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Vanity Fair 2004 Directed by Mira Nair

All's fair in love & war.

Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?

Production Countries United Kingdom , USA
Language English
Spoken Languages English , French , German
Budget $23,000,000
Revenue $16,123,851
Release Date 1 September 2004
141 mins
Cast
Reese Witherspoon Becky Sharp
James Purefoy Rawdon Crawley
Jonathan Rhys Meyers George Osborne
Romola Garai Amelia Sedley
Gabriel Byrne The Marquess of Steyne
Rhys Ifans William Dobbin
Jim Broadbent Mr. Osborne
Bob Hoskins Sir Pitt Crawley
Eileen Atkins Miss Matilda Crawley
Tony Maudsley Joseph Sedley
Douglas Hodge Pitt Crawley
Tom Sturridge Older Georgy Osborne
Ruth Sheen Miss Pinkerton
Barbara Leigh-Hunt Lady Bareacres
Roger Lloyd Pack Francis Sharp
Angelica Mandy Young Becky
Deborah Findlay Mrs. Sedley
Tim Preece Horrocks
Natasha Little Lady Jane Sheepshanks
Geraldine McEwan Lady Southdown
Kathryn Drysdale Rhoda Swartz
Kelly Hunter Lady Steyne
Richard McCabe The King
John Woodvine Lord Bareacres
Robert Pattinson Older Rawdy Crawley (uncredited)
Nikita Ramsey Public School Girl (uncredited)
Jade Ramsey Public School Girl (uncredited)
Chloe Treend Dancer - 'Slave Dance'
Amanda Courtney-Davies Dancer - 'Slave Dance' (as Amanda Courtney Davies)