| Description |
1 videodisc (104 min.) : color |
| Note |
Based on Painting of Dido Elizabeth Belle and her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray. |
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DVDN. |
| Credits |
Credits: music, Rachel Portman; cinematographer, Ben Smithard. |
| Cast |
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Tom Wilkinson, Sarah Gadon, Emily Watson, Sam Reid, Miranda Richardson, Alex Jennings, Penelope Wilton, James Norton. |
| Summary |
Amma Asante directs this British period drama inspired by the 1779 painting of Dido Elizabeth Belle and her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray. Dido (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is the daughter of English Naval captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) and an African woman. Sent to England to be raised on the Kenwood House Estate by her uncle, Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson), Dido quickly realises that her ethnicity is problematic in upper class society. Though her cousin Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon) accepts her friendship immediately and the girls become inseparable, Lord Mansfield and Lady Mansfield (Emily Watson) are tormented by the question of Dido's social status. As Dido points out, it leaves her in a somewhat lonely position to be deemed 'too good' to dine with the servants and 'not good enough' to entertain visitors, but when she meets dashing young lawyer John Davinier (Sam Reid) she discovers an Englishman who accepts her as she is and offers his hand in marriage. Can the couple's love overcome the conventions and prejudices of the time? |
| Audience |
BBFC code: 12a. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Subject |
Belle, Dido Elizabeth, 1761-1804 -- Drama.
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Belle, Dido Elizabeth, 1761-1804. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Films for the hearing impaired.
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Films for the hearing impaired. |
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Antislavery movements -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Drama.
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Antislavery movements. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Films for people with visual disabilities.
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History.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Asante, Amma, 1969- director.
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Portman, Rachel, music.
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Mbatha-Raw, Gugu, 1983- actor.
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Goode, Matthew, 1978- actor.
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Wilkinson, Tom, 1948- actor.
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| Standard No. |
5039036067256 |
| Music No. |
6047502000 20th Century Fox Home Ent.046Z |
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