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Easy Virtue

Year:

2008

Duration:

97 min

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Stephan Elliott

Awards:

2 wins & 6 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2008-11-07

Filming Locations: Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $143,038 (USA) (24 May 2009)

Gross: $2,656,324 (USA) (4 October 2009)

Cast

Actor

Character

Kristin Scott Thomas

Jessica Biel

Larita Whittaker

Ben Barnes

John Whittaker

Colin Firth

Mr. Whittaker

Kimberley Nixon

Hilda Whittaker

Katherine Parkinson

Marion Whittaker

Kris Marshall

Furber

Christian Brassington

Phillip Hurst

Charlotte Riley

Sarah Hurst

Jim McManus

Jackson

Pip Torrens

Lord Hurst

Jeremy Hooton

Davis

Joanna Bacon

Cook / Doris / Beatrice

Maggie Hickey

Millie the Maid

Georgie Glen

Mrs. Landrigin

David Longstaff

Reverend Burton

Mike Archer

Warwick Holborough

Rebel Penfold-Russell

Mrs. Winston

Stewart Clarke

Young Man #1

Oliver Reid

Young Man #2

Joe Reid

Young Man #3

Stephan Elliott

Grumpy Party Guest

Sheridan Jobbins

Grumpy Party Guest

Fizz

Poppy

Laurence Richardson

Marcus

Did you know?

Trivia

In the vintage Monte Carlo scene which opens the movie, when Larita first sees John both her and John's movements are slowed down while the rest of the cast play at 'normal' (i.e newsreel) speed. This was accomplished by filming the crowd, Larita, John, the background and the foreground mechanics separately against green screen and compositing them together at different speeds.

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Though not expressly stated, the story gives the impression that Larita is somewhat older than John (she repeated refers to him as a boy). In fact, Jessica Biel is actually younger than Ben Barnes by several months.

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During the end credits all of the musicians who played in the orchestra featured on the soundtrack are introduced in voice-over simulating the introductions from the bandstand of a live performance, with each musician playing a brief sample.

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Goofs

In the scene prior to the party when Jessica Biel is in her bedroom smoking, and Colin Firth walks in, Jessica is smoking a filtered cigarette (one can tell by the white, rather than brown, end). This is most unlikely since the first usable machine to make mass-produced filter cigarettes wasn't even invented until 1935.

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In the scene where the newlyweds arrive at the family estate, a footman unloads their luggage from the car. The suitcase shown is a Halliburton aluminum case, which wasn't available to the public until after World War Two, despite the film being set well before that war. The model shown was actually produced in the mid-1950s through the 1960s.

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(at around 17 mins) Jessica Biel is referred to as "where is our beautiful cougar hiding" by Charlotte Riley. The term cougar meaning a predatory older woman was first used in Canada in 1989 and was certainly unheard of at the turn of the last century.

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Quotes

Mrs. Whittaker: What am I supposed to do with this bauble of a woman?

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Larita Whittaker: Gobble, gobble!

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Mrs. Whittaker: Smile, Marion.

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Faq

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Easy Virtue can be found here.

Is this a period movie?

The movie is set in the 1920's, just like the play.

Is "Easy Virtue" based on a novel?

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