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Venus

Year:

2007

Duration:

95 min | Canada:95 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Roger Michell

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 18 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2007-01-26

Filming Locations: Trafalgar Square, St James's, London, England, UK

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $48,871 (USA) (24 December 2006)

Gross: $3,331,535 (USA) (1 April 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

Kellie Shirley

Peter O'Toole

Maurice

Leslie Phillips

Ian

Beatrice Savoretti

Waitress

Philip Fox

Doctor

Lolita Chakrabarti

Health Centre Nurse

Carolina Giammetta

Health Centre Nurse

Jodie Whittaker

Jessie

Ashley Madekwe

Royal Court Actress

Ony Uhiara

Royal Court Actress

Cathryn Bradshaw

Jillian

Joanna Croll

Hospital Drama Family

Liam McKenna

Hospital Drama Family

Meg Wynn Owen

Hospital Drama Family (as Meg Wynn-Owen)

Sam Spruell

Hospital Director

Tom Brooke

Hospital Runner

Vanessa Redgrave

Valerie

Richard Griffiths

Donald

Harvey Virdi

Art School Teacher

Emma Buckley

Shop Assistant

Marlene Sidaway

Hospital Nurse

Christine Bottomley

Hospital Nurse

Daniel Cerqueira

Surgeon

Sam Kenyon

Period Film Protégé

Andrea Riseborough

Period Film Lover

Tom Mison

Period Film Lover

Paul Chahidi

Period Film Director

Piers Harrisson

Film Runner

Bronson Webb

Jessie's Boyfriend

Tim Faraday

Policeman

Didier Dell Benjamin

Clubber (uncredited)

Naresh Bhana

Tattoo artist (uncredited)

Garry Marriott

Paramedic (uncredited)

Benn Northover

Charles (uncredited)

Jo Price

Mourner (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Jodie Whittaker's feature film debut, and one of her first on screen appearances.

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The painting Maurice and Jessie discuss at the art gallery is Diego Velazquez's - the Toilet of Venus, aka, the Rokeby Venus, aka, la Venus del Espejo.

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Corin Redgrave was booked to appear but because of well known health problems he was recast.

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Goofs

In the newspaper fight scene in the restaurant, the waitress is seen about a foot behind Maurice as he is initially attacked. From the opposite camera angle, the waitress alternates between being missing or about ten feet away.

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Maurice needs glasses to read, so it's assumed that his sight is poor. It's impossible for him to see that Jessie's new boyfriend has the same tattoo she's having done, being him across the street from the tattoo parlor.

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Unsynchronised, bad edit at roughly 51 minutes, 10 seconds. The voice of Jessie can be heard saying "No Maurice I'm not going out" but her lips aren't moving, in fact she's just started to sip from her glass.

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Quotes

Donald: What is this, catheters at dawn?

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Maurice: For most men, a woman's body is the most beautiful thing they will ever see.

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Jessie: [after their fight] Why didn't you tell me you were having an operation?

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Faq

Jodie Whittaker looks a lot like the Redgrave/Richardson family. Any relation?

No. Jodie herself describes her family as "not at all theatrical", and neither of her parents were actors. Jodie herself began acting at age 14 with her parents' blessing.

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