Topsy-turvy [blu-ray] / October Films presents in association with Thin Man Films, the Greenlight Fund, Newmarket Capital Group a Simon Channing-Williams production of a Mike Leigh film ; producer, Simon Channing-Williams ; written and directed by Mike Leigh.
Title from container. Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook, Wendy Nottingham, Kevin McKidd, Shirley Henderson, Dorothy Atkinson, Martin Savage, Eleanor David. Originally produced in 1999. Special features: audio commentary featuring director Mike Leigh, video conversation between Leigh and musical director Gary Yershon, Leigh's 1992 short film A sense of history, deleted scenes, featurette from 1999, theatrical trailer and TV spots.
Summary:
The world of Gilbert and Sullivan comes to vivid life in this extraordinary dramatization of the staging of their legendary 1885 comic opera The Mikado. Jim Broadbent and Allan Corduner brilliantly inhabit the roles of the world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, respectively, who, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production.
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