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Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Drama Comedy Music History

Gilbert & Sullivan & So Much More

Release Date: 1999, December 15
Directors: Mike Leigh
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Thin Man Films, The Greenlight Fund, Newmarket Capital Group
Cast: Mia Soteriou, Andy Serkis, Togo Igawa, Sam Kelly, Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Lesley Manville, Martin Savage, Vincent Franklin, Nicholas Woodeson, Theresa Watson, Angela Curran

Overview:

For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.

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