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Topsy-Turvy(1999)
Status: Released
Date: 1999-12-15
66%
150 Votes
Time: 2h 40m
Gilbert & Sullivan & So Much More
Overview:
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
Languages: German, English, French, Italian, Japanese.
Countries:
United Kingdom,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
The Greenlight Fund
Simon Channing-Williams Productions
Movie: Topsy-Turvy
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jim Broadbent
W. S. Gilbert
Allan Corduner
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Timothy Spall
Richard Temple (The Mikado)
Lesley Manville
Lucy Gilbert
Ron Cook
Richard D'Oyly Carte
Wendy Nottingham
Helen Lenoir
Kevin McKidd
Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo)
Shirley Henderson
Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
Dorothy Atkinson
Jessie Bond
Martin Savage
George Grossmith
Video Trailer Topsy-Turvy
Video: Trailer
Trailer
UK Trailer
Mike Leigh on the Making of Topsy Turvy and Its Commercial Success
Three Reasons: Topsy-Turvy - The Criterion Collection
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UK Trailer - Trailer
Mike Leigh on the Making of Topsy Turvy and Its Commercial Success - Featurette
Three Reasons: Topsy-Turvy - The Criterion Collection - Featurette
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