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The Line of Beauty

Year:

2006

Duration:

USA:179 min (San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival)

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.6

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2006-05-17

Filming Locations: Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Alice Krige

The Line of Beauty

Hayley Atwell

Dan Stevens

Nick Guest (3 episodes, 2006)

Tim McInnerny

Gerald Fedden

Carmen Du Sautoy

Elena

Alex Wyndham

Wani Ouradi

James Bradshaw

Polly Tompkins

Oliver Coleman

Toby Fedden

Lydia Leonard

Penny Kent

Don Gilet

Leo Charles

Christopher Fairbank

Barry Groom

Oscar James

Brentford

John Warnaby

Badger

John Standing

Lord Kessler

Siri Svegler

Martine

Nikki Amuka-Bird

Rosemary Charles

Justin Salinger

Russel

Caroline Blakiston

Lady Partridge

Julia St John

Greta Timms

David Yelland

John Timms

John Quayle

Geoffrey Titchfield

Bruno Lastra

Tristao

Tom Knight

Norman Kent

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Trivia

The Henry James novel that Nick and Wani try to turn into a film is "The Spoils of Poynton" from 1897. The producer they meet with complain about the story's unhappy ending and the name of the main character, Fleda Vetch.

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In the pub scene for Nick and Leo's first meeting, "time" is called at the end of the evening by the real landlord of that pub, the Windsor Castle pub.

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The title refers to a feature of architecture, a concave shape combined with a convex shape, known as an ogee. "Ogee" is also the name of the magazine that Nick and Wani publish in the series.

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Quotes

Sally Tipper: They're going to have to learn, aren't they? The homosexuals, I mean.

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Nick Guest: I'm not at all sure they could manage without me.

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Catherine Fedden: You're really very rich, aren't you, Sir Maurice?

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