December 8, 2009 (XIX:15) Mike Leigh TOPSY-TURVY (1999, 160 Min)
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December 8, 2009 (XIX:15) Mike Leigh TOPSY-TURVY (1999, 160 min) Directed and written by Mike Leigh Produced by Simon Channing Williams Cinematography by Dick Pope Film Editing by Robin Sales Art Direction by Helen Scott Set Decoration by John Bush and Eve Stewart Costume Design by Lindy Hemming Allan Corduner...Sir Arthur Sullivan Dexter Fletcher...Louis Sukie Smith...Clothilde Roger Heathcott...Banton Wendy Nottingham...Helen Lenoir Stefan Bednarczyk...Frank Cellier Geoffrey Hutchings...Armourer Timothy Spall...Richard Temple (The Mikado) Francis Lee...Butt Kimi Shaw...Spinner William Neenan...Cook Toksan Takahashi...Calligrapher Adam Searle...Shrimp Akemi Otani...Dancer Martin Savage...George Grossmith (Ko-Ko) Kanako Morishita...Samisen Player Jim Broadbent...W. S. Gilbert Theresa Watson...Maude Gilbert Lesley Manville...Lucy Gilbert Lavinia Bertram...Florence Gilbert Kate Doherty...Mrs. Judd Togo Igawa...First Kabuki Actor Kenneth Hadley...Pidgeon Eiji Kusuhara...Second Kabuki Actor Keeley Gainey...Maidservant Ron Cook...Richard D'Oyly Carte Naoko Mori...Miss 'Sixpence Please' Eleanor David...Fanny Ronalds Eve Pearce...Gilbert's Mother Gary Yershon...Pianist in Brothel Neil Humphries...Boy Actor Katrin Cartlidge...Madame Vincent Franklin...Rutland Barrington (Pooh-Bah) Julia Rayner...Mademoiselle Fromage Michael Simkins...Frederick Bovill Jenny Pickering...Second Prostitute Alison Steadman...Madame Leon Kevin McKidd...Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo) Cathy Sara...Sybil Grey (Peep-Bo) Sam Kelly...Richard Barker Angela Curran...Miss Morton Charles Simon...Gilbert's Father Millie Gregory...Alice Philippe Constantin...Paris Waiter Jonathan Aris...Wilhelm David Neville...Dentist Andy Serkis...John D'Auban Matthew Mills...Walter Simmonds Mia Soteriou...Mrs. Russell Shirley Henderson...Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum) Louise Gold...Rosina Brandram (Katisha) Nicholas Woodeson...Mr. Seymour, Production Manager Shaun Glanville...Mr. Harris Nick Bartlett...Stage Hand Julian Bleach...Mr. Plank Gary Dunnington...Stage Hand Neil Salvage...Mr. Hurley Dorothy Atkinson...Jessie Bond (Pitti-Sing) Matt Bardock...Mr. Tripp Amanda Crossley...Emily, Jessie's Maid Leigh—TOPSY-TURVY—2 Brid Brennan...Mad Woman (as Bríd Brennan) Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005), Vera Mark Benton...Mr. Price Drake (2004), The Merchant of Venice (2004), Daniel Deronda Heather Craney...Miss Russell (2002), Zoe (2001), Joe Gould's Secret (2000), Kiss Kiss (Bang Julie Jupp...Miss Meadows Bang) (2000), Topsy-Turvy (1999), The Impostors (1998), Norma John Warnaby...Mr. Sanders Jean & Marilyn (1996), "Nostromo" (1996), Heart of Darkness Kacey Ainsworth...Miss Dorothea Fitzherbert (1993), Edward II (1991), Fat Man and Little Boy (1989), Talk Ashley Atus...Mr. Marchmont Radio (1988), Hearts of Fire (1987), Mandela (1987), Yentl Richard Attlee...Mr. Gordon (1983), The Return of the Soldier (1982), "Roots" (1981), Paul Barnhill...Mr. Flagstone "Wings" (1 episode, 1977), "Poldark" (1975). Nicholas Boulton...Mr. Conyngham Lorraine Brunning...Miss Jardine Jim Broadbent (24 May 1949, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, Simon Butteriss...Mr. Lewis UK—) has appeared in 111 films and TV series, including Harry Wayne Cater...Mr. Rhys Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011), Harry Potter and Rosie Cavaliero...Miss Moore the Half-Blood Prince (2009), The Young Victoria (2009), Lost Michelle Chadwick...Miss Warren and Found (2008), Einstein and Eddington (2008), Indiana Jones Debbie Chazen...Miss Kingsley and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), The Chronicles of Richard Coyle...Mr. Hammond Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Bridget Monica Dolan...Miss Barnes Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Vera Drake Sophie Duval...Miss Brown (2004), Vanity Fair (2004), Around the World in 80 Anna Francolini...Miss Biddles Days (2004), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Gangs of Teresa Gallagher...Miss Coleford New York (2002), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Bridget Sarah Howe...Miss Woods Jones's Diary (2001), "The Peter Principle" (9 Ashley Jensen...Miss Tringham episodes, 1995-2000), Big Day (1999), Topsy-Turvy Gemma Page...Miss Langton- (1999), The Avengers (1998), Smilla's Sense of Snow James (1997), The Secret Agent (1996), Richard III (1995), Paul Rider...Mr. Bentley Bullets Over Broadway (1994), The Crying Game Mary Roscoe...Miss Carlyle (1992), Life Is Sweet (1991), Superman IV: The Steve Speirs...Mr. Kent Quest for Peace/Superman IV (1987), Silas Marner: Nicola Wainwright...Miss Betts The Weaver of Raveloe (1985), Brazil (1985), Time Angie Wallis...Miss Wilkinson Bandits (1981), The Dogs of War (1980), Breaking Kevin Walton...Mr. Evans Glass (1980), The Passage (1979), The Life Story of Baal (1978), The Shout (1978). Won Oscar: Best Actor in a Academy Awards: won for Best Costume Design (Lindy Supporting Role- Iris (2002). Hemming) and Best Makeup (Christine Blundell, Trefor Proud); nominated Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Eve