04770cgm a2200769 4500 2580989548 TxAuBib 20251004120000.0 081113s2008||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 9781415745885 1415745889 097363531944 35319 Paramount Vantage (OCoLC)271516002 TxAuBib eng fre spa eng fre spa eng The duchess [videorecording] / Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films present ; in association with Pathé Renn Production and BIM Distribuzione ; a Qwerty Films/Magnolia Mae Films production ; directed by Saul Dibb ; screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen and Saul Dibb ; produced by Gabrielle Tana, Michael Kuhn. Hollywood, CA : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008. 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Based on the book "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire" by Amanda Foreman. Special features: How far she went--Making "The Duchess" [featurette] (23 min.); Georgiana in her own words [featurette] (7 min.); Costume diary [featurette] (6 min.); Previews (13 min.). Special features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs -- How far she went ... Making The Duchess -- Georgiana in her own words -- Costume diary -- Language: English Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; French Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; Spanish Dolby digital 5.1 surround -- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish. Director of photography, Gyula Pados ; editor, Masahiro Hirakubo ; music by Rachel Portman ; production designer, Michael Carlin ; costume designer, Michael O'Connor; makeup designer, Daniel Phillips; hair designer, Jan Archibald. Keira Knightley (Georgiana), Ralph Fiennes (The Duke), Charlotte Rampling (Lady Spencer), Dominic Cooper (Charles Grey), Hayley Atwell (Bess Foster), Simon McBurney (Charles Fox), Aidan McArdle (Richard Sheridan), John Shrapnel (General Grey). Based on a true story, this is a portrait of a dazzling young woman at the mercy of the misfortunes of love and the inequalities of the age in which she lived. Married at 17 to a much older man, his only interest in the match is her ability to produce a male heir. When the first child is female, he takes a mistress and ignores her, until she finds true love--insisting on his lordly right to thwart her. Although she fights hard for her own piece of happiness, eventually, she has to make a choice many women will recognize. MPAA rating: Rated PG-13, for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material. DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35 : 1. 20251004. In English, dubbed French or Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned. Winner, 2008 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design-Michael O'Connor. Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of, 1757-1806 Drama. Foreman, Amanda, 1968- Film adaptations. Adultery England Drama. Scandals England 18th century Drama. Man-woman relationships England Drama. Nobility Great Britain 18th century Drama. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) England Drama. Married women England 18th century Drama. Feature films. lcgft Feature films. lcgft Great Britain. Feature films. lcgft France. Historical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. lcgft Feature films Italy. Dibb, Saul. Hatcher, Jeffrey, 1957- Jensen, Anders Thomas, 1972- Kuhn, Michael, 1949- Tana, Gabrielle. Knightley, Keira, 1985- Fiennes, Ralph. Rampling, Charlotte, 1946- Cooper, Dominic. Atwell, Hayley, 1982- McBurney, Simon. McArdle, Aidan. Shrapnel, John. Foreman, Amanda, 1968- Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Paramount Vantage. Pathé Distribution Limited. BBC Films. Pathé Renn Production. BIM Distribuzione. Qwerty Films (Firm). Magnolia Mae Films (Firm). Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm).