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Easy Virtue ()

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A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
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Larita Whittaker
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John Whittaker
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Veronica Whittaker
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Mr. Whittaker
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Hilda Whittaker
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Marion Whittaker
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Furber
Christian Brassington ...
Phillip Hurst
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Sarah Hurst
Jim McManus ...
Jackson
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Lord Hurst
Jeremy Hooton ...
Davis
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Cook / Doris / Beatrice
Maggie Hickey ...
Millie the Maid
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Mrs. Landrigin
David Longstaff ...
Reverend Burton
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Warwick Holborough (as Michael Archer)
Rebel Penfold-Russell ...
Mrs. Winston
Stewart Clarke ...
Young Man #1
Oliver Reid ...
Young Man #2
Joe Reid ...
Young Man #3
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Grumpy Party Guest
Sheridan Jobbins ...
Grumpy Party Guest
Fizz ...
Poppy
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Marcus (uncredited)

Directed by

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Stephan Elliott

Written by

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Stephan Elliott ... (written by) &
Sheridan Jobbins ... (written by)
 
Noël Coward ... (play) (as Noel Coward)

Produced by

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Joseph Abrams ... producer
Paul Brett ... executive producer
Alexandra Derbyshire ... co-producer (as Alexandra Ferguson)
Louise Goodsill ... executive producer
Douglas Hansen ... executive producer
Ralph Kamp ... executive producer
George McGhee ... executive producer
Sophie Meyer ... associate producer
Peter Nichols ... executive producer
Tim Smith ... executive producer
James Spring ... executive producer
James D. Stern ... producer
Barnaby Thompson ... producer
Cindy Wilkinson Kirven ... executive producer

Music by

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Marius De Vries

Cinematography by

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Martin Kenzie

Editing by

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Sue Blainey

Editorial Department

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Phil Ashton ... digital colourist
Wilmann Bevolley ... second assistant editor
Paul Ensby ... digital color timer
Robin Langer ... colour grader: rushes
Dominic Thomson ... digital editor
Jane Winkles ... first assistant editor
Maria Chamberlain ... colorist: dailies additional (uncredited)

Casting By

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Celestia Fox

Production Design by

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John Beard

Art Direction by

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Mark Scruton

Set Decoration by

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Niamh Coulter

Costume Design by

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Charlotte Walter

Makeup Department

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Tamsin Dorling Barbosa ... hair stylist (as Tamsin Dorling) / makeup artist (as Tamsin Dorling)
Paul Gooch ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Flora Moody ... makeup trainee: dailies
Paul Mooney ... hair stylist
Paula Price ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Barbara Taylor ... crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Jeremy Woodhead ... hair designer / makeup designer

Production Management

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Polly Duval ... post-production supervisor
Charlie Simpson ... unit manager
Tim Wellspring ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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James Chasey ... second second assistant director (as Jamie Chasey)
Richard Goodwin ... key second assistant director
Sheridan Jobbins ... second unit director
Andrew Mannion ... additional third assistant director
Christopher Newman ... first assistant director (as Chris Newman)
Carly Taverner ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Louise Begbie ... assistant art director
Sarah Bicknell ... stand-by art director (as Sarah Stuart)
Tristan Carlisle-Kitz ... dressing props
Chris Cull ... property master
Nigel Kirk ... hod painter
Dougie Lankston ... dressing prop daily
Jono Moles ... construction manager
Lucy Moles ... construction buyer
John Moolenschot ... on-set carpenter
Barnaby Papworth ... construction coordinator
Alan Payne ... graphic artist
Simon Riley ... props storeman
Rosie Rose ... set decorating assistant
Lloyd Vincent ... chargehand stand-by props
Lee Wiseman ... props
Gary Dempsey ... stand-by painter (uncredited)
Rohan Harris ... paintings (uncredited)
Mark Jones ... dressing props: dailies (uncredited)
Scott Keery ... props (uncredited)
Eddie Murphy ... carpenter (uncredited)
Tom Roberts ... standby prop (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Howard Bargroff ... re-recording mixer
Simon Gershon ... sound / supervising sound editor
Charlotte Gray ... sound assistant
Dan Green ... dialogue editor
Mike Grimes ... sound effects editor
Steve Hancock ... boom operator
Dan Johnson ... adr recordist
John Midgley ... production sound mixer
Bernard O'Reilly ... location foley recordist
Martin Seeley ... playback
Matthew Skelding ... sound / supervising sound editor (as Matt Skelding)
Barnaby Smyth ... foley supervisor
Andrew Stirk ... foley recordist
Chris Sturmer ... sound consultant: dolby
Jason Stevens ... sound negative (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Hugh Goodbody ... special effects technician
Mark Holt ... special effects supervisor
Jan Staines ... special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Kris Anderson ... digital compositor
Steven Bray ... digital compositor / title animation
Simon Carr ... scene supervisor / visual effects supervisor
Simon Frame ... visual effects supervisor
Thomas M. Horton ... visual effects executive producer
Julian Johnson ... 3d artist
Sarah Juniper ... junior compositor
Stephanie C. Kelly ... digital compositor (as Stephanie Kelly)
Rick Leech ... 2d artist
Joe Pavlo ... lead digital artist
Natalie Stopford ... visual effects producer
Ben Turner ... digital compositor
Audrius Urbonavicius ... digital matte artist
David Vivian ... visual effects coordinator
Alex Creasey ... visual effects editor (uncredited)
Simon Wilkinson ... visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Camilla Naprous ... assistant horse master

