Hilary and Jackie
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Hilary and Jackie

Year:
Duration:
121 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama | Music
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Anand Tucker
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 22 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1999-01-15
Filming Locations: Abbercrombe Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Earnings
Budget: $7,000,000
Opening Weekend: $92,956 (USA) (3 January 1999)
Gross: $4,874,838 (USA) (25 April 1999)
Cast
Actor
Character
Emily Watson
Jackie Du Pré
Rachel Griffiths
Hilary Du Pré
James Frain
Daniel Barenboim
David Morrissey
Kiffer Finzi
Charles Dance
Derek Du Pré
Celia Imrie
Iris Du Pré
Rupert Penry-Jones
Piers Du Pré
Bill Paterson
Cello Teacher
Auriol Evans
Young Jackie
Keylee Jade Flanders
Young Hilary (as Keeley Flanders)
Nyree Dawn Porter
Dame Margot Fonteyn
Maggie McCarthy
Margaret
Vernon Dobtcheff
Professor Bentley
Anthony Smee
BBC Nabob
Linda Spurrier
Twinset
Nick Haverson
Photographer
Kika Mirylees
Patron
Robert Rietty
Italian Flunky
Tamsin Pike
Harpsichord Player
David Shimwell
Man In Suit
Peter Czajowski
German Admirer (as Peter Czajkowski)
Stella Maris
Spanish Admirer
Carla Mendonça
Spanish Maid (as Carla Medonca)
Pal Banda
Maestro
Anna Barkan
Acolyte
Steven Atholl
Bookish Man
Heather Weeks
Guest
Ralph De Souza
Violinist
Andrea Chaialton
Dressmaker
Jon Rumney
Rabbi
Kate Hetherington
Middle Jackie
Ariana Daykin
Middle Hilary
Oliver Lee
Baby Piers
Hayley James-Gannon
Hilary's Child
Melissa James-Gannon
Hilary's Child
George Kennaway
German Concert Conductor
John Gough
Wigmore Accompanist
Brian Perkins
Radio Announcer
Michael Fish
T.V. Weatherman (uncredited)
Paul Rushworth
Audience Member 1 (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Emily Watson actually learned to play the cello as a child so was a natural for the part of Jacqueline du Pré. She practiced so long and so intensively for the film that she would frequently make her fingers bleed.
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The lines, "... I went into a golden land, / Chimborazo, Cotopaxi / Took me by the hand...", are from the poem, 'Romance' by W. J. Turner.
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The lines, "...O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, / How can we know the dancer from the dance?", are from the poem, 'Among School Children' by William Butler Yeats.
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Goofs
We see Catalan cello master Pau Casals after a concert in Madrid in the early-1960s. But Pau Casals swore never to return to Spain from exile because Franco was still in power after the coup d'état and 1939's Spanish Civil War. Franco died in 1975, two years after Casals' own death in exile.
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In the Russian newspaper the title above the Jackie's photo states "About Lenin, about October"
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When a Japanese newspaper is shown publicizing Jackie's performance, the headline above the photo actually reported that the Japanese budget had been approved by parliament.
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Quotes
Hilary: I've given you everything. Every since we were little, everything you've asked for I've said yes. Jackie listen. Jackie... Jackie... I'm sorry.
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Jackie du Pré: I'll play the fucking triangle, I just want to make music again!
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Jackie du Pré: [mid-recital] Excuse me ladies and gentlemen, I have broken my A string
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Photos from cast
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