IMDb > Beautiful People (1999)
Beautiful People
Quicklinks
Top Links
trailers and videosfull cast and crewtriviaofficial sitesmemorable quotes
Overview
main detailscombined detailsfull cast and crewcompany creditstv schedule
Awards & Reviews
user commentsexternal reviewsnewsgroup reviewsawardsuser ratingsparents guiderecommendationsmessage board
Plot & Quotes
plot summarysynopsisplot keywordsAmazon.com summarymemorable quotes
Fun Stuff
triviagoofssoundtrack listingcrazy creditsalternate versionsmovie connectionsFAQ
Other Info
merchandising linksbox office/businessrelease datesfilming locationstechnical specslaserdisc detailsDVD detailsliterature listingsNewsDesk
Promotional
taglines trailers and videos posters photo gallery
External Links
showtimesofficial sitesmiscellaneousphotographssound clipsvideo clips

Beautiful People (1999) More at IMDbPro »

Photos (see all 18 | slideshow) Videos (see all 2)
Beautiful People (1999) -- Open-ended Trailer from Trimark
Beautiful People (1999) -- People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People issue will be on news stands soon. Russ Mitchell gets the inside scoop of who will be featured from editor Galina Espinoza.

IMDb Holiday Movie Guide

Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   1,687 votes
MOVIEmeter: ?
Up 18% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Director:
Writer:
Jasmin Dizdar (written by)
Contact:
View company contact information for Beautiful People on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
25 August 1999 (France) more
Genre:
Tagline:
A comic collision of chaos and coincidence
Plot:
In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Typically British, yet.. not. more (29 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Thomas Goodridge ... Youth with Mobile Phone

Faruk Pruti ... Croat
Tony Peters ... Bus Driver
Dado Jehan ... Serb

Rosalind Ayres ... Nora Thornton
Julian Firth ... Edward Thornton
Charles Kay ... George Thornton
Charlotte Coleman ... Portia Thornton
Edward Jewesbury ... Joseph Thornton
Bobby Williams ... Tim Mouldy
Joseph Williams ... Tom Mouldy
Nicholas Farrell ... Dr. Mouldy
Danny Nussbaum ... Griffin Midge
Steve Sweeney ... Jim

Jay Simpson ... Bigsy
more
Create a character page for: ?

Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for drug use, language and some violent content.
Runtime:
107 min
Country:
Language:
Color:
Sound Mix:

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Pero Guzina: [thanking his dinner hosts in his broken English] Thank you for your hostility. more
Movie Connections:
References "The Munsters" (1964) more
Soundtrack:
Souvenirs d'Andalousie more

FAQ

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.
9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Typically British, yet.. not., 25 January 2001
Author: (bowfi780@student.otago.ac.nz) from Dunedin, NZ

I went to the theatre cold, had heard nothing about Beautiful People beyond its title. I was fairly unimpressed with the first part of the movie; the opening scenes from the tussle of the bus were elegaically constructed and did serve as the 'running' commentary for the film, but other scenes were set up quite stodgily: the Conservative family with the renegade child (I did enjoy the element of class consciousness in the hospital scene where she hesitantly asks for help from the nurses); the father stuck with the kids when their mother leaves (because he's such a prat?); the artistic and neglectful mother... the stuff of many British films and almost every Sunday night teleplay. What lifts Beautiful People is its awareness, and consequent subversion, of this predictable British fare. From the second the skinhead wanders in a fairytale-like trance into a trolley of supplies destined for Bosnia, the film busts the genre wide open. This happenning gives the film permission to explore the stories to their possible happy resolutions. If only a racist skinhead could get his face pushed into the lives some of those he ignorantly attacks! The scene at the end, where the racists are reading a bedtime fairy story to the blinded Bosnian child is our cue that this part of the film has, indeed, been nothing more than a fairytale. All fairytales are a gory story with a moral twist from which children learn how life is. And so with the intent of this film. The daughter of a Conservative minister would never marry a refugee so he could stay in the country, and the family would certainly not accept such a marriage - think of the scandal! Yet, once the barrier of British realism has been rent asunder by the skinhead's fall into Bosnia (not quite Wonderland!), this becomes possible. The realism remained with the war scenes, and I think these are what we are supposed to have lodged in our minds when we leave the theatre. I can't imagine the real Bosnia was much different to this. The final message I took from the film is: if you had experienced it, then you would be craving for happy endings too. I liked it. I forgot how lumbering the first part of the film was once the filmmaker gave herself permission to dispense with realism. I left the theatre thinking very deeply about the conflict in Bosnia; which was as it should be.

Was the above comment useful to you?
more (29 total)

Message Boards

Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Beautiful People (1999)
Recent Posts (updated daily)User
Yay for western cinema... Iva_
wierd!!!!!!! sss-2000
more

Recommendations

If you enjoyed this title, our database also recommends:
- - - - -
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp All or Nothing Bend It Like Beckham The Heart of Me The Man Who Cried
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
Show more recommendations

Related Links

Full cast and crew Company credits External reviews
News articles IMDb Comedy section IMDb UK section
Add this title to MyMovies

You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.