Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia Sedley.Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia Sedley.Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia Sedley.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations
Lillete Dubey
- Ms. Green
- (as Lillette Dubey)
Storyline
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- TriviaAfter asking Reese Witherspoon to get pregnant for the role (as a joke, because she thought Reese was too thin), director Mira Nair was delighted when Witherspoon announced she was pregnant after all.
- GoofsBecky sings "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal," a poem Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote in 1847 and appears in the Thackeray novel (1848) on which the film is based. Because the novel concludes over a decade later (we assume on or before the present day for the author), and young Georgie, born in 1815 or 1816, is still only an adolescent, she would have sung it no later than 1840, which is well before it was published. However, the anachronism is Thackeray's and not the film makers'.
- Quotes
Becky Sharp: Revenge may be wicked, but it's perfectly natural.
- Crazy creditsBefore the credits start rolling the word "Alvida" (goodbye) appears in Urdu script. Beneath it is the following dedication: for our beloved Ammy Kulsum Alibhai 1927-2003
- SoundtracksShe Walks in Beauty
Lyrics by Lord Byron (as Lord George Gordon Byron)
Music by Mychael Danna
Produced by Mychael Danna
Performed by Sissel (as Sissel)
Sissel appears courtesy of Universal Music, AS Norway and Stageway Talent, AS
Featured review
"Vanity Fair" (2004) is an acceptable but abbreviated version of the classic Thackery Victorian period novel which tells of Becky Sharp (Witherspoon), who uses artifice and charm to climb from lowly governess to aristocrat, always able to find a suitable family of peerage or property to use as a rung in her ladder to the top in spite of the tribulations of the time. At just over two hours, this film cannot deal in depth with the many characters in the story and has to content itself with hitting the high points which make for a very condensed telling suited to those who only wish the flavor of the story. Those with a particular interest in Victorian pulp fiction or more expansive dramas should turn to the BBC's 1998 six hour miniseries which offers greater character depth, a presentation much more true to the period, and a very much better cast. (B-)
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Hội Chợ Phù Hoa
- Filming locations
- Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, Somerset, England, UK(Lord Steyne's residence)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $23,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,136,476
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,800,000
- Sep 5, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $19,463,185
- Runtime2 hours 21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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