from Pathé / USA Films
Directed by
Mike Leigh
Starring
Jim Broadbent (William Schwenk Gilbert)
Allan Corduner (Arthur Sullivan)
Lesley Manville (Lucy Gilbert)
Eleanor David (Fanny Ronalds)
Ron Cook (Richard D'Oyly Carte)
Timothy Spall (Richard Temple)
Kevin McKidd (Lely)
Martin Savage (Grossmith)
Shirley Henderson (Leonora Braham)
Dorothy Atkinson (Jessie Bond)
Wendy Nottingham (Helen Lenoir)
Jonathan Aris (Wilhelm)
Alison Steadman
Richard Coyle
Dexter Fletcher
Shaun Glanville
Louise Gold (Rosina Brandram)
William Neenan (Frank Cooke)
Written by
Mike
Leigh
Music by
Carl Davis
W.
S. Gilbert
Arthur Sullivan
Rated: 
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 Wildly imaginative, if
long, treatment of the relationship between and times of renowned
creators of classic operettas such as the Mikado, HMS Pinafore,
and The Pirates of Penzance.
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12/16/99 The New York Film Critics Circle names TOPSY-TURVY
the year's Best Film and its director Mike Leigh Best Director.
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