DVD
Vanity fair
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (WSQ)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Performers
Reese Witherspoon, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Romola Garai, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Publication Information
Universal City, CA : Universal, c2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Becky Sharp, the orphaned daughter of a painter and a singer, leaves a home for girls to be a governess, armed with pluck, a keen wit, good looks, fluent French, and an eye for social advancement. Society tries its best to keep her from climbing. This episodic narrative follows her for 20 years, through marriage, Napoleonic wars, a child, loyalty to a school friend, the vicissitudes of the family whose daughters she instructed, and the attention of a bored marquess.
Notes
DVD format ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Videodisc release of the 2004 motion picture.
Based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Rated PG-13 for some sensuality/partial nudity and a brief violent image.
In English with optional French language soundtrack ; optional subtitles in French and Spanish.