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Summary:
The daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl, Becky is
orphaned at a young age. Even as a child, she yearns for a more glamorous life
than her birthright promises. As she leaves Miss Pinkerton's Academy at
Chiswick, Becky resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. She
deploys all of her wit, guile, and sexuality as she makes her way up into high
society during the first quarter of the 19th century. Becky's ascension to the
heights of society commences when she gains employment as governess to the
daughters of eccentric Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky wins over the children, and the
Crawley family's rich spinster Aunt Matilda as well. The rural Hampshire
household comes to find her indispensable, and Matilda comes to confide in the
bright young woman. But Becky knows that she cannot be a true part of English
society until she moves to the city. When Matilda invites her to come live in
London, Becky eagerly accepts. There, Becky is reunited with her best friend
Amelia Sedley, who-having grown up comfortably--does not share Becky's more
brazen ambitions. Hewing close to the family she already knows so well, Becky
secretly marries dashing heir Rawdon Crawley but when Matilda discovers their
union, she casts the newlyweds out. When Napoleon invades Europe, Rawdon bravely
reports to the front lines. Pregnant Becky stands by distraught newlywed Amelia,
whose own husband George Osborne is also called to fight. When George does not
survive the Battle of Waterloo, Becky's friendship with Amelia is strained
beyond repair. Becky is reunited with Rawdon and gives birth to a boy, but,
post-war, money and comforts are sparse for the trio. More intent than ever on
gaining acceptance into London society and living well, Becky finds a patron in
the powerful Marquess of Steyne. Steyne's whims enable Becky to realize her
dreams, but the ultimate cost may be too high for her
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Box Office Info:
Cast:
Reese Witherspoon (as Becky Sharp )
James Purefoy (as Rawdon Crawley )
Romola Garai (as Amelia Sedley )
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (as George Osborne )
Gabriel Byrne (as Steyne )
Jim Broadbent (as Joseph 'Jos' Sedley )
Bob Hoskins (as Pitt the elder )
Rhys Ifans (as Dobbin )
Directed By: Mira Nair
Written By: Matthew Faulk & Julian Fellowes
Produced By: Focus Features
Release Date (US): September 1st, 2004
Length of Movie: 2h 17min
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some sensuality/partial nudity and a brief violent image.
Budget: $23,000,000
Opening Weekend: $4,833,900
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Vanity Fair Soundtrack
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1. She Walks In Beauty
2. Exchange
3. Becky And Amelia Leave School
4. The Great Adventurer
5. Becky Arrives At The Queens Crawley
6. Andante
7. No Lights After Eleven
8. Adagio
9. I've Made Up My Mind
10. Ride To London
11. Becky And Rawdon Kiss
12. Sir Pitts Marriage Proposal
13. I Owe You Nothing
14. Piano For Amelia/Announcement Of Battle
15. Time To Quit Brussls
16. Waterloo Battlefield
17. Amelia Refuses Dobbin/The Move To Mayfair
18. Now Steps The Crimson Petal
19. Steyne The Pasha
20. El Salaam
21. The Virtue Betrayed
22. Rawdon's End
23. Dobbins Leaves Amelia
24. Vanity's Conquerer
25. Gori Re
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