Easy Virtue (2008 film)

Infobox Film
name = Easy Virtue


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director = Stephan Elliott
producer = Barnaby Thompson
Joseph Abrams
James D. Stern
writer = Stephan Elliott
Sheridan Jobbins
starring = Jessica Biel
Ben Barnes
Colin Firth
Kristin Scott Thomas
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cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Ealing Studios
Pathe
released = November 7th 2008 (UK)
runtime = 93 mins
country = UK
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0808244

"Easy Virtue" is an upcoming social comedy based on Noel Coward's play of the same name. The play was previously made into the silent movie Easy Virtue by Alfred Hitchcock in 1928. This version is directed by Stephan Elliott, written by Elliott and Sheridan Jobbins, and stars Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, and Kristin Scott Thomas.

The film has been selected to screen at the Toronto Film Festival and is receiving great advance notices [cite news | author = Cameron Bailey | title = A film that is as clever and hilarious as it is well crafted | publisher Toronto Film Festival |url = http://tiff08.ca/filmsandschedules/films/easyvirtue] . It's also scheduled for the Rio Film Festival and London Film Festival prior to its November 7th release by Pathé in the UK.

Plot

A glamorous American widow marries a young Englishman in the South of France on the spur of the moment, they go to England to meet in his parents who take a strong dislike to their new daughter-in-law, and a battle of wits ensues.cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979213.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|author=Adam Dawtrey|title=Elliott takes on 'Easy Virtue'|publisher=Variety Magazine|date=2008-01-17|accessdate=2009-04-09]

Cast

*Jessica Biel as Larita Huntington, a glamorous American divorcee
*Ben Barnes as John Whittaker, a young Englishman
*Colin Firth as Mr. Whittaker, John's & Hilda's father
*Kristin Scott Thomas as Mrs. Whittaker, John's & Hilda's mother
*Kimberley Nixon as Hilda, Mr Whittaker's Daughter & John's sister
*Katherine Parkinson
*Kris Marshall
*Christian Brassington
*Charlotte Riley
*Jim McManus
*Pip Torrens

References

External links

*imdb title|0808244|Easy Virtue
* [http://uk.player.playnetworks.net/popup.php?mid=1327&version=2.0&channel_user_id=441100018-1&width=640&height=380&bgcolor=000000 Official trailer]