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For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.
1999 · Directed by Mike Leigh · 160 min · Drama · Music · Comedy · History · 10 frames
Tagline
Gilbert & Sullivan & So Much More
Crew
- Written by: Mike Leigh
- Cinematography: Dick Pope
- Edited by: Robin Sales
- Music: Carl Davis
- Production design: Eve Stewart
- Produced by: Simon Channing Williams
Cast
- Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert
- Allan Corduner as Sir Arthur Sullivan
- Timothy Spall as Richard Temple (The Mikado)
- Lesley Manville as Lucy Gilbert
- Ron Cook as Richard D'Oyly Carte
- Wendy Nottingham as Helen Lenoir
- Kevin McKidd as Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo)
- Shirley Henderson as Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
- Dorothy Atkinson as Jessie Bond
- Martin Savage as George Grossmith
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: Japanese, French, English
- Studios: Thin Man Films, The Greenlight Fund, Newmarket Capital Group
- Budget: $10,500,000
- Box office: $7,804,439
- Themes: london, england, prostitute, musical, biography, cigar smoking, drink, lyricist, exhibition, playing piano, 19th century
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