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The Resource The duchess, Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films presents in association with Pathé Renn Productions and BIM Distribuzione ; Qwerty Films ; Magnolia Mae Films ; produced by Michael Kuhn, Gabrielle Tana ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb ; directed by Saul Dibb

The duchess, Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films presents in association with Pathé Renn Productions and BIM Distribuzione ; Qwerty Films ; Magnolia Mae Films ; produced by Michael Kuhn, Gabrielle Tana ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb ; directed by Saul Dibb

Label
The duchess
Title
The duchess
Statement of responsibility
Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films presents in association with Pathé Renn Productions and BIM Distribuzione ; Qwerty Films ; Magnolia Mae Films ; produced by Michael Kuhn, Gabrielle Tana ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb ; directed by Saul Dibb
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Film producer
Presenter
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Chronicles the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with Earl Grey, an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt into a scandal
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Gyula Pados ; editor, Masahiro Hirakubo ; music, Rachel Portman
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material
Language note
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue; English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.D83 2008
PerformerNote
Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell, Simon McBurney
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1949-
  • 1957-
  • 1972-
  • 1985-
  • 1946-
  • 1978-
  • 1982-
  • 1968-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Dibb, Saul
  • Kuhn, Michael
  • Tana, Gabrielle
  • Hatcher, Jeffrey
  • Jensen, Anders Thomas
  • Knightley, Keira
  • Fiennes, Ralph
  • Rampling, Charlotte
  • Cooper, Dominic
  • Atwell, Hayley
  • McBurney, Simon
  • Foreman, Amanda
  • Paramount Vantage
  • BBC Films
  • Pathé Renn Production
  • BIM Distribuzione
  • Qwerty Films (Firm)
  • Magnolia Mae Films (Firm)
  • Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
109
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer
  • Married women
  • Adultery
  • Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
  • Scandals
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The duchess, Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films presents in association with Pathé Renn Productions and BIM Distribuzione ; Qwerty Films ; Magnolia Mae Films ; produced by Michael Kuhn, Gabrielle Tana ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb ; directed by Saul Dibb
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from disc label
  • Wide screen
  • Based on the book "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire" by Amanda Foreman
  • Special features: Making the duchess; Georgiana in her own words; costume diary
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen edition
Extent
1 videodisc (109 min.)
Isbn
9781415745885
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 097363531944
  • 032429284730 (reissue)
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
35319
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn271516002
  • (Sirsi) o271516002
  • (OCoLC)271516002
  • 588647
  • 1313574
System details
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The duchess, Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films presents in association with Pathé Renn Productions and BIM Distribuzione ; Qwerty Films ; Magnolia Mae Films ; produced by Michael Kuhn, Gabrielle Tana ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb ; directed by Saul Dibb
Publication
Note
  • Title from disc label
  • Wide screen
  • Based on the book "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire" by Amanda Foreman
  • Special features: Making the duchess; Georgiana in her own words; costume diary
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen edition
Extent
1 videodisc (109 min.)
Isbn
9781415745885
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 097363531944
  • 032429284730 (reissue)
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
35319
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn271516002
  • (Sirsi) o271516002
  • (OCoLC)271516002
  • 588647
  • 1313574
System details
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD

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