Stewart and Dick Pope (1947, Bromley, Kent, England, UK—) shot 42 films, John Bush), and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the some of which are It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010), Me and Screen (Mike Leigh); National Society of Film Critics Awards, Orson Welles (2008), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Honeydripper USA: Won Best Director (Mike Leigh) and Best Film (tied with (2007), Vera Drake (2004), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), All or Being John Malkovich); New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Nothing (2002/I), Thirteen Conversations About One Thing won Best Director and Best Film (2001), The Way of the Gun (2000), Topsy-Turvy (1999), The Debt Collector (1999), Career Girls (1997), Secrets & Lies Mike Leigh (20 February 1943, Salford, Greater Manchester, (1996), Nothing Personal (1995), Life's a Bitch (1995), An England, UK—) has directed 21 films and written 16. Some of the Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Naked (1993), Life Is Sweet films he has directed are Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Vera Drake (1991), The Girl in the Picture (1986), Punk and Its Aftershocks (2004), All or Nothing (2002/I), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Career Girls (1980), Women in Rock (1980). Nominated Oscar: Best (1997), Secrets & Lies (1996), Naked (1993), Life Is Sweet (1991), Achievement in Cinematography- The Illusionist (2007). High Hopes (1988), Meantime (1984), "Play for Today" (6 episodes, 1973-1982), The Five Minute Films (1975), Bleak Moments (1971). Nominated Oscar: Best Writing, Screenplay from Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh. Edited by Amy Raphael. Written Directly for the Screen- Secrets & Lies (1997); Faber and Faber, London, 2008. Nominated Oscar: Best Director- Secrets & Lies (1997); Amy Raphael: Do you remember the first time you felt compelled Nominated Oscar: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for to capture life on film? the Screen- Topsy-Turvy (2000); Nominated Oscar: Best Writing, Original Screenplay- Vera Drake (2005); Nominated Oscar: Best Mike Leigh: My grandpa’s funeral when I was twelve. There was Achievement in Directing- Vera Drake (2005); Nominated Oscar: thick snow, the place was crammed with Jews, some guys were Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen- Happy- struggling downstairs with the coffin. One of them had a Go-Lucky (2009). particularly long nose with a drip at the end of it. I remember standing there, thinking, ‘This would make a great film.’ At the Allan Corduner (2 April 1950, Stockholm, Sweden—) has age of twelve I didn’t have the vocabulary to think, ‘This is appeared in 84 films and TV series, some of which are Defiance cinema!’ But that was what I was experiencing. (2008), The Waiting Room (2007), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), The Last Days of the Raj (2007), The Strange Leigh—TOPSY-TURVY—3 Grandpa dying was a big deal for everybody. For reasons My journey through education went through quite different to do with who got what and that kind of rubbish, it caused phases. North Grecian Primary School was really very endless family rifts. It never personally involved me, but it was encouraging of creative activity. I edited a newspaper and wrote traumatic if only because I was acutely aware of what was going and directed my first play, Muddled Magic. I then didn’t manage on. People always said I was old for my age. I was clocking to get into Manchester Grammar School, where my father and grown-up relationships from a very early age, and I think that’s uncles had been, because I failed their exam (I didn’t know the massively important. I very clearly remember being in my difference between stalactites and stalagmites). Instead I attended parents’ flat in an old Victorian house in Manchester. We were Salford Grammar—Albert Finney had just left as I arrived—and only there till I was three: I was born in February 1943 and we there I became more of an anarchist….I went through some really moved in 1946. I certainly remember a lot of stuff from when my bad times, some to do with my father. Finally, I kind of screwed dad was in southern Africa during the war—I specifically up all academic activities and decided—partly because you could remember him coming back, because he was quite late. At the end do it without a full number of O-levels—to try for drama school. I of the war all medical officers were shipped to Bombay, to was very young, only seventeen. By an amazing fluke I not only process all the troops on their way back to the UK from the Far got into RADA, but they gave me a scholarship. It was very East. That was late 1945, early 1946. shocking, and not what my father or anyone else was expecting. In fact my old man was outraged by the Were you worried your father wouldn’t whole thing. come back? RADA was a continuation, in some No. But there was a kid in another flat ways, of the school experience. It was very whose dad wasn’t coming back. I didn’t prescriptive, very old-fashioned, set in its know what the war was. Nobody knew what ways and mostly uncreative. But it was anybody was doing in southern Africa.