Burger	Makeup Artist
Jenny Hawkins	Costume Supervisor - On-Set Costume Supervisor
Jo Hopker	Makeup
Sophie Norinder	Hairdresser
Sadie Lunn	Hair - hair Trainee
Joaquin Ballabriga	Costume Designer
Annabel Hill	Makeup Artist
Aly Smith	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Jo Hopker	Hair
Mai Layton	Makeup
Arjun Bhasin	Costume Designer - Costume Design Supervisor (India)
Mai Layton	Hair
Blanka Dudas	Makeup Artist
Bee Archer	Makeup
Ray Greenhill	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Frances Needham	Makeup Artist
Jon Henry-Gordon	Hair
Sue Ignatius	Makeup
Bee Archer	Hair
Zoe Brown	Makeup
Zoe Brown	Hair
Jon Henry-Gordon	Makeup
Sue Ignatius	Hair
Virginia Holmes	Makeup (India)
Chang Su Chan Shiu	Hair (India)

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