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Bright Star

Year:

2009

Duration:

119 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

Director:

Jane Campion

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 18 wins & 42 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2009-10-15

Filming Locations: Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $8,500,000

Opening Weekend: $189,703 (USA) (20 September 2009)

Gross: $4,444,637 (USA) (10 December 2009)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jonathan Aris

Theresa Watson

Bright Star

Abbie Cornish

Fanny Brawne

Ben Whishaw

John Keats

Paul Schneider

Mr. Brown

Kerry Fox

Mrs. Brawne

Edie Martin

Toots

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Samuel

Claudie Blakley

Maria Dilke

Gerard Monaco

Charles Dilke

Antonia Campbell-Hughes

Abigail

Samuel Roukin

Reynolds

Amanda Hale

Reynolds Sister

Lucinda Raikes

Reynolds Sister

Samuel Barnett

Mr. Severn

Olly Alexander

Tom Keats

François Testory

Dance Master

Vincent Franklin

Dr. Bree

Eileen Davies

Mrs. Bentley

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Shopkeeper

Sally Reeve

Landlady

Sebastian Armesto

Mr. Haslam

Adrian Schiller

Mr. Taylor

Alfred Harmsworth

Charles Dilke Jnr

Lucas Motion

Suitor at Ball

Tony Fish

The Cat

Riccardo Bacigalupo

Porter (uncredited)

Anthoula Drummond

Carriage Girl (uncredited)

Joyia Fitch

Dilke Maid

Will Garthwaite

Human Orchestra

Samuel Gaukroger

Messenger Boy

Guy Mannerings

Removal Man

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Trivia

The film shot for one day in Rome. Keats' funeral procession was the last scene to be filmed and the only scene of the film not shot in the UK. This exterior location, in Piazza di Spagna, is the actual residence Keats stayed, and died, in. It now houses the Keats - Shelley House museum.

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John Keats' poems used in the film are: Endymion, When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be, The Eve of St Agnes, Ode to a Nightingale, La Belle Dame Sans Merci and Bright Star.

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The main star of the film, Ben Whishaw met his husband, composer Mark Bradshaw while both were working on this film. They got civilly married in 2012.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 16 mins) After Fanny Brawne says "You would have it that I kill Mr. Keats with affection?" Mr. Brown says "Perhaps you will," but the audio doesn't match up with his mouth movements.

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When Keats is looking out his window at Fanny, she walks to the window, pulls out a letter from her dress and holds it to the window. In the next shot, she pulls the letter from her dress again.

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When Severn is drinking from his teacup, he spills tea into his saucer. In the next shot, the same sequence is unintentionally repeated from a different angle.

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Quotes

Margaret 'Toots' Brawne: Fanny wants a knife.

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Fanny Brawne: [the night before he leaves] You know I would do anything

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Abigail: Mr. Brown has said that I could learn to read still. I said to him, "Sure, what would I read?" And he said, "Abigail, even the Bible is not so dull as you might believe." And that in the Songs of Solomon there're some bits so juicy they'd make even a churchman blush. And he said that when I get down to reading myself I will see he tells not one word of a lie!

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Faq

A Note Regarding Spoilers

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

Does the title of the movie come from a work by Keats?

Yes. "Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art " is the first line of a Keats sonnet written in 1819 and first published in The Plymouth and Devonport Weekly Journal in 1838. A copy of the sonnet can be read here.

Is there an official website for "Bright Star"?

The official website for Bright Star can be found here.

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