Topsy-Turvy

Topsy-Turvy

6.6IMDb Score
Released:1999-12-15
Genre:Drama, Music, Comedy, History
Duration:160 min
Country:United Kingdom, United States of America
Director:Mike Leigh
Actors:Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook
Production:Thin Man Films, The Greenlight Fund, Newmarket Capital Group, Simon Channing-Williams Productions

Overview:

For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.

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