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Overview
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Writers (WGA):
W. Somerset Maugham (book)
Belinda Haas (screenplay)
Release Date:
5 May 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
Danger is the ultimate attraction.
Plot:
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Beautiful but.... empty more (49 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kristin Scott Thomas | ... | Mary Panton |
 | Sean Penn | ... | Rowley Flint |
 | Anne Bancroft | ... | Princess San Ferdinando |
 | James Fox | ... | Sir Edgar Swift |
 | Jeremy Davies | ... | Karl Richter |
 | Derek Jacobi | ... | Lucky Leadbetter |
| Massimo Ghini | ... | Beppino Leopardi |
| Dudley Sutton | ... | Harold Atkinson |
| Lorenza Indovina | ... | Nina |
| Roger Hammond | ... | Colin Mackenzie |
| Clive Merrison | ... | Archibald Grey |
| Linda Spurrier | ... | Hilda Grey |
| Ben Aris | ... | Col. Trail |
| Anne Ridler | ... | Lady Trail |
| Ann Bell | ... | Beryl Bryson (as Anne Bell) |
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Rated PG-13 for thematic elements.
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Runtime:
115 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Certification:
UK:12 | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:7 | USA:PG-13
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Continuity: When Anne Bancroft's character is reclining in the chaise lounge, the level of her drink goes from nearly full to nearly empty and back to nearly full in different shots while she is drinking it. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Amores Possíveis (2001) more
Soundtrack:
Schatz-Walzer more
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This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.more (49 total)
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Beautiful photography and atmospherics capture Florence and environs. Technically very well-made and expensive-looking production.
Kristin Scott Thomas is perfect for the role and gives a terrific performance. The other cast members just seem to be giving their "standard" performance (Bancroft's standard mature woman routine that no one does better but she has done it since "The Hindenburg"). Ditto James Fox and the others.
The late William Holden could not have accomplished what Sean Penn did in "Mystic River", for which Penn gained a well deserved Oscar award. Conversely, Penn cannot play the Holden-type role in "Up at the Villa". Bad case of miscasting with flat results by Penn. No chemistry with Kristin Scott Thomas at all.
How can you make a dull, uninspiring film in an exotic setting with great actors in a highly charged brink-of-war scenario? SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE BUT THE FILMMAKER HERE HAS DONE IT!