Topsy-Turvy

Release Date:

Sep 3, 1999

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

2:40

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Mike Leigh

Cast:

Jim Broadbent	William Schwenk Gilbert
Allan Corduner	Arthur Sullivan
Lesley Manville	Lucy Gilbert ('Kitty')
Eleanor David	Mrs. Fanny Ronalds
Ron Cook	Richard D'Oyly Carte
Timothy Spall	Richard Temple
Kevin McKidd	Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo)
Martin Savage	George Grossmith
Shirley Henderson	Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
Wendy Nottingham	Helen Lenoir

Producers:

Simon Channing-Williams

Writers:

Mike Leigh

Language:

English

Official Website:

http://www.topsyturvymovie.com/

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Amadeus

Bullets Over Broadway

Vanya on 42nd Street

Illuminata

A Merry War

More Topsy-Turvy Pictures

The lives of the Victorian Era operatic composers Gilbert and Sullivan. Takes place during the original composition of the 1884 staging that would be one of their most famous works, ``The Mikado.'' During this time they were anything but a sure thing, and this movie depicts how they turned things around.

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