Topsy-Turvy (Original title)Topsy Turvy (Help search title)
Dates: 1999 (Copyright), 18 February 2000 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Mike Leigh
Synopsis: The story of the partnership, both professional and personal, between composers Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert, focusing in particular on the original ideas for, and eventual staging of, one of their most famous comic operas, The Mikado.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Gilbert and Sullivan
Releases
Date: 14 January 2000Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 160 mins Length: 14432 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 18 February 2000Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 160 mins 22 secs - Length: 14432 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Pathe Distribution
Date: May 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 154 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1999 (Copyright), 18 February 2000 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Mike Leigh
Synopsis: The story of the partnership, both professional and personal, between composers Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert, focusing in particular on the original ideas for, and eventual staging of, one of their most famous comic operas, The Mikado.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Gilbert and Sullivan
Releases
Date: 14 January 2000Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 160 mins Length: 14432 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 18 February 2000Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 160 mins 22 secs - Length: 14432 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Pathe Distribution
Date: May 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 154 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(105)
©: Untitled 98 Limited, Production Company: Untitled 98 Limited, Production Company: Thin Man Films, Production Company: The Greenlight Fund, Production Company: Newmarket Capital Group, Supported by: National Lottery through the Arts Council of England, Producer: Simon Channing-Williams, Associate Producer: Georgina Lowe, Production Co-ordinator: Paula McBreen, Location Manager: Neil Lee, Post-production Supervisor: Deborah Reade, Assistant Director (1st): Nick Heckstall-Smith, Assistant Director (2nd): Josh Robertson, Assistant Director (3rd): Paula Spinks, Hannah Titley, Assistant Director (4th): Echo Ward, Assistant Director (Additional 2nd): George Walker, Assistant Director (Additional 3rd): Daniel John, Script Supervisor: Heather Storr, Casting: Nina Gold, Screenplay: Mike Leigh, Director of Photography: Dick Pope, Camera Operator: Dick Pope, Camera Operator (2nd): Lucy Bristow, Focus Puller: Lucy Bristow, Clapper Loader: Iain Struthers, Grip: Colin Strachan, Action Graphics: Tanya Miller, Editor: Robin Sales, Production Designer: Eve Stewart, Art Director: Helen Scott, Set Decorator: Eve Stewart, Set Decorator: John Bush, Draughtsman: Charles Leatherland, Scenic Artist: Loraine Schneider, Scenic Artist: Justin Overhill, Costume Designer: Lindy Hemming, Wardrobe Supervisor: David Crossman, Make-up/Hair Designer: Christine Blundell, Make-up Artist: Trefor Proud, Make-up Artist: Kirstin Chalmers, Dianne Jamieson, Hairdresser: Tony Martin, Title Design: Chris Allies, Music: Carl Davis, [Music] From the works of: Arthur Sullivan, Orchestra: Richard Addison, Orchestra: Andrew Baker, Orchestra: Ian Balmain, Orchestra: Roger Benedict, Orchestra: Chris Bevan, Orchestra: Timothy Brown, Orchestra: Hilary Browning, Orchestra: Nicholas Bucknall, Orchestra: Colin Chambers, Orchestra: Anthony Chidell, Orchestra: Mark David, Orchestra: Clive Dobbins, Orchestra: Jonathan Evans-Jones, Orchestra: Julian Farrell, Orchestra: David Fuest, Orchestra: Martin Gatt, Orchestra: David Gordon, Orchestra: David