The Duchess
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Chronicles the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls
… More »Chronicles the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with Earl Grey, an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt into a scandal. Now she must face an agonizing choice between her hopeless but passionate love affair or her responsibilities as a duchess.
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Academy Award, 2008: Best Costume
DVD, New, 2009_04
Special features: How far she went-- making The Duchess; Georgiana in her own words; costume diary
DVD, NTSC; region 1; widescreen; Dolby Digital
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
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Add a NoticeSexual Content: some
Coarse Language: some
Coarse Language: This title contains Coarse Language.
Sexual Content: This title contains Sexual Content.
Coarse Language: Moments of adult language.
Violence: Severe bruises from a beating shown but the abuse itself is not shown. One scene of sexual rape.
Sexual Content: Explicit sexual content. Sexual language and suggestions.
Quotes
Add a QuoteThe Duke of Devonshire: "You don't know me at in the least, do you..." Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire: "Yes I do. We're a bad match." The Duke of Devonshire: "I asked for two things when we wed: Loyalty, and a male heir." Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire: "THE SAME... AS YOUR DOGS!"
The Duke of Devonshire (to Georgiana, on her proposition of acceptance of Bess, in exchange for his acceptance of Charles Grey): "A deal. A deal... I don't make deals. ...Why would I? ...I'm in charge of it all..."
The Duke of Devonshire (dryly, to a servant): "Please put out Her Grace's hair."
Georgina: I fear I've done some things in life too late. And others too early.
"When she arrives, all eyes are upon her. When absent, she is the subject of universal conversation. And what we see her wearing tonight, I look forward to seeing the rest of you wearing tomorrow! "
"How wonderful to be that free."
"Freedom in moderation."
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Keira Knightley is a great actress and I always look forward to her movies, unfortunately that was not one of her best ones. Beautiful costumes though and I always love her accent.
I appreciate the work that went into creating this period piece. There is good cinematography, costume, make-up, setting, etc. However, I did not care too much for the story.
Rampant, blatant infidelity. A loveless marriage for the sake of the children. Lured by status and wealth at 17, Georgiana learns the hard lesson that "hindsight is 20/20". Coldly treated as a defective (baby-making) machine, and left with an impossible ultimatum, while the Duke "has his cake, and..." Keira Knightley has the looks, the brains, the chops. She truly is one remarkably talented young woman. Ralph Fiennes is no slouch, either. A polished actor. Sad piece, magnificent production value.
Loses marks for some over-the-top melodrama, but it's a good story by and large, and an excellent reminder of what life was like in the bad old days when women were completely in the power of their husbands and could be controlled through their children (which is of course still the case in parts of the world). Kiera Knightly actually does a solid job (good casting), and Ralph Fiennes is appropriately utterly stiff. Bonus of gorgeous period detail, costumes and sets.
I really liked this time piece. The costumes were wonderful, as was the story.
Historical fiction, except that it is a true story. Gorgeous costumes and good acting. Fantastic settings.
B+ dvd
Interesting story and it appeared most of it is true.
Enjoyable movie about a duchess. The period costumes are wonderful to see.