The duchess
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Published
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
Edition
Widescreen; enhanced for 16:9 TVs.
Language
English
ISBN
9781415745885, 631258397X, 9786312583974, 1415745889
UPC
097363531944, 032429284730

Notes

General Note
Special features: How far she went-- making The Duchess; Georgiana in her own words; Costume diary.
General Note
Distributors and dates may vary.
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Title from container.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
General Note
Based on the book "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire" by Amanda Foreman.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Gyula Pados ; editor, Masahiro Hirakubo ; music, Rachel Portman.
Participants/Performers
Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell, Simon McBurney.
Description
Chronicles the life of aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who became the style icon of late eighteenth-century England. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with Earl Grey, an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt into a scandal. Now she must face an agonizing choice between her hopeless but passionate love affair or her responsibilities as a duchess.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material.
System Details
DVD; Dolby Digital.
Language
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Subjects

LC Subjects
Biographical films.
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, -- Duchess of Devonshire, -- 1757-1806 -- Drama.
Feature films
Film adaptations.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Foreign films.
Historical films.
Married women -- England -- Drama.
Motion pictures -- France.
Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
Motion pictures -- Italy.
Scandals -- England -- Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- England -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects
Biographical -- Feature.
Biographical films.
Historical films.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Tana, G., Kuhn, M., Hatcher, J., Jensen, A. T., Dibb, S., Knightley, K., Fiennes, R., Rampling, C., Cooper, D., Atwell, H., McBurney, S., Portman, R., & Foreman, A. (2008). The duchess (Widescreen; enhanced for 16:9 TVs.). Paramount Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gabrielle. Tana et al.. 2008. The Duchess. Paramount Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gabrielle. Tana et al.. The Duchess Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Tana, Gabrielle., et al. The Duchess Widescreen; enhanced for 16:9 TVs., Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.

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