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Topsy-Turvy
Directed by
Mike Leigh
R
1999
2h 40m
Drama
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Comedy
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7.3
90%
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Set in the 1880s, chronicles how during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.
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Cast of Topsy-Turvy
Jim Broadbent
W. S. Gilbert
Allan Corduner
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Timothy Spall
Richard Temple (The Mikado)
Lesley Manville
Lucy Gilbert
Ron Cook
Richard D'Oyly Carte
Wendy Nottingham
Helen Lenoir
Kevin McKidd
Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo)
Shirley Henderson
Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
Dorothy Atkinson
Jessie Bond
Martin Savage
George Grossmith
Eleanor David
Fanny Ronalds
Sam Kelly
Richard Barker
Andy Serkis
John D'Auban
Charles Simon
Gilbert's Father
Vincent Franklin
Rutland Barrington
Cathy Sara
Sybil Grey
Nicholas Woodeson
Mr. Seymour
Jonathan Aris
Wilhelm
Stefan Bednarczyk
Frank Cellier
Mark Benton
Mr Price
Eve Pearce
Gilbert's Mother
Lavinia Bertram
Florence Gilbert
Theresa Watson
Maude Gilbert
Kenneth Hadley
Pidgeon
Michael Simkins
Frederick Bovill
Dexter Fletcher
Louis
Louise Gold
Rosinda Brandram
Kate Doherty
Mrs Judd
Sukie Smith
Clothilde
Mia Soteriou
Mrs. Russell
Akemi Otani
Dancer
Togo Igawa
First Kabuki Actor
Kanako Morishita
Shamisen Player
Naoko Mori
Miss 'Sixpence Please'
Eiji Kusuhara
Second Kabuki Actor
Alison Steadman
Madame Leon
Francis Lee
Butt
Katrin Cartlidge
Madame
Julia Rayner
Mademoiselle Fromage
Angela Curran
Miss Morton
Brid Brennan
Mad Woman
Ashley Jensen
Miss Tringham
Richard Coyle
Mr. Hammond
Kacey Ainsworth
Miss Fitzherbert
Debbie Chazen
Miss Kingsley
Rosie Cavaliero
Miss Monroe
Monica Dolan
Miss Barnes
Steve Speirs
Mr Kent
Mary Roscoe
Miss Carlyle
Matt Bardock
Mr Tripp
Paul Rider
Mr Bentley
Kevin Walton
Mr Evans
Mary Roscoe
Miss Carlyle
Gemma Page
Miss Langton-James
Sarah Howe
Miss Woods
Teresa Gallagher
Miss Coleford
Anna Francolini
Miss Biddles
Sophie Duval
Miss Brown
Michelle Chadwick
Miss Warren
Wayne Cater
Mr Rhys
Simon Butteriss
Mr Lewis
Lorraine Brunning
Miss Jardine
Nicholas Boulton
Mr Conyngham
Richard Attlee
Mr Gordon
Ashley Artus
Mr Marchmont
Paul Barnhill
Mr Flagstone
John Warnaby
Mr Sanders
Julie Jupp
Miss Meadows
Heather Craney
Miss Russell
Shaun Glanville
Mr Harris
Julian Bleach
Mr Plank
Millie Gregory
Alice
Neil Humphries
Boy Actor
Keeley Gainey
Maidservant
Toksan Takahashi
Calligrapher
Kimi Shaw
Spinner
Nick Bartlett
Stage Hand
Gary Dunnington
Fred Baker
Amanda Crossley
Emily
Matthew Mills
Walter Simmonds
David Neville
Dentist
Philippe Constantin
Paris Waiter
Jenny Pickering
Second Prostitute
Gary Yershon
Pianist in Brothel
Adam Searles
Shrimp
William Neenan
Cook
Geoffrey Hutchings
Armourer
Roger Heathcott
Stage Doorkeeper
Topsy-Turvy Ratings & Reviews
Newsweek
David Ansen
The notion of art as an organically evolving process is crucial to Leigh. Almost alone among directors, he creates his scripts in the rehearsal period through improvisations.
Variety
Deborah Young
[A] beautifully crafted and lively romp around the 1880s stage world.
Houston Chronicle
Jeff Millar
If you are a Gilbert and Sullivan buff, you will be in heaven. If you are not, the first thing you will need to know is that the film is nearly three hours long.
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
The film is a delight and a surprise, all the more so since Leigh is associated with gritty working-class stories.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
You're likely to be moved to tears.
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
Mike Leigh's great big, superbly performed homage to the creative process.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Topsy-Turvy is about love of the theater. Romantic love ages and matures. Love of the theater, it reminds us, is somehow always adolescent -- heedless, passionate, guilty.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A loving and lovely ode to the hoary theatrics of those reigning kings of Victorian tomfoolery, W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
There is a sense of real, very Mike Leighish, life in this film that darkens and transforms it. And transfixes us.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Peter Rainer
Though the film runs nearly three hours, it gets better as it goes along.
Film.com
Ernest Hardy
Leigh's deft hand with actors and sharp eye for character detail are still very much in evidence.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
A hive of broad, brilliant performances.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Steve Murray
Despite its draining length, it proves to be even better and richer on a second viewing.
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
The year's least likely, most infectious tour de force.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
One of those films that create a mix of erudition, pageantry and delectable acting opportunities, much as Shakespeare in Love did last year.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
The performances cut deeper than usual for costume films, and the actors once again seem to literally become who they're playing.
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
A charming, warm, witty movie, funny one minute and moving the next.
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