The narrative is grounded in the double life of a humble clerk who poses as the reclusive, but widely respected "Sir John." He thus moves in wealthy upper class circles and participates in grand investment schemes while living in a London slum.
The opening credits end with: “This film is dedicated to the anonymous men and women interviewed by Henry Mayhew in London between 1848 and 1861.”
The movie's detailed evocation of life in Victorian London drew on Henry Mayhew's vast personal archive of detailed interviews and vivid descriptions, which first appeared in a series of articles in the Morning Chronicle newspaper and were later compiled into the book London Labour and London Poor (1851).
The atmospheric camerawork was by British cinematographer Robin Vidgeon.[3]
Notes
^"Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 22.
^"BFI Screenonline: Little Dorrit (1987)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
fool, 1990, film, fool, 1990, british, film, produced, directed, christine, edzard, from, script, edzard, olivier, stockman, fooldirected, bychristine, edzardwritten, bychristine, edzard, olivier, stockmanproduced, bycelia, bannermanstarringderek, jacobi, cyri. The Fool is a 1990 British film produced and directed by Christine Edzard from a script by Edzard and Olivier Stockman The FoolDirected byChristine EdzardWritten byChristine Edzard Olivier StockmanProduced byCelia BannermanStarringDerek Jacobi Cyril Cusack Ruth MitchellCinematographyRobin VidgeonEdited byOlivier StockmanMusic byMichel SanvoisinProductioncompanySands FilmsDistributed byBarcino Barcino Films S A Release date7 December 1990 1990 12 07 UK Running time140 minutesCountryUKLanguageEnglishBudget 4 million 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksPlot EditThe narrative is grounded in the double life of a humble clerk who poses as the reclusive but widely respected Sir John He thus moves in wealthy upper class circles and participates in grand investment schemes while living in a London slum The opening credits end with This film is dedicated to the anonymous men and women interviewed by Henry Mayhew in London between 1848 and 1861 The movie s detailed evocation of life in Victorian London drew on Henry Mayhew s vast personal archive of detailed interviews and vivid descriptions which first appeared in a series of articles in the Morning Chronicle newspaper and were later compiled into the book London Labour and London Poor 1851 Cast EditDerek Jacobi as Mr Frederick Sir John Cyril Cusack as The Ballad Seller Ruth Mitchell as The Girl Maria Aitken as Lady Amelia Irina Brook as Georgiana Shillibeer Paul Brooke as Lord Paramount Richard Caldicot as Duke James Cairncross as Mr Trott Jim Carter as Mr Blackthorn Jonathan Cecil as Sir Martin Locket Maria Charles as The Pure Gatherer Richard Clifford as George Locket James Cosmo as Mr Bowring Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs Harris Chris Darwin as Theatre Doorman Colleen Neary McClure as Beauty Michael Hordern as Mr Tatham Stratford Johns as Arthur ShillibeerProduction EditJacobi and Cusack had previously worked with Edzard on her film adaptation of Charles Dickens Little Dorrit in 1987 2 The atmospheric camerawork was by British cinematographer Robin Vidgeon 3 Notes Edit Back to the Future The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s An Information Briefing PDF British Film Institute 2005 p 22 BFI Screenonline Little Dorrit 1987 www screenonline org uk The Fool 1991 BFI References EditHalliwell s Film Guide 2008 HarperCollins 2007 External links EditThe Fool at IMDb This article related to a British film of the 1990s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Fool 1990 film amp oldid 1125978491, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
