Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.
- london
- england
- prostitute
- musical
- biography
- cigar smoking
- drink
- lyricist
- exhibition
- playing piano
- 19th century
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jim Broadbent
W. S. Gilbert
Allan Corduner
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Timothy Spall
Richard Temple (The Mikado)
Lesley Manville
Lucy Gilbert
- Ron Cook — Richard D'Oyly Carte
- Wendy Nottingham — Helen Lenoir
- Kevin McKidd — Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo)
- Shirley Henderson — Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
- Dorothy Atkinson — Jessie Bond
- Martin Savage — George Grossmith
- Eleanor David — Fanny Ronalds
- Sam Kelly — Richard Barker
- Andy Serkis — John D'Auban
- Charles Simon — Gilbert's Father
- Vincent Franklin — Rutland Barrington
- Directed
- Mike Leigh
- Written
- Mike Leigh
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 166 ratings
- Studio
- Thin Man Films, The Greenlight Fund, Newmarket Capital Group
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