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Vanity Fair
All's fair in love & war.
Genres
DramaRomance
Overview
Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?
Details
Budget
$23000000
Revenue
$16123851
Runtime
141 min
Release Date
2004-09-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
341
Vote Average
5.8
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Reese Witherspoon
Becky Sharp
James Purefoy
Rawdon Crawley
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
George Osborne
Romola Garai
Amelia Sedley
Gabriel Byrne
The Marquess of Steyne
Rhys Ifans
William Dobbin
Jim Broadbent
Mr. Osborne
Bob Hoskins
Sir Pitt Crawley
Eileen Atkins
Miss Matilda Crawley
Tony Maudsley
Joseph Sedley
Douglas Hodge
Pitt Crawley
Tom Sturridge
Older Georgy Osborne
Ruth Sheen
Miss Pinkerton
William Melling
Rawdy
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Lady Bareacres
Roger Lloyd Pack
Francis Sharp
Angelica Mandy
Young Becky
Deborah Findlay
Mrs. Sedley
John Franklyn-Robbins
Mr. Sedley
Tim Preece
Horrocks
Natasha Little
Lady Jane Sheepshanks
Geraldine McEwan
Lady Southdown
Kathryn Drysdale
Rhoda Swartz
Kelly Hunter
Lady Steyne
Richard McCabe
The King
John Woodvine
Lord Bareacres
Robert Pattinson
Older Rawdy Crawley (uncredited)
Nikita Ramsey
Public School Girl (uncredited)
Jade Ramsey
Public School Girl (uncredited)
Chloe Treend
Dancer - 'Slave Dance'
Amanda Courtney-Davies
Dancer - 'Slave Dance' (as Amanda Courtney Davies)
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