Topsy-Turvy (1999)
2h 40min
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Gilbert & Sullivan & So Much More
Themes:FriendshipOvercoming ObstaclesCreative ProcessCollaborationArtistic StrugglesDiscover Similar ThemesMood:ReflectiveSentimentalLight-HeartedEmotionalWittyDiscover Similar Mood
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.
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Directed by: Mike Leigh, Dick Pope, Gary Yershon
Written by: Mike Leigh
Produced by: Simon Channing Williams, Georgina Lowe
Composed by: Carl Davis
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
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