Topsy-Turvy

Topsy-Turvy1999

Stars: Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith, Roger Heathcott
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Rating: R
Runtime: 154 minutes

At first glance, a musical period comedy-drama about Gilbert and Sullivan seems an odd fit for British filmmaker Mike Leigh, who made his name with searing, intense contemporary dramas such as Secrets and Lies and Career Girls. What could the Victor… more »



Wilhelm:
Rest assured, Mr. Lely, my designs are properly researched and authentic to the last thread.

Durward Lely:
No disrespect to you, Mr. Wilhelm, but your authentically tailored costume seems to have left me rather in the buff, somewhat!

Wilhelm:
No more in the buff than Japanese peasants have been for the last eight hundred years, sir.

Durward Lely:
May I draw your attention, Mr. Wilhelm, to the fact that I am not actually a Japanese peasant?

Gilbert:
No, you are a Scotch actor who is taking the part of a Japanese prince who is posing as an itinerant minstrel.

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