Vanity Fair
Directed by	Mira Nair
Produced by	Janette Day
Written by	William Thackeray (novel), Julian Fellowes
Starring	Reese Witherspoon, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Gabriel Byrne, Eileen Atkins, Bob Hoskins, Romola Garai, Jim Broadbent
Distributed by	Focus Features
Release date(s)	1 September 2004 (USA)
Running time	135 min
Language	English
Budget	~ US$23,000,000
IMDb profile

• Tagline: All's fair in love & war.

Vanity Fair is a 2004 drama/romance film, directed by Mira Nair. It is based on the William Makepeace Thackeray novel entitled Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero but with substantial changes, including a happy ending (see Thackery article for plot summary). It stars Reese Witherspoon as Becky Sharp. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (998x1385, 411 KB)Vanity Fair (2004) film poster This image is of a movie poster or title card, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the movie or the studio which produced the movie... Mira Nair (born October 15, 1957) is a New York-based Indian film director. ... William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. ... Fellowes as Lord Kilwillie Julian Fellowes (born August 17, 1949 in Egypt, although he is British) was an actor for over twenty years before winning the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay in 2001 for Gosford Park. ... Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon[1] (born March 22, 1976) is an Academy Award-winning American actress best known for her roles in Election, Legally Blonde, and Walk the Line. ... Rhys Meyers as Joe in Bend It Like Beckham Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (b. ... This article is about the Irish actor. ... Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE (born June 16, 1934 in London, England) is a British writer and an award-winning film and theatre actress. ... Bob Hoskins Robert William Bob Hoskins (born October 26, 1942) is a British actor best known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters, and for family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, Eddie Valiant). ... Romola Garai. ... James Broadbent (born May 24, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning English theatre, film and television actor. ... Focus Features is the art house films division of Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distrubutor for foreign films. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in marketing materials and advertising. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2004. ... A drama film is a film that depends mostly on in-depth character development, interaction, and highly emotional themes. ... The romance film has as its central plot the beginning, obstruction and eventual, though often tragic, fruition of a romance. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Mira Nair (born October 15, 1957) is a New York-based Indian film director. ... William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. ... Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that satirizes society in early 19th-century England. ... Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon[1] (born March 22, 1976) is an Academy Award-winning American actress best known for her roles in Election, Legally Blonde, and Walk the Line. ... Becky Sharp is the main character in the novel Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1847. ...

The film was nominated for "Golden Lion" Award in 2004 Venice Film Festival. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Venice Film Festival (it: Mostra Internazionale dArte Cinematografica) is the oldest Film Festival in the World (began in the 1932) and takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido di Venezia in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice, Italy. ...

Cast

• Reese Witherspoon - Rebecca 'Becky' Sharp Crawley
• Romola Garai - Amelia Sedley Osborne
• James Purefoy - Colonel Rawdon Crawley
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers - George Henry Osborne
• Rhys Ifans - Major William Dobbin
• Eileen Atkins - Miss Matilda Crawley
• Geraldine McEwan - Lady Southdown
• Gabriel Byrne - Marquess of Steyne
• Kelly Hunter - Lady Steyne
• Bob Hoskins - Sir Pitt Crawley Sr.
• Douglas Hodge - Pitt Crawley Jr.
• Natasha Little - Lady Jane Sheepshanks Crawley
• Jim Broadbent - Mr. Osborne
• Tony Maudsley - Joseph 'Jos' Sedley
• John Franklyn-Robbins - Mr. Sedley
• Deborah Findlay - Mrs. Mary Sedley
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt - Lady Bareacres

Reese Witherspoon starring as Becky Sharp

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon[1] (born March 22, 1976) is an Academy Award-winning American actress best known for her roles in Election, Legally Blonde, and Walk the Line. ... Romola Garai. ... Purefoy as Spence Parks in Resident Evil James Purefoy (born June 3, 1964) is an English actor born in Taunton, Somerset. ... Rhys Meyers as Joe in Bend It Like Beckham Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (b. ... Rhys Ifans [pronounced hris iv-ans] (born 22 July 1968, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire) is a Welsh actor. ... Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE (born June 16, 1934 in London, England) is a British writer and an award-winning film and theatre actress. ... Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple Geraldine McEwan (born Geraldine McKeown on May 9, 1932, in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England) is a British actress (of Scottish extraction) with a diverse and successful history in film, theatre and television, spanning 55 years. ... This article is about the Irish actor. ... A marquess is a nobleman of hereditary rank. ... Bob Hoskins Robert William Bob Hoskins (born October 26, 1942) is a British actor best known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters, and for family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, Eddie Valiant). ... Douglas Hodge (born 1960 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK) is a British television actor. ... James Broadbent (born May 24, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning English theatre, film and television actor. ... Tony Maudsley is a film actor who has been cast as Grawp in the upcoming Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. ... Barbara Leigh-Hunt,(b. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1261x901, 202 KB)Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) in Vanity Fair (2004) This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also by any... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1261x901, 202 KB)Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) in Vanity Fair (2004) This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also by any...

External links

• Official site
• Vanity Fair at the Internet Movie Database
• Vanity Fair at Box Office Mojo

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