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10 October 2008 (USA) moreTagline:
There were three people in her marriage morePlot:
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. | full synopsisAwards:
4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(87 articles)
Final Golden Globe classifications: 'W.' is no joke, it's a drama (From Gold Derby. 2 December 2008, 9:47 AM, PST)
400 Screens 400 Blows - A Thanksgiving Movie Prayer, 2008
(From Cinematical. 27 November 2008, 6:02 AM, PST)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Keira Knightley | ... | Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire |
 | Ralph Fiennes | ... | Duke of Devonshire |
 | Charlotte Rampling | ... | Lady Spencer |
 | Dominic Cooper | ... | Charles Grey |
| Hayley Atwell | ... | Bess Foster |
 | Simon McBurney | ... | Charles Fox |
 | Aidan McArdle | ... | Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
| John Shrapnel | ... | General Grey |
 | Alistair Petrie | ... | Heaton |
| Patrick Godfrey | ... | Dr. Neville |
| Michael Medwin | ... | Speechmaker |
| Justin Edwards | ... | Macaroni |
| Richard McCabe | ... | Sir James Hare |
| Calvin Dean | ... | Devonshire House Servant |
| Hannah Stokely | ... | Devonshire House Maid |
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Rated PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material.Parents Guide:
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110 minLanguage:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44471) | UK:12A | Ireland:15A | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:12 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Sweden:7 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | New Zealand:M | Brazil:14 | Singapore:M18MOVIEmeter: 
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Producer Gabrielle Tana and her partner, Executive Producer Carolyn Marks Blackwood, got the rights to the Book "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire" back in 1998. moreQuotes:
[from trailer]Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire: All my life, I've been fighting my way upstream.
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How many children did the Duchess have and by whom?Where is Devonshire?
From what did Georgiana die?
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Okay, so let's put this in context, if you don't like period dramas, don't go and see this movie, you probably won't like it, and it is NOT Diana's story, nothing like although some in the marketing department thought so ...
But i love this film, having being dying to see it since the first teaser trailer. I love everything about it the costumes, the characters, the acting, the whole package.
Keira Knightley in a corset again, but then i think these are roles she is good at, this role required her to have this real sense of melancholy to her and she did it beautifully.
Ralph Fiennes is funny, repulsive and endearing in his role as the duke you feel one thing for him and then another, you can't write this guy off as anything in particular. All i know is that i wouldn't want to be married to him.
I hope that both Knightley and Fiennes get their second and third Oscar nominations for this respectively, as they are well made parts.
As for the others:
Dominic Cooper, is lovely as Grey if perhaps a little underused, Hayley Atwell's character is again one you want to hate but really can't, and Rampling is great as the mother.
All in all a great period flick, i say 10/10, but if i wasn't so into this kind of thing i'd probably still rate it quite highly, it is a fine piece of film-making.