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Joe Fisher (written by)
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12 November 1999 (UK) more
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Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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Cast

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Robert Pugh ... The Claimant
John Kani ... Bogle

Stephen Fry ... Hawkins

John Gielgud ... Cockburn
Robert Hardy ... Lord Rivers
Rachael Dowling ... Mary Anne
Charles Gray ... Arundell
James Villiers ... Uncle Henry
Dudley Sutton ... Onslow Onslow
Paola Dionisotti ... The Dowager
Perry Fenwick ... John Holmes
Tom McCabe ... Keneally
Christopher Benjamin ... Gibbes
Roger Hammond ... Cubitt
John Challis ... Rous the Landlord
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UK:98 min
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The last film of both James Villiers and 'Charles Gray'. more

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Not A Typical Costumer, 18 July 1999
Author: anonymous from Cleveland, OH

British period pieces typically suffocate under the dull weight of precise costumes and historically accurate settings, offering nothing but boring, predictable and comforting aesthetics. Here is a stronger number, true to the tired genre but beyond it -- a period piece with strong, well-developed themes and balanced, multidimensional characters liberated from crusty, faux bourgeois literariness. Aside from haunting, perfectly pitched performances, it examines questions that matter: What constitutes personality? What constitutes class? Is one contingent on the other? If a "coarse" man can be transformed into a convincing "gentleman," what is he really? And if the class boundaries are truly porous and arbitrary, what is their true function and purpose? Don't let the superficially "Masterpiece Theatre"-ish trappings fool you -- this mysterious, stimulating picture has a pulse.

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