Camera and Electrical Department

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Joe Alexander ... second assistant camera
Stuart Bunting ... grip
Andy Clarke ... electrician
Chris Clarke ... second assistant camera
Ian Coffey ... first assistant camera
Daniel-Konrad Cooper ... video assist operator: dailies
Peter Davies ... electrician
Eddie Dias ... lighting coordinator Panalux
Brian Greenway ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Eugene Grobler ... lighting balloon operator
Giles Keyte ... unit still photographer
Steve Kitchen ... rigging gaffer
Oliver Loncraine ... first assistant camera
Steve Manningham ... assistant grip
David Morgan ... camera operator: "b" camera / director of photography: second unit
Miles Proudfoot ... first assistant camera: second unit
Sean Savage ... camera operator
Pat Sweeney ... gaffer
Chloë Thomson ... camera trainee (as Chloe Thompson)
Jack Warender ... video assist
Jack Warrender ... video operator (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Deborah Aquila ... casting: US
Abigail Barbier ... adr voice casting
Louis Elman ... adr voice casting
Tricia Wood ... casting: US
Beth Cleveley-Hutchinson ... extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Richard Cooke ... assistant costume designer
Carmen Cristea ... set costumer
Dougie Hawkes ... design assistant
Doina Raducut ... set costumer
Hannah Walter ... costume supervisor

Location Management

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Giles Edleston ... location manager
Chris Moore ... assistant location manager
Nick Oliver ... location scout

Music Department

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Jason Boshoff ... music editor / music mix engineer
Andy Bradfield ... mix engineer
John Brough ... engineer
Myles Clarke ... music programmer
Felicity De Vries ... music coordinator
Marius De Vries ... mix engineer / music arranger / musical director / orchestrator
Michelle De Vries ... music supervisor
Stephan Elliott ... music producer: songs
Sam Frank ... music programmer
Isobel Griffiths ... music contractor: strings
Oren Marshall ... musician: tuba
Charlotte Matthews ... assistant music contractor: strings
Adam Miller ... music studio assistant
Tris Penna ... music supervisor
Gerard Presencer ... conductor: on-screen band
Lee Slater ... music studio assistant
Michael Smith ... music arranger (as Mike Smith) / orchestrator (as Mike Smith) / second musical director (as Mike Smith)

Script and Continuity Department

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Rowena Ladbury ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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John Oxborough ... unit driver
Mark Crowley ... driver: Jessica Biel (uncredited)
Ergun Halil ... unit driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Johnathan Abbott ... studio coordinator: Ealing Studios
Danielle Bennett ... key floor runner
Litza Bixler ... choreographer
Libby Blainey ... title designer
Julie Burnham ... unit nurse
Jo Cameron Brown ... dialogue coach
Hannah Collett ... production coordinator
Matt Curtis ... title designer: end roller credits
Dennis Davidson ... International publicity
Juan Pablo Di Pace ... tango instructor
Simon George ... head of finance: Ealing Studios
Simon Gillis ... legal and business affairs: BBC Films
Gwen Griffiths ... animal wrangler
Jess Jaworski ... assistant: cindy wilkinson kirven
Tabitha Jenkins ... production executive: Ealing Studios
Jules T-Smith ... director wrangler (as Jules Smith)
Nichola Martin ... development executive: Ealing Studios
Olivia McCallum ... additional set production assistant (as Mousy McCallum)
Simon Mills ... production runner
Gerard Naprous ... horse master
Susie Tullett ... unit publicist
Jo Vaughan ... animal wrangler
Jo Wallett ... assistant production coordinator
Pascal Degove ... Representative: Odyssey Entertainment (uncredited)
James Greenslade ... legal services: production financing (uncredited)
Evan Leighton-Davis ... development coordinator: Ealing Studios (uncredited)
Clem Leneghan ... safety advisor (uncredited)

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Peter Barnes ... in memory of
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Plot Summary

Between world wars, the Whittaker's estate is sinking. Only the iron will of Mrs. Veronica Whittaker (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) staves off bankruptcy while she awaits her son John's (Ben Barnes') return from the continent. To her dismay, he brings a bride: an American widow who races cars. The bride, Larita (Jessica Biel), thinks she and John will visit and then go to London, where he'll work and she'll race. But John is to the manor born, and mother is nothing if not a master at plans and manipulation. Soon it's all-out war between mother and bride, with John's father, Mr. Whittaker (Colin Firth), a burnt out veteran of the Great War, in the bride's corner ineffectually. Mother has a plan to join with the neighboring estate; only Larita is in her way. Can't we all get along? Written by

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Taglines Let's Misbehave! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Un mariage de rêve (Canada, French title)
  • Un mariage de rêve (France)
  • Easy Virtue - Eine unmoralische Ehefrau (Germany)
  • Una familia con clase (Spain)
  • Una família amb classe (Spain, Catalan title)
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Runtime
  • 97 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend United Kingdom GBP225,772, 14 Nov 2008

Did You Know?

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Trivia In the vintage Monte Carlo scene which opens the movie, when Larita first sees John, both her and John's movements are slowed down while the rest of the cast play at "normal" (i.e. newsreel) speed. This was accomplished by filming the crowd, Larita, John, the background, and the foreground mechanics separately against greenscreen and compositing them together at different speeds. See more »
Goofs (at around 17 mins) Sarah Hurst describes Larita as "our beautiful cougar," meaning a seductress of younger men. The first known use of "cougar" in this context appeared in Canada in 1989, and the term did not become widely known until the 2000s. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Terminator: Salvation/Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian/Easy Virtue/Summer Hours/Not Forgotten (2009). See more »
Soundtracks Mad About the Boy See more »
Crazy Credits The band playing the closing music calls out its members' names. See more »
Quotes Mrs. Whittaker: Smile, Marion.
Marion Whittaker: I don't feel like smiling.
Mr. Whittaker: You're English dear, fake it.
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