Vanity Fair 2004

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Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Special features: the women behind 'Vanity fair': the predominantly female cast and crew reveal how they flawlessly portrayed women of the time in London; director's commentary: Mira Nair shares her unique vision and personal inspiration in this insightful discussion; deleted scenes; welcome to 'Vanity fair': a behind-the-scenes look at bringing this timeless story to the big screen.
Reese Witherspoon, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Romola Garai, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, Geraldine McEwan, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Becky is determined to make something of herself. She accepts a job as a nanny for the children of Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky catches the eye of Crawley's son Rawdon. Becky is introduced to London's most exclusive social circle, where she becomes re-acquainted with Amelia. Becky weds Rawdon, but the social and economic stability she dreamed of begins to collapse when he begins drowning his troubles, and soon she turns to the powerful Marquess of Steyne for support. Meanwhile, Amelia's fortunes fall even harder following the death of her husband.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer, single-sided.
Contents: Vanity fair.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

vanity fair movie submitted by noor82 on September 14, 2010, 6:13pm OK the movie wasn't bad it was kinda OK but the whole purpose for me to watch it it to see robert pattinson in it he was was supposed to be the son of the main character miss sharp but instead he was only in the deleted other ending that they didn't even use so watching the movie for me was a waste .and there is one part of the movie where Reese character supposed to do a dance for some king and it was was supposed to be like Indian dance or sort thing instead they but and egyptian song for a very resent singer and famous in the Arab world called Hakeem and the song was called al salam alaikum what is all that about like other then american or English people couldn't tell .so the wrong song for the film it just dose not work out .weired .

Not bad submitted by majean on July 19, 2020, 7:52pm I enjoyed this. It was a surprise in that it isn't like other stories I have read/watched from this era. The costumes are gorgeous. I need to read the book now.