Gosford Park (DVD, 2002)

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Gosford Park country estate, 1932. Various members of the English upper classes have arrived for a shooting party, along with film star Ivor Novello (Jeremy Northam), Hollywood producer Morris Weissman (Bob Balaban) and Weissman's valet Henry Denton (Ryan Phillippe). The servants are busily getting everything ready, and Elsie (Emily Watson), one of the resident staff, is helping visiting maid Mary Maceachran (Kelly MacDonald) find her way around the old house. As the weekend progresses a number of secrets and hidden relationships begin to come to light, and this situation is hastened further when Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon), the owner of the estate, is discovered murdered, and various guests and staff come under suspicion.

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The action takes place in an old country house in England in the 1930s where friends have been invited for a shooting weekend by the man of the house - William McCordle. He is benefactor to many of his friends and relatives but it seems now that everyone wants a piece of William and his money...

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ProducerBob Balaban, David Levy, Robert Altman
EAN5017239191732
eBay Product ID (ePID)3959662

Product Key Features

ActorEmily Watson, Tom Hollander, Camilla Rutherford, Richard E. Grant, Charles Dance, Sophie Thompson, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Geraldine Somerville, Ryan Phillippe, Kelly Macdonald, Alan Bates, Clive Owen, Bob Balaban, James Wilby, Helen Mirren, Eileen Atkins, Derek Jacobi, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Jeremy Northam
Film/TV TitleGosford Park
DirectorRobert Altman
LanguageEnglish
Run Time137 Mins
Release Year2002
FormatDVD
FeaturesFeature Length Director Commentary\Deleted Scenes With Optional Director Commentary\The Making Of Gosford Park Documentary\The Authenticity Of Gosford Park Documentary
GenreDrama, General

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Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
AwardsBest Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen 2002 - Julian Fellowes
Executive ProducerRobert Jones, Sharon Harel, Jane Barclay
Additional InformationIn GOSFORD PARK, Robert Altman explores the English class system and master-servant relations via his preferred modus operandi of multiple characters and intertwining storylines, which he achieved so brilliantly in NASHVILLE. Featuring an all-star British ensemble cast, the film recalls both THE RULES OF THE GAME and THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, with a midpoint shift to an Agatha Christie whodunit. In November 1932, a phalanx of moneyed guests arrives for a weekend shooting party at the estate of Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) and Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas). Mary (Kelly Macdonald), a fresh-faced, naive new maid accompanies the sniping Countess of Trentham (Maggie Smith), and is shown the ropes by the house's worldly head housemaid, Elsie (Emily Watson). While the masters engage in various financial and sexual intrigues upstairs, the world downstairs has its own curiosities--namely, the predatory valet to a Hollywood producer, Henry Denton (Ryan Phillippe), and the mysterious, cagey servant, Robert Parks (Clive Owen). Mary soon discovers that the image of servants living vicariously through their masters is a false one, and that the upstairs-downstairs worlds are often shockingly interwoven. With GOSFORD PARK, Altman delivers a fascinating, blackly comic look at the treacherous yet poignant gamesmanship between the classes.
ReviewsMovieline - ...Effective ensemble movies depend on choosing the perfect actors, and GOSFORD PARK has perhaps the most dazzling cast that Altman has ever assembled..., Variety - ...Taking advantage of a splendid cast, a sharply focused script and the fresh English setting, GOSFORD park emerges as one of the most satisfying of Robert Altman's numerous ensemble pictures..., Sight and Sound - ...A revelation....This is a quintessentially British movie, but one which only an outsider with Altman's energy could have made..., USA Today - ...This comedy of manners is so much fun that it wouldn't even need the mystery to be one of the year's top entertainments..., Rolling Stone - ...GOSFORD PARK abounds in scenes to savor. It's a feast, and one of Altman's best..., Total Film - p,93 - ...A supple slice of entertainment, with some classy acting contributions..., New York Times - ...What makes the achievement of GOSFORD PARK all the more remarkable is that Mr. Altman is 76....The energy that crackles from the screen suggests the clear-sighted joie de vivre of an artist still deeply engaged in the world..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Elegantly topsy-turvy....It's full of moments to savor....Altman has a spry mastery that's inspiring. The acting, down to the smallest role, is superb..., Box Office - ...Elegant....Nuanced and intricate....The cast, of course, delivers the good, with outstanding performances coming from Emily Watson and Helen Mirren...
ScreenwriterJulian Fellowes
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleGosford Park

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