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Vanity Fair

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19981998
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 50m
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Frances Grey and Natasha Little in Vanity Fair (1998)
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An adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic story of parvenue Becky Sharp's rise from obscure and humble origins to her subsequent ignominious fall from Society; set against the b... Read allAn adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic story of parvenue Becky Sharp's rise from obscure and humble origins to her subsequent ignominious fall from Society; set against the backdrop of Regency England and continental Europe during the Napoleonic War.An adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic story of parvenue Becky Sharp's rise from obscure and humble origins to her subsequent ignominious fall from Society; set against the backdrop of Regency England and continental Europe during the Napoleonic War.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
8,133
628
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    • Stars
      • Natasha Little
      • Frances Grey
      • Philip Glenister
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    • Stars
      • Natasha Little
      • Frances Grey
      • Philip Glenister
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    • 17User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
    • Nominated for 6 BAFTA Awards
      • 5 wins & 9 nominations total

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    1998

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    Jeremy Swift in Vanity Fair (1998)
    Miriam Margolyes in Vanity Fair (1998)
    Anton Lesser in Vanity Fair (1998)
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    Natasha Little
    Natasha Little
    • Becky Sharp
    6 episodes6 eps • 1998
    Frances Grey
    Frances Grey
    • Amelia Sedley
    6 episodes6 eps • 1998
    Philip Glenister
    Philip Glenister
    • William Dobbin
    6 episodes6 eps • 1998
    David Ross
    • Mr. Sedley
    6 episodes6 eps • 1998
    Nathaniel Parker
    Nathaniel Parker
    • Rawdon Crawley
    5 episodes5 eps • 1998
    Anton Lesser
    Anton Lesser
    • Mr. Pitt Crawley
    5 episodes5 eps • 1998
    Janine Duvitski
    Janine Duvitski
    • Mrs. Bute Crawley
    5 episodes5 eps • 1998
    Michele Dotrice
    Michele Dotrice
    • Mrs. Sedley
    5 episodes5 eps • 1998
    Jeremy Swift
    Jeremy Swift
    • Jos Sedley
    4 episodes4 eps • 1998
    Tom Ward
    Tom Ward
    • George Osborne
    4 episodes4 eps • 1998
    Frances Tomelty
    Frances Tomelty
    • Mrs. O'Dowd
    4 episodes4 eps • 1998
    Stephen Frost
    Stephen Frost
    • Bute Crawley
    4 episodes4 eps • 1998
    Mark Lambert
    • Major O'Dowd
    4 episodes4 eps • 1998
    Tim Woodward
    Tim Woodward
    • Mr. John Osborne
    4 episodes4 eps • 1998
    Janet Dale
    • Miss Briggs
    4 episodes4 eps • 1998
    Sylvestra Le Touzel
    Sylvestra Le Touzel
    • Lady Jane Crawley
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998
    Miriam Margolyes
    Miriam Margolyes
    • Miss Crawley
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998
    Abigail Thaw
    Abigail Thaw
    • Jane Osborne
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998
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    • Trivia
      The mauve striped day dress worn by one of Miss Crawley's maids in the Park Lane street is the same costume worn by Anna Massey (Mrs. Norris) in Mansfield Park (1983).
    • Quotes

      Becky Sharp: I'm afraid I will have to charge you rather a lot. My horses are all I own in the world, you know.

      Joss Sedley: Money is no object to me, ma'am.

      Becky Sharp: That's good. Six hundred pounds.

      [Jos is taken aback, but promptly reaches for his pocketbook.]

      Becky Sharp: Each.

    • Connections
      Featured in Screenwipe: Episode #2.3 (2006)
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    User reviews17

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    9/10
    Far superior to the Witherspoon vanity project
    Generally I think that the great Victorian door-stoppers are better suited to the mini series format than that of feature films because even with a running time pushed to three hours there just isn't the room for the typical panorama of characters, supporting characters, plots and subplots. Even this production unavoidably leaves much out, but it captures the essence of Thackeray--cold eyed cynicism very occasionally softened by generosity. Nearly every element worked, right down to the snorting pig that appeared at the beginning of each new installment. I admit at first I was a bit disappointed by the choice of Natasha Little to play Rebecca because I thought the actress was too tall and elegant to play a character who was described as petite and vivacious. But no matter; Little's cool headedness, verbal wit, and carefully disguised ruthlessness were all pure Becky (unlike Mira Nair, the screenwriters of this production realized that to soften this character's harder edges wouldn't modernize her; rather, it would flatten her). Frances Grey does fine in in the thankless role of Amelia Sedley. Although this was somewhat out of keeping with the novel, I did like the scene of Amelia still in bed after her wedding night, her hair spread out on the pillow, blissfully talking to her new husband. It makes her seem a bit more than stupidly devoted child-woman she is for most of the novel and makes those later scenes in which Becky and George (just weeks after George's marriage) brazenly flirt in front of Amelia all the more painful. The other characters are well cast too, with the terrifying Lord Steyne being the most memorable of all--in his final scene, without having to say a word he looks as if he really will have Becky murdered without a second thought if she ever approaches him again.

    All in all, highly recommended.
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    • Release date
      • October 24, 1999 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 浮華世界
    • Filming locations
      • Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • A+E Networks
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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