The Duchess

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The Duchess

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The Duchess serves up lavish portions of Brit-movie staples: costumes (which, in Knightley's case, are nothing short of spectacular), landscapes, and gorgeous music (by Rachel Portman). --Robert Horton Stills from The Duchess (Click for larger image)

When the Duchess launches her procreative career with a couple of daughters, well, the Duke begins to get nervous--and partners outside the marriage become increasingly appealing. They prove the old movie adage: there's a lot to be said for eye candy. If it falls short in some vague way, perhaps it's because the film is a mostly one-note affair, meaning exactly what it seems to mean at every moment. Charlotte Rampling appears too briefly as Knightley's mother, and Dominic Cooper and Hayley Atwell (from Brideshead Revisited), rising stars both, contribute attractive lures for the principals. Swaddled in whalebone and wigs, Keira Knightley steps into the restricted world of the Duchess of Devonshire, a royal lady popular with her subjects but stuck in an unhappy marriage. Knightley's unsuspecting girl is married off to the Duke (Ralph Fiennes), a distracted jerk who craves sons, and obviously has never thought of women as anything other than a means to achieve an heir. If this situation recalls Princess Diana (a descendent of the Duchess's family), so much the better for the purposes of director Saul Dibb and company; this film is eager to draw parallels with the unfortunate Lady Di, even if she is never directly mentioned.

Product Info

Actor
Ralph Fiennes, Simon McBurney, Charlotte Rampling, John Shrapnel, Dominic Cooper
Aspect Ratio
2.35:1
Audience Rating
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding
DVD
Brand
Paramount
Creator
Gyula Pados, Rachel Portman, Masahiro Hirakubo
Director
Saul Dibb
EAN
0097363531944
EAN List
EANListElement: 0097363531944
Format
Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Label
Paramount
Manufacturer
Paramount
MPN
097363531944
Number Of Discs
1
Original Release Date
2008-01-01
Package Quantity
1
Part Number
097363531944
Product Group
DVD
Product Type Name
ABIS_DVD
Publication Date
2008-12-01
Publisher
Paramount
Region Code
1
Release Date
2008-12-27
Running Time
110
SKU
097363531944BAKE
Studio
Paramount
Theatrical Release Date
2008
Title
The Duchess
UPC
097363531944
UPC List
UPCListElement: 097363531944
ASIN
B001L57ZZG
Sales Rank
3434

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