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Topsy-Turvy (Original title)Topsy Turvy (Help search title)
Dates: 1999 (Copyright), 18 February 2000 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Director: 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

Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Digital materials(4)
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 02:40:03 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-497259
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 02:40:03 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-497259-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 02:31:48 minutesProRes 422 - BFI identifier: N-497260
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 02:31:48 minutesProRes 422 - BFI identifier: N-497260-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file



Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231433
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape