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Miss Potter

Year:

2007

Duration:

92 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama

IMDB rate:

Director:

Chris Noonan

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2007-01-05

Filming Locations: Bluebell Railway, East Sussex, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $30,000,000

Opening Weekend: $13,205 (USA) (31 December 2006)

Gross: $2,975,649 (USA) (24 June 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

Renée Zellweger

Miss Potter

Matyelok Gibbs

Miss Potter

Ewan McGregor

Norman Warne

Emily Watson

Millie Warne

Barbara Flynn

Helen Potter

Bill Paterson

Rupert Potter

Lloyd Owen

William Heelis

Anton Lesser

Harold Warne

David Bamber

Fruing Warne

Phyllida Law

Mrs. Warne

Patricia Kerrigan

Fiona

Lucy Boynton

Young Beatrix

Oliver Jenkins

Young Bertram

Justin McDonald

Young Heelis

Judith Barker

Hilda

Jennifer Castle

Jane

Chris Middleton

Saunders

Lynn Farleigh

Lady Sybil

John Woodvine

Sir Nigel

Jane How

Lady Armitage

Geoffrey Beevers

Mr. Copperthwaite

Bridget McConnell

Lady Stokely

Joseph Grieves

Lionel Stokely

Clare Clifford

Mrs. Haddon-Bell

Andy McSorley

Harry Haddon-Bell

Sarah Crowden

Lady Clifford

Richard Mulholland

Ashton Clifford

Marc Finn

Mr. Cannon

Nicholas Hutchison

Meeting Chairman

Mike Burnside

Man at Meeting

Dominic Kemp

Auctioneer

Barry McCormick

Bidder

Avril Clark

Well Dressed Woman in Bookshop (uncredited)

Pam Rose

Lady (uncredited)

Andrew Sloey

Young Farmer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

For the scene when Miss Potter and Norman Warne say goodbye at the train station, the script says "exterior rain". Though Ewan McGregor suggested covering the clothes in glycerin to simulate the soaking wet look and to avoid having to actually be drenched, costume designer Anthony Powell insisted the actors be heavily sprayed down for the scene to look authentic. Ewan McGregor was made a very thin wet suit to wear under his costume so he could stay warm.

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'Ewan McGregor' was 'Renee Zellweger''s first choice to star beside her as Miss Potter's romantic interest, Mr. Norman Warne.

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Costume designer Anthony Powell sought out all original pieces for the film, and did not have to reproduce any pieces.

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Goofs

In the railway station scene filmed on the Bluebell Railway, the LNWR on the tank locomotive has been very visibly altered from LWSR. The N stuck over the W is a really bodged job for such a close up shot.

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In the film the book "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck" is shown to be published followed by "The Tale of Two Bad Mice" then "The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle". In reality "Two Bad Mice" and "Tiggy-Winkle" were released in 1904 and 1905 respectively and "Jemima Puddle Duck" wasn't published until 1908 with five other books in the intermediate years.

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Norman actually proposed to Beatrix in a letter, and her parents never softened their opposition to the match.

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Quotes

Beatrix Potter: We did it! Did you hear my heart? It was a kettle drum! You see, we can't stay home all our lives! We must present ourselves to the world, and we must look upon it as an adventure!

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Beatrix Potter: Stories don't always end where their authors intended. But there is joy in following them, wherever they take us.

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Beatrix Potter: [voiceover] There's something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never quite tell where they will take you. Mine took me here, where I belong.

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