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Sep 4, 2008 · Based on Amanda Foreman’s 1998 best-selling biography, “Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire,” the film concentrates on only about 10 years in Georgiana’s life, starting with her arranged ...
- Barbara Kantrowitz
Sep 18, 2008 · Based on a true story, as they say in the movies, the tale traces the cosseted, tightly corseted late-18th-century life of Georgiana Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire, one of those gilded-cage ...
- Saul Dibb
The Duchess (film) The Duchess. (film) The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Saul Dibb, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen, based on the 1998 book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, about the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
On June 6, 1774, one day shy of her 18th birthday, Georgiana Spencer married William Cavendish, the 5th Duke of Devonshire. Based on Amanda Foreman’s biography, The Duchess recounts Georgiana’s story, a dramatic but tragic tale of one woman’s public adulation and searing private pain. A flicker of promise gets things going as Georgiana ...
- Saul Dibb
Sunday September 07 2008, 1.00am, The Sunday Times. Based on Amanda Foreman's biography of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, The Duchess is a BBC-financed costume drama, tailor-made for modern tastes. For, along with its multistorey wigs, petticoats and grand palaces, we get a "beautiful" fashion icon and celebrity heroine with a broken heart.
- Cosmo Landesman
Sep 19, 2008 · The Duchess Reviews - Metacritic. 2008. PG-13. Paramount Vantage. 1 h 50 m. Summary Long before the concept existed, the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer, was the original “It Girl.”. Like her direct ancestor Princess Diana, she was ravishing, glamorous and adored by an entire country. Determined to be a player in the wider affairs ...
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The Duchess Review. 18th century England. Soon after marrying the Duke of Devonshire (Fiennes), 19 year-old Georgiana (Knightley) finds herself the darling of London society. Behind the glamour ...
