Stage Beauty
by Richard Eyre
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Actor: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Derek Hutchinson, Mark Letheren, Rupert EverettDirector: Richard Eyre
Brand: LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT
Producer: Amir Jacob Malin
Producer: Hardy Justice
Producer: James D. Stern
Producer: Jane Rosenthal
Producer: Jill Tandy
Producer: Malcolm Ritchie
Writer: Jeffrey Hatcher
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-08
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Stage Beauty
Movie Review: Theatre History with a Twist
Summary: 5 Stars
What a great study in theatre history. However indiscriminate the author plays with actual history, he makes up with an engaging relationship between the two leading characters. The costumes are also magnificent. This film is a tribute to the birth of the actress.
Summary of Stage Beauty
"A woman playing a woman. Where's the trick in that?"-Welcome to 17th Century stage, where Ned Kynaston's (Billy Crudup) performance of Desdemona in Shakespeare's Othello brings the house down nightly. Ned is the "most beautiful woman on the London stage." That is, until the King renounces the oyal edict that only men can play women on stage. Enter Maria (Claire Danes), Ned's seemingly loyal dresser, who becomes an instant star, leaving Ned to suppress his ardent feminine traits and make a man of himself.Special Features
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Edward "Ned" Knyaston (Billy Crudup) is a beautiful man, and as an actor in 17th-century London that means he's quite popular portraying women, since females are forbidden to tread the boards. His mischievous air of entitlement, unfortunately, soon sets in motion a chain of events that will see King Charles II (Rupert Everett) lifting the ban on actresses, allowing Ned's devoted dresser, Maria (Claire Danes), to become the city's reigning theatrical diva. Director Richard Eyre (Iris) is still best known for his stage work, and it shows: Stage Beauty is rich in character and attention to detail, yet it doesn't have a popcorn-and-soda pop ease. Jeffrey Hatcher's well-observed script, based on his own play, romps a little self-consciously in Eyre's hands--you can tell it would like to be Shakespeare in Love if it could only relax. The gorgeous Crudup and dewy Danes don't quite click here, but the supporting cast is having a good time going way over-the-top, so if you're hungry for an elaborate historical confection there's enough here to satisfy your taste buds. --Steve Wiecking
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