Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy [videorecording] /
directed by Mike Leigh.
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Originally released in 1999.
Feature film - Special features: Director's commentary; Original theatrical trailer.
Cast includes Jim Broadbent and Allan Corduner.
This film is about the creative partnership of W.S. Gilbert (librettist) and Arthur Sullivan (composer), who wrote classic comic operas. However after 10 hits they had produced a flop, and it was not until Gilbert got inspiration from a Japanese cultural exhibition that they developed another hit opera: The Mikado. There are also interesting insights into the contrasting characters of Gilbert and Sullivan.
DVD, region 2, PAL.
Language on screenplay is English only and subtitles are in English for the hard of hearing.
Gilbert, W.S. 1836-1911.
Sullivan, Arthur Sir 1842-1900.
Musical films.
Originally released in 1999.
Feature film - Special features: Director's commentary; Original theatrical trailer.
Cast includes Jim Broadbent and Allan Corduner.
This film is about the creative partnership of W.S. Gilbert (librettist) and Arthur Sullivan (composer), who wrote classic comic operas. However after 10 hits they had produced a flop, and it was not until Gilbert got inspiration from a Japanese cultural exhibition that they developed another hit opera: The Mikado. There are also interesting insights into the contrasting characters of Gilbert and Sullivan.
DVD, region 2, PAL.
Language on screenplay is English only and subtitles are in English for the hard of hearing.
Gilbert, W.S. 1836-1911.
Sullivan, Arthur Sir 1842-1900.
Musical films.