Bright Young Things

Bright Young Things

Infobox_Film
name = Bright Young Things


writer = Stephen Fry (screenplay)
Evelyn Waugh (novel)
starring = Emily Mortimer
Stephen Campbell Moore
Fenella Woolgar
Michael Sheen
James McAvoy
Dan Aykroyd
Jim Broadbent
Stockard Channing
Richard E. Grant
David Tennant
and
Peter O'Toole
director = Stephen Fry
producer = Gina Carter
Miranda Davis
distributor = ThinkFilm Inc(USA)
Film Four(UK)
released = October 3, 2003 (UK)
August 24, 2004 (USA)
runtime = 106 min.
language = English
budget = | music = Anne Dudley
awards =
imdb_id = 0325123

"Bright Young Things" is a 2003 comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephen Fry; making his directorial debut. It is an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's satirical 1930 novel "Vile Bodies".

The central plot is a romance story, but the film provides social commentary on younger people in the 1930s, as well as society in general. The lead character, Adam, is played by Stephen Campbell Moore in his screen debut. It is also the final film of acclaimed British actor Sir John Mills.

A song "Bright young things", by the Pet Shop Boys was commissioned for the film but was unused because the producers changed their minds and decided to stick to period music. The song was later released as a b-side for the Pet Shop Boys single "Numb", appearing on the second CD, CD Maxi.

Cast

*Emily Mortimer as Nina Blount
*Stephen Campbell Moore as Adam Fenwick-Symes
*James McAvoy as Simon Balcairn
*Michael Sheen as Miles
*Fenella Woolgar as Agatha
*David Tennant as Ginger Littlejohn
*Dan Aykroyd as Lord Monomark
*Jim Broadbent as Drunk Major
*Stockard Channing as Mrs. Melrose Ape
*Richard E. Grant as Father Rothschild
*Peter O'Toole as Colonel Blount
*Sir John Mills as Man Taking Cocaine at Party

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Trivia

*David Tennant and Peter O'Toole would work together again in Casanova, O'Toole playing older Casanova and Tennant playing the younger Casanova.
*Fenella Woolgar guest starred in the Doctor Who episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp" currently starring David Tennant.
*Jim Broadbent and James McAvoy appeared in Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, they had no scenes together.
*James McAvoy is married to David Tennant's ex-girlfriend, Anne-Marie Duff

External links

*imdb title|id=0325123|title=Bright Young Things


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