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Topsy-Turvy

Country: UK, Language: English, 160 mins

  • Director: Mike Leigh
  • Writer: Mike Leigh
  • Producer: Simon Channing Williams; Georgina Lowe

CGiii Comment

Too long - painfully boring.

And...if you don't like the music then it's an uphill battle - all the way.


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The(ir) Blurb...

After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.

Cast & Characters

Allan Corduner as Sir Arthur Sullivan;
Dexter Fletcher as Louis;
Sukie Smith as Clothilde;
Roger Heathcott as Banton;
Wendy Nottingham as Helen Lenoir;
Stefan Bednarczyk as Frank Cellier;
Geoffrey Hutchings as Armourer;
Timothy Spall as Richard Temple;
Francis Lee as Butt;
William Neenan as Cook;
Adam Searle as Shrimp;
Martin Savage as George Grossmith;
Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert;
Lesley Manville as Lucy Gilbert;
Kate Doherty as Mrs. Judd