Greenlees, Orchestra: Michael Hext, Orchestra: Pan Hon Lee, Orchestra: Iain King, Orchestra: Timothy Kipling, Orchestra: Richard Layton, Orchestra: Tom Martin, Orchestra: William O'Sullivan, Orchestra: Stephen Orton, Orchestra: Anthony Pike, Orchestra: Matthew Scrivener, Orchestra: Andrew Shulman, Orchestra: Andrew Smith, Orchestra: David Theodore, Orchestra: Richard Wainwright, Orchestra: Timothy Walden, Orchestra: James Warburton, Orchestra: David White, Orchestra: David Whitson, Stephen Williams, Addditional Musician: Clive Bell, Joji Hirota, Musical Director: Gary Yershon, Orchestra Lead by: Michael Davis, Orchestra Lead by: Paul Willey, Josef Fröhlich, Supervising Music Editor: Michael Connell, Music Editor: Denise Connell, Music Engineer: John Timperley, Choreography: Francesca Jaynes, Additional Choreography (Brothel): Julia Rayner, Sound Recording: Tim Fraser, Re-recording Mixer: Adrian Rhodes, Mike Prestwood Smith, Supervising Sound Editor: Peter Joly, Additional Sound Editor: Danny Longhurst, ADR Mixer: Ted Swanscott, Foley Walker: Roy Baker, Foley Walker: Pauline Griffiths, Foley Mixer: Ed Colyer, Foley Editor: Paul Wrightson
Cast
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Jim Broadbent (William Schwenck Gilbert), Allan Corduner (Arthur Sullivan), Timothy Spall (Richard Temple), Lesley Manville (Lucy 'Kitty' Gilbert), Ron Cook (Richard D'Oyly Carte), Wendy Nottingham (Helen Lenoir), Kevin McKidd (Durward Lely), Shirley Henderson (Leonora Braham), Dorothy Atkinson (Jessie Bond), Martin Savage (George Grossmith), Eleanor David (Fanny Ronalds), Alison Steadman (Madame Leon), Dexter Fletcher (Louis), Sukie Smith (Clothilde), Roger Heathcott (stage door-keeper), Stefan Bednarczyk (Frank Cellier), Geoffrey Hutchings (armourer), Francis Lee (Butt), William Neenan (cook), Adam Searle (Shrimp), Kate Doherty (Mrs Judd), Kenneth Hadley (Pidgeon), Keeley Gainey (maidservant), Gary Yershon (pianist in brothel), Katrin Cartlidge (madame), Julia Rayner (Mademoiselle Fromage), Jenny Pickering (second prostitute), Sam Kelly (Richard Barker), Charles Simon (Gilbert's father), Philippe Constantin (Paris waiter), David Neville (dentist), Matthew Mills (Walter Simmonds), Nicholas Woodeson (Mr Seymour), Nick Bartlett, Gary Dunnington (stage hand), Amanda Crossley (Emily), Kimi Shaw (spinner), Toksan Takahashi (calligrapher), Akemi Otani (dancer), Kanako Morishita (shamisen player), Theresa Watson (Maude Gilbert), Lavinia Bertram (Florence Gilbert), Togo Igawa (first kabuki actor), Eiji Kusuhara (second kabuki actor), Naoko Mori (Miss 'Sixpence Please'), Eve Pearce (Gilbert's mother), Neil Humphries (boy actor), Vincent Franklin (Rutland Barrington), Michael Simkins (Frederick Bovill), Cathy Sara (Sibyl Grey), Angela Curran (Miss Morton), Millie Gregory (Alice), Jonathan Aris (Wilhelm), Andy Serkis (John d'Auban), Mia Soteriou (Mrs Russell), Louise Gold (Rosina Brandram), Shaun Glanville (Mr Harris), Julian Bleach (Mr Plank), Neil Salvage (Mr Hurley), Matt Bardock (Mr Tripp), Bríd Brennan (mad woman), Mark Benton (Mr Price), Heather Craney (Miss Russell), Julie Jupp (Miss Meadows), John Warnaby (Mr Sanders), Kacey Ainsworth (Miss Fitzherbert), Ashley Artus (Mr Marchmont), Richard Attlee (Mr Gordon), Paul Barnhill (Mr Flagstone), Nicholas Boulton (Mr Conyngham), Lorraine Brunning (Miss Jardine), Simon Butteriss (Mr Lewis), Wayne Cater (Mr Rhys), Rosie Cavaliero (Miss Moore), Michelle Chadwick (Miss Warren), Debbie Chazen (Miss Kingsley), Richard Coyle (Mr Hammond), Monica Dolan (Miss Barnes), Sophie Duval (Miss Brown), Anna Francolini (Miss Biddles), Teresa Gallagher (Miss Coleford), Sarah Howe (Miss Woods), Ashley Jensen (Miss Tringham), Gemma Page (Miss Langton-James), Paul Rider (Mr Bentley), Mary Roscoe (Miss Carlyle), Steven Speirs (Mr Kent), Nicola Wainwright (Miss Betts), Angie Wallis (Miss Wilkinson), Kevin Walton (Mr Evans)